Please give us your feedback in the space below While designing the Livestock-Fish proposal, our working hypothesis has been that small-scale livestock and aquaculture systems are an important source of the limited amounts of animal-source foods (meat, dairy products, eggs) that currently figure in the diets of the poor, and that by increasing productivity and … Continue reading
In August 2010, we organized a face to face meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss the proposed livestock-fish research program of the CGIAR. Around the meeting we interviewed some of the participants on video and audio: Listen to the podcasts or views the videos: Value chain approach promises aquaculture development in Uganda (video) CGIAR Livestock … Continue reading
In mid-September, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. Before submitting the proposal, we had asked Simplice Nouala from AU-IBAR to provide his comments: — Commenting on reasons that past attempts to intensify small-scale livestock production systems in developing countries can fail, Nouala argued that the discussion “should be expanded to the prevailing … Continue reading
In mid-September, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. Before submitting the proposal, we had asked FAO’s Joachim Otte to provide a last review. Here are his comments: — Thanks for sharing the MP3.7 proposal. I think that overall the proposal could make a stronger case under ‘what’s new’ about the program in … Continue reading
Earlier this month, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. CIRAD’s Philippe Lecomte kindly accepted to review the near-final version of the proposal before it was submitted. Here are his comments: — The team has made a colossal job and very interesting proposal for this MP. Congratulations for the work done. It is … Continue reading
Earlier this month, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. We greatly benefited from comments on the draft by several people, including Cees de Haan of the World Bank. We share his comments below as we believe they provide a valuable commentary on the overall proposal as well as some of the specific … Continue reading
On 17 September, the four CGIAR Centers working on this proposal – CIAT, ICARDA, ILRI and WorldFish – formally submitted their proposal to the CGIAR Consortium. In their foreword, the Directors General of the four Centers wrote: “In accepting the invitation to develop a CGIAR Research Program to increase global food security through livestock and … Continue reading
From 24-25 August, the four CGIAR partners involved in this program hosted a stakeholder workshop to review the ideas and premises underlying the proposal. Download the report More information on this blog and the supporting wiki. Continue reading
As described in previous weeks of this e-consultation, the Mega Program for ‘More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor’ proposes to serve as the catalyst to align research and development actors in coalitions to address the development challenge of reducing the malnutrition and enhancing food security amongst poor vulnerable households and target … Continue reading
Innovation brokerage (facilitating linkages among actors in the innovation system and negotiating towards common goals) at the local value chain level is an intensive process of facilitation and negotiation, especially with the private sector to level the playing field. Do such skills exist in national partner organizations or should building such capacities be a component … Continue reading
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish 