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The global objective of PACBAO is “to develop competitive, regional and inclusive livestock and meat value chains by enhancing West African pastoral and agropastoral livestock, integrating breeders into these value chains under income-generating conditions and meeting the meat demand of households in the region”.

Thus, the project will create a production system that links quality animal feed production (natural pasture, crop residue, agro-byproducts) with the nutrient requirements of livestock. It will also coordinate a sustainable livestock value chain with producers, agro-industrialists, service providers, traders and distributors of quality slaughter animals using innovative production and marketing systems in the Bawku and Gushegu municipalities in the Upper East and Northern Regions respectively. Furthermore, it will improve the availability and access to quality feed and improved breeds of livestock that will result in “heavy” animals with quality meat to meet the meat demand of households. In addition, the effective coordination of the livestock value chain will facilitate gainful employment for young people and women in the Bawku and Gushegu municipalities in northern Ghana. Specifically, the project aims to achieving increased availability of and access to quality animal feed at lower cost, increase the productivity and profitability of livestock farmers, increase the supply of animals with high meat production potential and develop niche markets by producing "heavy" cattle, bulls and sheep for festive occasions (Eid ul-Adha, Christmas and Easter).