SWEES Smallholder Cattle Farmer's Project

This sustainable cattle project is a high-impact Nucleus Enterprise Model project for smallholder cattle farmers in the Highlands Region and the project is located in Avi, Anglimp, Southwaghi District of Jiwaka Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The project aims to support the nucleus enterprise model to improve cattle/beef production intended for improving livestock development, particularly in this case, by a chain of existing eight (8) smallholder cattle farmers in the Highlands Region of PNG. This sustainable project will link all the smallholder cattle farmers in the Highlands Region to access capital, market, and technical support. The project has attracted more than 8 registered smallholder cattle farmers who have produced an aggregate number of more than 700 cattle heads under the nucleus model. The project would specifically address (a) improving cattle productivity and breeding program for the existing smallholder cattle farmers (b) increasing the skills of smallholder cattle farmers in animal husbandry and management (c) improving stockyard facilities with proper tools and equipment and grazing management (d) promote linkages for the community for technical support from district agriculture livestock officers in the region through a coordinating point and (e) provide facilities for marketing of their produce. This project has been appraised several times by both the Department of Agriculture and Livestock and the Department of National Planning and various key stakeholders of the industry support it. When the project becomes well established, it will provide quality meat for the local market, create employment, and improve the livelihood of the local community. The project is seeking potential investors for partnership and also seeking to improve its market access both domestically and internationally.

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