livestock and irrigation value chains for ethiopian smallholders (lives) project overview

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The project and partner institutions provide support for formal and informal trainings on technology, methods and approaches to market oriented commodity development. Regular coaching and mentoring constitute a major component of the capacity building effort. Project goal To contribute to environmentally sustainable, enhanced income and gender equitable wealth creation for smallholders and other value chains actors through increased and sustained marketofftake of high value livestock and irrigated crop commodities. This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercialShare Alike 3.0 Unported Licence December 2013 Contact details Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Phone: +251 11 617 2000 Fax: +251 11 617 2001 Email: lives[email protected] Website: www.livesethiopia.org Capturing, storing and sharing knowledge through various interventions ‘fuels’ the value chain development process and complements the capacity development interventions in project target areas. To reach value chain actors and service providers outside the project target areas, promotional activities are undertaken to scale out and scale up results nationally and internationally. The project promotes innovative technological, organizational, and institutional interventions to improve input supply and service delivery, and boost the production, supply, processing and marketing of market oriented commodities. Project lessons and results are documented through strategic diagnostic, action and impact studies by project staff in partnership with regional, national and international research institutes. Lessons provide guidance to scaling out and scaling up of results. Market oriented commodity value chain development Promotion Research Knowledge management Value chain development Capacity development Background The Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project is a sixyear (20122018) research for development (R4D) project implemented in ten zones of the four regional states of Amhara, Oromia SNNPR and Tigray. The project works on six commodity value chains: dairy, beef, small ruminants, poultry, apiculture and irrigated agriculture (fruits, vegetables and fodder). Increased capacity/knowledge of value chain actors and service providers Increased uptake of value chain interventions Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) "Project carried out with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)" «Projet réalisé avec l’appui financier du gouvernement du Canada agissant par l’entremise des Affaires étrangères, Commerce et Développement Canada (MAECD) » Project sites 1. Central Tigray 2. Eastern Tigray 3. North Gonder 4. West Gojam 5. South Wolo 6. Jimma 7. West Shewa 8. East Shewa 9. Gamo Gofa 10. Sidama LIVES zones

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The project and partner institutions provide support for formal and informal trainings on technology, 

methods and approaches to market oriented commodity 

development. Regular coaching and mentoring 

constitute a major component of the capacity 

building effort.

Project goalTo contribute to environmentally sustainable, enhanced income and gender equitable wealth creation for smallholders and other value chains actors through increased and sustained market‐off‐take of high value livestock and irrigated crop commodities. 

This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution‐Noncommercial‐Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence December 2013

Contact detailsLivestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Box 5689, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaPhone: +251 11 617 2000 Fax: +251 11 617 2001Email: lives‐[email protected] Website: www.lives‐ethiopia.org 

Capturing, storing and sharing knowledge through various interventions ‘fuels’ 

the value chain development process and complements the capacity development interventions in project target areas. 

To reach value chain actors and service providers 

outside the project target areas, promotional 

activities are  undertaken to scale out and scale up results nationally and 

internationally. 

The project promotes innovative technological, 

organizational, and institutional interventions to improve input supply and 

service delivery, and boost the production, supply, processing 

and marketing of market oriented commodities. 

Project lessons and results are documented through strategic diagnostic, action and impact studies by project staff in partnership with regional, national and international research institutes. Lessons provide guidance to scaling out and scaling up of results.

Market oriented commodity value chain development

Promotion  Research Knowledge management  Value chain development Capacity development

Background The Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders  (LIVES) project  is a six‐year (2012‐2018) research for development (R4D) project implemented in ten zones of the four regional states of  Amhara, Oromia SNNPR and Tigray. The project works on six commodity value chains: dairy, beef, small ruminants, poultry, apiculture and irrigated agriculture (fruits, vegetables and fodder).

Increased capacity/knowledge of value chain actors  and service providers

Increased uptake of value chain interventions

Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)

"Project carried out with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)"«Projet réalisé avec l’appui financier du gouvernement du Canada agissant par l’entremise des Affaires étrangères, Commerce et Développement Canada (MAECD) »

Project sites

1. Central Tigray2. Eastern Tigray3. North Gonder4. West Gojam5. South Wolo

6. Jimma7. West Shewa8. East Shewa9. Gamo Gofa10. Sidama

LIVES zones