Our Services

SRA provides a wide range of international development assistance services to deliver effective and comprehensive solutions to production, planning and management situations across the agriculture and livestock industries.

Livestock Facilities

  • Animal holding and handling, feedlots and facilities, planning, design, equipment
  • Model Livestock Farm/Camp layouts and structures
  • Agri-based processing facilities including abattoirs and milk processing facilities
  • Livestock Research and Animal Quarantine facilities
  • Dairy, Beef and Sheep Farms and related facilities
  • Intensive livestock production facilities (poultry, beef and dairy cattle)

Livestock Systems Studies

  • Development of broad-based livestock production systems (sheep, cattle and goats) including identification of nutrition and health problems, management strategies and the introduction of relevant control measures
  • Design and planning of agro-industrial processing and transport facilities, including abattoirs, feedmills, milk processing, and livestock movement facilities
  • Establishment of veterinary service facilities to address disease or health problems
  • Establishment of field survey, epidemiological procedures and laboratory processes
  • Design and preparation of technical and operating procedural manuals

Livestock Industry Studies

  • Industry studies including farmer and pastoralist surveys
  • Analyses of statistical data and identification of industry trends
  • Identification of major limiting factors to improved production

Agricultural Systems

  • Planning, design and integration of broad-based agricultural systems, including broad-acre and smallholder dryland and irrigated agriculture
  • Design of rangeland regeneration and management programmes
  • Irrigation system design
  • Recommendations for improved crop agronomy husbandry and cultivation techniques
  • Development of fodder and pasture production under both irrigated and dryland conditions
  • Utilisation of crop wastes and by-productions
  • Evaluation of alternative feed options
  • Soil surveys and land use studies

Aquaculture Studies

  • Evaluation of fish markets locally, regionally and internationally
  • Determination of opportunities for new aquaculture production
  • Design of hatchery, production and fish processing systems, including RAS, on-shore ponds and off-shore cage systems
  • Sales and marketing programs
  • Environmental assessment.

Environmental Studies

  • Establishment of national standards
  • Design of facilities for environmentally susceptible areas
  • Design of environmental laboratories
  • Environmental impact assessment (design of procedures and execution of studies)
  • Environmental planning (protected areas, coastal zone management, wildlife parks and sanctuaries)
  • Special environmental studies (bio-diversity, desertification, environmental policy)

Human Resource Development Programmes

  • Review of local and regional manpower resources and avenues for increased employment
  • Determination of levels of technical expertise in target communities
  • Provision of effective extension services appropriate to community needs
  • Training of personnel to deliver community services
  • Identification of appropriate training programmes for management, technical and extension personnel
  • Training programmes specifically designed to meet the requirements of the client and target beneficiaries