Livestock & Agribusiness
Livestock is central to livelihoods, trade, and food security across the Horn of Africa. It drives household income, exports, and resilience for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. Sustainable growth in this sector depends on innovation, animal health, climate adaptation, and compliance with international sanitary and trade standards.
HPRD provides end-to-end technical and advisory services across livestock and agribusiness value chains — from feasibility studies, policy reform, and value chain analysis to laboratory and quarantine systems development. We support alignment with WOAH, WTO-SPS, Codex Alimentarius, and ISO/IEC 17025 frameworks to ensure safe, traceable, and competitive livestock trade. Our work enhances veterinary systems, trade facilitation, and resilience in cross-border ecosystems.
Key Focus Areas
- • Livestock and agribusiness feasibility and investment assessments
- • Value chain and market analysis for meat, dairy, hides, and feeds
- • Design and assessment of quarantine, inspection, and certification systems
- • Animal health, veterinary laboratory, and quality infrastructure strengthening
- • Compliance with WOAH, WTO-SPS, Codex, and ISO/IEC 17025 standards
- • One Health, disease surveillance, and zoonotic control frameworks
- • Feed and water systems optimization and climate resilience planning
- • Livestock insurance, digital traceability, and PPP-based trade facilitation
- • Institutional capacity development and workforce training
- • Monitoring, evaluation, and economic impact modelling
Key Facts
- ✓ Regional experience in cross-border livestock certification, quarantine, and export systems design aligned with international SPS and quality standards across East and Horn of Africa
- ✓ Advanced inclusion of women, youth, and vulnerable pastoral groups in livestock value chains and business incubation models
- ✓ Strong partnerships supporting climate-resilient livestock systems, PPP frameworks, and regional value chain linkages between producers, traders, and exporters
- ✓ Strong networks with regional ministries, research institutes, and private sector actors supporting livestock-based economies