1. Michael Handlos, CLiP Project leader
ILRI Burundi (IITA compound), Bujumbura
m.handlos@cgiar.org
Flemming Nielsen
IITA, Bukavu - Kalambo, DR Congo
f.nielsen@cgiar.org
Crop
Livestock
integration
Project
Improved farm productivity through crop–livestock interventions
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi
This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence, September 2016
The CLiP theory of change (TOC) sets out the causal links between the research outputs and the subsequent chain
of outcomes leading to the desired impact (Figure 1). It envisages an increase in farm productivity as a
consequence of the rationalization of farm work, positively benefitting from an enabling environment, such as
sustainable intensification and value chain integration. Increased productivity is expected to boost the quantity
and profitability of marketable farm products, which in turn lead to increased household incomes. The project
also fosters a more equitable distribution of the benefits of farm production among household members, and
nurtures a balanced nutritional intake, particularly for women and children, through increased consumption of
diverse and nutritionally rich foods.
The assumptions of the TOC will be confirmed through a series of research-for-development (R4D) activities
assessing the:
• Impact of improved crop-livestock systems on gender livelihoods and the nutritional status of households;
• Best use of crop residues considering soil fertility management and animal feed requirements (mulching,
composting, manure production);
• Identification of endemic livestock diseases in project area and their financial and other effects on livestock
development;
• Levels of aflatoxin contamination in food and feeds;
• Effects of training approaches on agency and empowerment, the potential influence on intra-household and
community-level decision-making;
• Crop–livestock integration and its impact on sustainable job creation for young people.
Project target: Piloting crop–livestock intervention with 1600 farming households in four
ecologically paired field sites in the South Kivu province (eastern DRC): Miti and Kamanyola,
and in the highlands and Rusizi plains of Burundi: Giheta and Cibitoke.
Producer of bio fortified cassava
Young goat breeder
Shelling bio fortified maize
Pasture improvement for better feeding of pigs
ILRI thanks all donors and organizations which globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR system
Figure 1: Theory of change
Outputs 2–4 in the green triangles represent the CLiP
project technical outputs. Output 1, LLAFS, is the
enabling output which applies across the board
Improved diet quality
Increased consumption
of diverse and nutritious
foods
Increased income
Increased quantity and
profit for farm products sold
Increased farm productivity
More equitable distribution
of the benefits from farm
production
More control over assets
and decision making
Outcome 2
increased
productivity
Outcome 3
value chain
linkages
Productivity IDO
Income IDO
Nutrition IDO
Gender and youth intermediate
development outcome (IDO)
Outcome4
gender,youth
andnutrition
Outcome1
LivestockLivelihoods
andAgri-FoodSystems
(LLAFS)integration
Time
Giheta
Cibitoke
Kamanyola
Miti
Michael Handlos (International Livestock Research Institute) and Flemming Nielsen (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture)
Poster presented at the Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine: Tropical
Animal Diseases and Veterinary Public Health—Joining Forces to Meet Future Global Challenges, 4–8 September 2016, Berlin, Germany