CGIAR Livestock and Fish Mega Program

CGIAR Livestock and Fish Mega Program: "As explained in the 1st week of this e-consultation, we propose to focus our efforts on working with development partners to transform and upgrade selected livestock and fish value chains in a few countries to increase their production and benefits to the poor. A significant share of our resources will therefore be devoted to gaining a systemic understanding of each value chain, evaluating its performance, and identifying opportunities that add value and improve their efficiency and benefits. In some cases, we will be able to respond to these opportunities by applying readily available technologies and strategies and support our development partners to build the needed capacity for their uptake. In many cases, though, specific long-standing constraints will limit the response to an opportunity– e.g., poor feed availability during the dry season–and research will be needed to propose better solutions."