Poster prepared by Anteneh Girma, Ranjitha Puskur and Woudyalew Mulatu for the ILRI Annual Program Meeting (APM) 2010, held at ILRI campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 14-17, 2010.

1. ENHANCING INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE TRYPANOSOMOSIS
CONTROL IN GHIBE VALLEY, SOUTH WEST ETHIOPIA
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1986-1989
Research on productivity levels of trypano-sensitive
animals and efficiency of available trypanocidals
Does this research deal with livestock
goods and bads and if so how?
1990-2003 The research aims to developing improved
Research On how to control trypanosomosis in an area of high
livestock health services delivery, to enhance
drug resistance
the contribution of livestock for poverty
reduction in the valley. On the other hand,
2003-2006 the research could lead to change in ecology
Research on how to translate the successful control trial into a sustainable
mechanism for improved livestock health control due to increased settlement and bush
clearance for crop production using draught
Current Phase: 2007-2011 power
Action research using the Asset based Community Development (ABCD) and the Innovation Systems
(IS) approaches to derive lessons on Who are the “next users” of the research and
1. how to bring about sustainable improvements in livestock health service delivery in the project site how will they use the findings?
2. how to translate improved livestock health into increased productivity and incomes
The results and lessons could be used by
animal health departments of governments
and, NARS to scale out community based
tryps control to all tryps affected areas in
Ethiopia and beyond
Purpose: To strengthen local capacity for innovation in animal health
systems in the Ghibe Valley
IS ABCD
1. Triggers of innovation 1. History of positive examples/successes of
2. Actors, Competences & Diversity of Functions community-driven/own development initiatives
3. The underlying institutional context 2. Skill inventory & gap analysis
3. Natural/Physical resource mapping and analysis
- Policies/Policy competences
Analytical - Habits and Practices
4. Inventory of formal and informal associations;
Elements - Pattern of Interaction roles and governance e.g. existence and adequacy
4. Complementary research and knowledge inputs of byelaws and enforcement
5. Complementary support and services 5. Local economic analysis : Income and expenditure
6. Characteristics of innovations that 1) to 5) lead to and flow analysis
the usefulness of existing innovation activity 6. Intervention/action plan evaluation vis a vis results
of the analysis in points (1) to (5) above
• Baseline Innovation Appraisal
• Feedback to stakeholders on the findings of the • ABCD field based training , community mapping
Activities baseline appraisal and identified priorities, entry of existing assets and community action planning
points and appropriate partners • ABCD experience sharing , review of ABCD
• Community based tryps control through establishing action plans and community validation
& strengthening trps cooperatives and training of • Identifications of ABCD action plans requiring
Community Animal Heath Workers (CAHWs) bridging support and linkages
• Piloting market oriented goat fattening • Implementation of community action plans
• Partnerships developed to implement collaborative community based tryps control
Outputs • 13 Tryps cooperatives established and capacitated to participate in the community based tryps control
• Local policy change to acknowledge the contributions of CAHWs ( Certification and Institutional Support)
• CAHWs capacitated to involve in tryps control( Pour On and treatment)
• ABCD community capacitated to develop proposals for funding and approach local government for its
implementation ( access to basic services and establishment of tryps cooperatives)
• Establishment of community based Trps control learning platform
Future • Scaling up of market oriented livestock fattening
Plans • Capacitating Tryps cooperatives and ABCD communities to enhance livestock Innovation
• Strengthening CAWHs to play a pivotal role in animal health service delivery, backstopped by woredas
Prepared by:
Anteneh Girma, Ranjitha Puskur and Woudyalew Mulatu ILRI
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE