Goat value chain in Algeria, sustainable development proposals to cope with changes[Filière chèvre en Algérie, propositions de développement durable pour faire face aux changements]

Goat farming in Algeria is undergoing profound changes; it is shifting from pastoral low input to economic livestock farming in order to adapt to a new context, characterized by a high demand of goat's meat and milk. Our study tries to highlight the evolutionary dynamics of this breeding and the adaptation strategies of the supply chain actors in order to identify dysfunctions and to propose alternatives to ensure sustainable development. Our study shows that the changing socioeconomic context of the country (urbanization, improvement of purchasing power, standardization and emergence of new food habits) has boosted the demand of primary (milk and meat) and processed (cheese) goat products, for their real and supposed dietetic and organoleptic qualities. This high demand has led to an increase in products prices, and chain stakeholders to try to seize this opportunity. Breeding systems are changing toward a more market oriented systems, and new dairy farmers or fatteners are organizing their production systems to own more profit. There is also a starting of a development process of a goat cheese industry in a few regions. However, the sector still suffering from a multitude of natural, technical, organizational and economic constraints affecting one or several chain segments. To accompany these changes, our study propounds innovative propositions ; the use of new approaches to utilize food resources, produce new knowledge on local goat genetics, and reorganizing the sector, with the emphasis on making more organized and coherent the relationship among the stakeholders of the value chain.