Improving Smallholder Dairy and Beef Profitability by Enhancing Farm Production and Value Chain Management in Pakistan

Grant number: LPS/2016/011 | Funding period: 2017 - 2022

Completed

Abstract

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. Smallholder dairy farms are a vital component of Pakistan’s mixed crop-livestock farming systems and the national economy. Milk is the primary product, but male calves and old cows are a key source of meat. Demand for high quality meat and milk is rapidly increasing in Pakistan’s urban and regional centres. It is creating significant opportunities for smallholder dairy farming families, of which only a small proportion currently make any profit from dairy. Increasing profit from the mea..

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