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On the 2nd of July more than 70 professionals came together in Veessen for the inspiring learning event ‘Dairy & Development: Dilemmas of Scaling Up’. The organisers (Agri-ProFocus and Heifer) would like to thank all participants for their active participation, at the online platform and during the event, which made it such a success. The evaluation forms we received also indicate that you had an informative day and enjoyed the programme, in particular the case sessions and network opportuni… Continue

"Livestock and Livelihood: Changes and Choices" Past, present and future of livestock in development programs (illustrated with cases of Heifer and other Dutch and Global examples) Hans Schiere & Joep van Mierlo are inviting interested people to give input on this working version. INPUT OF THE DAIRY & DEVELOPMENT LEARNING EVENT WILL ALSO BE USED TO COMPLETE THIS BOOK!… Continue

Ynze has asked for an input from others in the Kenya case discussion! "Dear Julius Thanks for this remark. I think what you say is very useful. If I repeat your remark in my own wording, you stress the importance of careful preparation and guidance of the decision making process, that the purpose of farmers’ participation is especially the creation of ownership and th… Continue

Thanks to Jan van der Lee and Bram Wouters of WUR, we are able to post a State of the Art Paper on Smallholder Dairy Development. Read it and please give your comments! Continue

Case study of Heifer Ghana is posted. We invite you to comment! Continue

Case study from Heifer Cameroon is put into the Cybrary. We do invite you to comment! Continue

Case study from Heifer Albania is put into the Cybrary. We do invite you to comment! Continue