Small ruminant value chain development in Doyogena, Ethiopia

• Increase feed supply

• Needs-based training on sheep management practices and other related issues (feed, health, breeding, fattening, marketing linkages)

• Improve animal health through additional support for revolving funds for drug supplies, logistics for animal health posts, open air vet clinics

• Improve and deliver genetics through Community breeding programs also to address supply of low quality animals

• Form farmers cooperatives (associations) to empower and specialize sheep producing and marketing producers

• Improve market linkages through multi-stakeholder meetings to improve consistency in demand and supply of sheep, develop competitive sheep marketing system (for fair income distribution among market actors)

Research and development ‘best bets’

Challenges in the value chain

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Small ruminant value chain development in Doyogena, Ethiopia Our vision: “By 2020, increased household income and nutrition (livelihood) of value chain actors

through an efficient specialized (trade-marked) and sustainable Doyogena sheep value chain”

• High incidence of respiratory diseases • Insufficient revolving funds, poor office facilities, poor supply of drugs and

vaccine, shortage of working capital • Shortage of seeds of improved forage species and high feed prices • Poor awareness among farmers of improved production practices • Limited number of rams and inbreeding problems • Poor linkages among market actors and long market chain • Inconsistent supply of animals and low quality

Altitude 1900-2300

Habitat Highland (70%)

Distance from Addis 258

Production system Mixed crop-livestock

Human population 78,634

% of female headed household 10

Major products Meat

Partners: SARI, ICARDA, ILRI, MoA

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