Bukavu Chicks Partners will set up joint venture company producing day old chickens and poultry feed with an annual capacity of 250,000 layer DOCs and 150,000 broiler DOCs and feed sales of 2,500 tonnes.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The joint venture will pay its employees well above minimum wages and offer extra benefits as well as safe working conditions.The project will follow the European EFABAR code of good practice for farm animal breeding and reproduction that deals with product quality, environmental and animal welfare and health issues for the poultry sector.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsWages at the basic level will be above living wage. Although, some seasonal workers will be hired all regular employees will receive fixed contracts, which will be converted in permanent contracts after a year. Fringe benefits include meals and access to a medical clinic and transportation.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeThere is no professional large scale local production of DOCs in Eastern Congo. The project will make use of several production methods yet not used in DRC: a modern hatchery for the eggs of its own parent stock and the chicks will be vaccinated.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersProject will source most of the ingredients for feed production locally, additives will be imported.Impact on local customers or consumersThe clients of the project will be poultry farmers. They will be enabled to grow and professionalize their businesses with a stable supply of good quality feed and DOCs and technical assistance offered by the joint venture. This is expected to lead to both production increases in existing farms as well as new farmers moving in the poultry business.Finally, this will impact local consumers as it will reduce prices for eggs and chicken and increase fresh daily supply on the local market that is now largely served by imports.•	Impact on the sectorApart from serving existing semi-professional farmers, this project will collaborate with NGOs targeting small scale poultry farmers with capacity building.Training will not only be offered to chain partners, but also to local regulating authorities (provincial ministry of agriculture). Students from local universities will be received as interns at the joint venture, just as local partner is already doing now.•	EnvironmentWaste from feed crops and manure will be used on the local partners and surrounding farms. Both, local partner as well as applicant, are already collaborating with initiatives like tree planting to prevent soil erosion and poaching.•	Position of womenMore than half of the projects employees will be women.•	Impact on food safetyThis is at the core of the project. The project will provide poultry farmers with a stable supply of essential locally produced inputs. Training of these farmers is included to ensure that chicks are well treated and fed, so that local production of eggs and chicken will significantly increase. This should lower dependency on imports and stabilise prices for these products.•	Impact on waterEmployees will be allowed to take water home from the farm. To establish a new company producing day old chickens and poultry feed with an annual capacity of 250,000 layer DOCs and 150,000 broiler DOCs and feed sales of 2,500 tons.