Report of the First Meeting of the imGoats Innovation Platform (IP) in Inhassoro, Mozambique, 26 May 2011

The project of “Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats)” aims to pilot sustainable and replicable organizational and technical models to strengthen goat value chains in India and Mozambique that increase incomes, reduce vulnerability and enhance welfare amongst marginalized groups, including women, and to document, communicate and promote appropriate evidence‐based model(s) for sustainable, pro‐poor goat value chains.  

This report provides an account of the first meeting of the imGoats Innovation Platform formed in Inhassoro district of Mozambique, facilitated by CARE. The report also describes the preparatory activities undertaken by CARE and ILRI for establishing the platform and organising the meeting.