Improving smallholder dairy and beef profitability by enhancing farm production and value chain management in Pakistan

Overview

This project is improving the profitability of smallholder farming households in Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, through on-farm efficiency gains and development of dairy and beef market opportunities.

Objective 1: To investigate the support necessary to integrate the whole-family extension approach within the current dairy-beef value chain and evaluate the impacts on smallholder farming families.

Project Duration

April 2017 to September 2021

Faculty Researchers

Dr David McGill (project leader), Prof Ruth Nettle, Dr Margaret Ayre, Dr Hassan Warriach, Dr Gayathri Mekala, Dr Kaitlyn Height

Collaborators

University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan:
Humera Iqbal, Abdul Aziz, Anam Afzal, Khizer Hayat, Aijaz Kumbher, Sobia Majeed

Contact Details

david.mcgill@unimelb.edu.au

Publications

ACIAR Website: https://www.aciar.gov.au/project/LPS-2016-011

Partnership Details

Funded by: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Funding amount: A$2,923,563