Solidarités International (SI) has been contributing to improving food and economic security in Yemen through programmes ranging from emergency food security assistance to agricultural recovery. In Ta’izz governorate in particular, SI has been developing services to support local small holder farmers and breeders, aiming to reinforce their resilience and increase their incomes.
As part of this activities, this value-chains assessment aimed to provide recommendations to support the strengthening of local farming systems, by investigating opportunities for income generation – for breeders and vegetable farmers along local value chains (VC).
Relying on the Value Chain Analysis (VCA) approach, the assignment targeted following outcomes:
- Map the dairy and vegetable value chains: investigating links between actors engaging in the same market and highlighting how value is added to a specific food product (vegetable, dairy or meat) from the farm to end beneficiaries.
- Identify disruptions and barriers preventing value addition, income generation and distribution along the value chain.
- Identify and analyse opportunities for growth, job creation and profitability along specific products within targeted value chains.
- Propose programmatic and actionable recommendations: The VCA explored how to support value chain actors and ultimately generate additional income for local farmers. It also examined opportunities to support women’s economic empowerment, promote social cohesion, and economically integrate Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs). Special attention was given to identifying sustainable solutions that promote resilient and environmentally sensitive value chains.
- Build SI internal capacities on value chain approach: the VCA is an opportunity for SI teams at base level to deepen their understanding of the value chain approach. The assignment included elements of capacity building during methodology design and analysis of results
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