Afghanistan Value Chains - Livestock   2

Afghanistan Value Chains - Livestock At A Glance
Purpose: Strengthen the private sector's capacity to effectively link Afghan producers to domestic and international markets, and to grow the agriculture sector through interventions at all levels of livestock value chains.
Scope: A five-year contract (a three-year base period plus a two-year option period).
Place of Performance: The Activity must work in all of the economic zones listed: North, South, East, and West.
Goal and Purpose: The Goal of the Afghanistan Value Chains - Livestock activity is to strengthen the private sector's capacity to effectively link Afghan producers to domestic and international markets, and to grow the agriculture sector through interventions at all levels of livestock value chains-a process which will naturally be led by the private sector.
The activity's Sub-Purposes are:
Productivity of Key Livestock Value Chains Increased;
Commercial Viability of Livestock-related Agribusinesses Increased; and
Public and Private Livestock-related Agricultural Service Delivery Strengthened.
It also has cross-cutting objectives of:
Women's Equality and Empowerment Increased; and
Youth Participation in the Agribusiness Sector Increased.