Papers Session 4: Economic Valuation of Value Chains

• Chair: Oluwafunmiso Adeola Olajide

  Venue 1 – Main Conference Room

   

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    Value Chain Analysis of goats in Zambia: opportunities and challenges of linking smallholders to markets Small livestock rearing in Zambia is suited for the rural farm households to invest in and take advantage of the rapid increase in income and population growth. Despite these opportunities, the small livestock sector is still underdeveloped, characterized by the limited supply of goat meat in the formal markets.

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    Value Chain Analysis of Beef in Swaziland Limited investment in community based technological innovations. Poor transactional relationships between smallholder cattle producers on SNL and other value chain actors. Inadequate and poorly coordinated public and private Partnership. Rangeland grazing management policy.

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    Growing a PPP : the case study of the Ngwane mills – SWADE joint venture A beef cattle value chain study (carried out by MoA/NAS TA) and a red meat market study (commissioned by Ngwane Mills) provided strong evidence that there is a solid business opportunity for a well managed livestock processing and marketing operation.

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    Smallholders and livestock value chain actors access to credit in Tanzania Beef cattle fattening has been earmarked as one among several means to improve beef cattle production in Tanzania through value addition. This presentation discusses livestock value chain actors' access to credit for their business and identifies associated challenges and opportunities for improving the supply chain.

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    Economic valuation of cattle value chain in Oyo State, Nigeria The livestock industry is a key contributor to Nigeria’s economy. Nigeria is one of the largest livestock keeping countries in Africa and a major hub of animal product consumption. Livestock contributes to efficient land use and crop production; employment etc.

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  8:45-10:30	Venue 1 – Main Conference Room
  	Contributed Papers Session 4 “Economic Valuation of Value Chains”
  	Chair: Oluwafunmiso Adeola Olajide
  8:45-9:05	-“Value chain analysis of goats in Zambia: Challenges and opportunities of linking smallholders to markets” Namonje-Kapembwa T., Chiwawa H., Sitko N.
  9:05-9:25	-“Value chain analysis of beef in Swaziland” Fumani Ndlovu
  9:25-9:45	-“Growing a PPP- the case study of the Ngwane Mills – SWADE Joint Venture” van Niekerk W., Gama R., Dlamini M., Rendall D., Thwala M., Dlamini F., Maseko S., Ntuli F., Mkhombe R., Mangwe M., Kunene T.
  9:45-10:05	-“Smallholders and livestock value chain actors access to credit in Tanzania” Mlote S.N.
  10:05-10:25	-“Economic valuation of cattle value chain in Oyo State” Amole O., Adeoye I.B., Olajide O.A.
  10:25-10:30	Wrap-up