Organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
Registration deadline: 25 Sep 2015
Starting date: 12 Oct 2015
Ending date: 16 Oct 2015
A fundamental challenge in reducing poverty in pastoral areas is to ensure market access for
sustainably produced goods while simultaneously maintaining traditional practices and
nomadic lifestyles. Past efforts aimed at stimulating markets have often not worked because of
a failure to address the systemic constraints in an integrated fashion. The key considerations in
Making Markets Work for Pastoralists include building the capacity of the pastoralists;
improving their access to inputs -health care , feeds and breeds to make it possible to produce
high-quality livestock for markets; organizing services, finance, transport, marketplaces,
processing facilities; strengthening actor relationships and improving policy environment.
This 5 –days training equips trainers, rural development practitioners and service providers with
the competencies needed to assist African pastoralists strengthen their position in the
marketing chains for their livestock and livestock products and, by so doing, contribute to
economic development and reduced vulnerability of pastoralists. The uniqueness of the course
lies in the fact that it is fully based on real life examples of pastoralists’ value chains in Africa.
Training Methodologies
• Brief interactive lectures to introduce value chain concepts, principles and approaches
(questions and discussions encouraged during the presentation)
• Plenary exercises, brainstorms, role plays, group work followed by presentations and
plenary discussions
• 1 day of field work for chain mapping and analysis on a selected livestock and livestock
product marketing chains located near the training centre.
How to register:
complete application form and submit to: training@iirr.org or call +254 20 2370039/43