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Mekonnen, Mesfin

Mersha, Abiro

Yeheyis, Likawent

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More meat milk and eggs by and for the poorHerd Health: Key lessons, scaling requirements and quick-win actions for Ethiopia sheep and goat value chainsSmaRT Ethiopia Workshop on consolidating and capitalizing on experiences, Addis Ababa, 2 November 2021Solomon Gizaw, ILRI2More meat, milk and eggs by and for the poorKey lessons learned• Herd health interventions were motivators of the farmers for other interventions- The farmers could see the benefits quickly; driving force• Integration of activities was the good approach• Calendar-based herd health interventions – if all the stakeholders are committed• If the delivery of animal health inputs is improved, the interventions can bring clear changes3Still needed to go to scale• Strong partnership with all stakeholders from national to village level; there should be commitment and ownership of all stakeholders• The financial support for the inputs• The private sector should actively be involved – the government support for privatization • There should be an annual plan with NVI in for production of vaccines• Business-oriented farmers – in long-term4Quick win actions for best results in short/medium term• In general,  herd health interventions can bring results in short time – this can also be an entry point for other interventions like genetics improvement• Respiratory diseases interventions and gastro-intestinal parasite control activities can show results in short time• Herd health management – with fattening can give benefits in short time• Some herd health activities such as interventions for reproductive health management and coenurosis control – can show changes in medium termCGIAR Research Program on LivestockThe CGIAR Research Program on Livestock aims to increase the productivity and profitability of livestock agri-food systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and eggs more available and affordable across the developing world.This presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.The program thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR systemlivestock.cgiar.orgMore meat milk and eggs by and for the poor

Herd Health: Key lessons, scaling requirements and quick-win actions for Ethiopia sheep and goat value chains

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Herd Health: Key lessons, scaling requirements and quick-win actions for Ethiopia sheep and goat value chains

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