This small research activity aims to test and make available high-producing, farmer-preferred poultry genotypes to support increased smallholder chicken productivity and resilience, as a pathway to improving food security and economic opportunities in Pacific island countries.

Supporting stakeholders engaged in extensive livestock systems in Eastern and Southern Africa to design and implement scalable sustainable interventions that promote adaptive capacity and food and nutrition security of men and women livestock keepers, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock production.

Insights and methods to address smallholder poultry production and productivity challenges in South-East Asia through a combination of On-Farm and On-Station approaches.

Increasing the capacity of Ethiopian measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) entities for MRV of low-emission livestock development.

The study provides an analysis of the determining factors that influence East Java’s smallholder livestock farmers feed and fodder market participation and explain household level feed purchase prices, price formation and relationship with quality. It would further address behavioural issues, particularly why and in what circumstances producers bought or sold fodder and feed, to better understand buyer needs.

This project aimed to increase agricultural production, improve household food security, alleviate poverty and thereby reduce food-aid dependency in rural Zimbabwe through better integrated crop and livestock production and through men, women and youth participating in the market. Almost 12% of rural households in Zimbabwe (more than 1 million people) rely directly on food aid.

Developing and evaluating market-based approaches to improving food safety, with the overall aim of reducing the burden of foodborne disease in informal, emerging formal, and niche markets targeting small- and medium-scale producers.

The PigRISK project aimed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder pig farmers in Vietnam and improve food safety in the pork value chain. Pork is the most popular meat in Vietnam and essential for consumer nutrition and farmer livelihoods. But is it safe? Pork in Vietnam is produced mainly by smallholders and sold fresh in traditional markets. In a country where childhood stunting is still common, animal source foods are important in healthy diets. Because demand for pork is growing, pork value chains have great potential as a pathway out of poverty.

This project explored the potential of enhancing the competitiveness of smallholder livestock production in Botswana using 20 case studies of three types (cooperatives, agricultural management associations and borehole syndicates) of collective action groups. Livestock production and marketing is crucial for Botswana’s rural smallholder livelihoods and remains a key cultural activity. The smallholder sector produces most of Botswana’s meat, 70-80% of agricultural gross domestic product, and also uses significant land and water resources.