• Needs-based capacity building of extension agents and producers on small ruminant management (input supply and production) • Animal health (input supply and production): • Feeding (input supply and production) • Organization/institutional Interventions related to marketing • Capacity building on transport, slaughtering, safe preparation and handling of animal source foods Major research and development ‘best bets’ The problem tree This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence May 2013 Ethiopia small ruminant value chain development Key actors and partners EIAR, regional agricultural research institutes, ministries of agriculture, regional livestock agencies, district cooperatives, NVI, EMDTI, Export abattoirs, FAO, Farm Africa, PCDP, LIVES, AGP-LMD, PRIME Our vision: In 2020 we see poor men and women in Ethiopia enjoying increased levels of production, income and nutritious consumption from effective development of sustainable small ruminant value chains. Major outputs • Potential areas for intervention in small ruminant value chains identified and characterized • Reviews and analysis of the smallholder small ruminant sector in Ethiopia • A complete set of VCA tools available through the wiki • Peer-reviewed Rapid VCA reports for small ruminant value chains • Compendia of prioritized, potential interventions in the small ruminant value chains for target sites • Tools to support genetic interventions, such as breeding guidelines, training manuals, data management and feedback systems THE CORE PROBLEM THE CAUSES Insufficient feed resources (climate and land availability) Poorly developed markets Lack of effective policies and institutions Feed shortage and/or utilization Lack of research and technology transfer WHOLE VALUE CHAIN INPUTS & SERVICES PRODUCTION MARKETING PROCESSING CONSUMPTION High morbidity and mortality High market prices Low income of VC actors Food insecurity Malnutrition Hidden hunger Poverty THE IMPACT Degradation of resource base Lack of knowledge and skills in SR management Poor performance of sheep and goat value chains ASF quality and safety Inadequate input supplies Weak linkages between producers and markets Disease pressure http://livestockfish.cgiar.org