A brief by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says Swaziland’s smallholder farmers need information on improving feeding and cattle management, in addition to better access to credit, to support income-generating livestock commercializing activities such as cattle fattening. Continue reading
On March 26th2014, the National Steering Committee held its second meeting. The committee is composed of six members from the following institutions: Ministry of Agriculture – Directorate of Veterinary and Livestock Production Services; the Swaziland Water and Agriculture Development Enterprise (SWADE), the Micro Finance Unit (MFU), Faculty of Agriculture, University of Swaziland, Swaziland National Agricultural … Continue reading
The staff of the project entitled “Innovative Beef Value Chain Development Schemes in Southern Africa” met on November 26 and 27 in Manzini for a workshop on Outcome Mapping, the monitoring and Evaluation approach used for this project. Outcome mapping is a methodology for planning, monitoring and evaluating targeted behaviors, actions and relationships within a … Continue reading
Swaziland is the small country in Southern Africa mostly known for its rich cultural heritage, the breath taking landscapes and wildlife. Cattle is undoubtedly part of the mentioned cultural heritage as it plays an important role in society through lobolo (bride price) hence family status. In addition, in a country where agriculture is large dominated … Continue reading
Innovative beef value chain development schemes 