Presented by Azage Tegegne at the LIVES Research Planning Workshop, Addis Ababa, 26-28 March 2013

1. Potential Livestock Research Areas in
(LIVES) Project
Azage Tegegne
LIVES Research Planning Workshop
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26-28 March 2013

2. Why research?
• To create knowledge on project’s livestock
interventions
– To feed into the learning activities in the project
areas.
– To disseminate the knowledge for scaling out
beyond the project areas.

3. Livestock research focus areas
• Gaps in knowledge in proposed livestock
value chain system in the 10 Zones
• Value chain interventions (gender sensitive)
• Extension (knowledge management, capacity
development) interventions (gender sensitive)

4. Potential livestock research categories
• Diagnostic research
• Action research
• Impact research
(all gender sensitive with gender disaggregated data)

5. Diagnostic dairy research
• Rapid assessment butter market channels and consumers
• Assessment on-farm butter processing systems
• Assessment fertility management dairy cows
• Assessment feeding practices dairy animals in peri-urban
and rural system
• Assessment fluid milk/butter quality at different stages of
the value chain
• Rapid assessment/action planning communal grazing area
development
• Access to knowledge/skills development peri-urban and
rural dairy production for male, female and youth farmers

6. Action research dairy
• Innovation history of dairy value chain development
• Cost benefit analysis of selected dairy production
interventions in peri-urban and rural system
• Studies on mass insemination program vis a vis other
institutional approaches
• Studies on communal grazing area development
• Studies on forage seed multiplication system
• Different institutional arrangements for dairy processing in
peri-urban fluid milk system/rural butter system
• Assessment dairy specific knowledge/capacity
interventions, including dairy platforms

7. Diagnostic research small/large ruminants
• Rapid assessment supply channels for fattening small and large
ruminants
• Assessment small ruminants diseases and mortality
• Assessment feeding practices small and large ruminants at
different growth stages
• Rapid assessment/action planning communal grazing area
development
• Rapid assessment/action planning community based sheep
breeding program
• Assessment/action planning meat quality in local butcheries and
abattoirs
• Access to knowledge/skills development small/large ruminants
production by male, female and youth

8. Action research small/large ruminants
• Innovation history of small/large ruminants value chain
development
• Cost benefit analysis improved fattening small/large
ruminants
• Forage seed multiplication system (FTCs and private)
• Studies on effectiveness community based sheep
breeding programs
• Studies on effectiveness thermo stable PPR distribution
system
• Studies on fattening specific knowledge/capacity
interventions including fattening platforms

9. Diagnostic research poultry
• Rapid assessment egg and poultry market
channels/consumers
• Assessment chicken diseases and mortality
• Assessment feeding practices by peri-urban and
rural poultry producers
• Access to knowledge/skills development on poultry
production by urban and peri-urban male, female
and youth

10. Action research poultry
• Innovation history of poultry value chain
development
• Cost benefit analysis poultry production
interventions for peri-urban and rural poultry
production
• Studies on different institutional arrangements
for pullet production system
• Studies on different institutional arrangement for
health service delivery
• Studies on poultry specific knowledge/capacity
interventions including poultry platforms

11. Diagnostic research apiculture
• Rapid assessment of raw and clear honey
market channels/consumers
• Assessment bee colony supply channels and
acquisition
• Assessment bee feeding/sources over the year
• Access to knowledge/skills development
apiculture production by urban and peri-
urban male, female and youth

12. Action research apiculture
• Innovation history of apiculture value chain
development
• Cost benefit analysis apiculture production
interventions
• Studies on bee colony multiplication system
• Studies on different institutional arrangements
small scale honey processing
• Studies on apiculture specific knowledge an
capacity interventions, including apiculture
platforms

13. Livestock impact research
• Double difference and other studies
– Dairy value chain
– Small/large ruminants value chain
– Poultry value chain
– Apiculture value chain

14. Research outputs
• Location specific and synthesized diagnostic
findings
• Location specific and synthesized livestock
interventions
• Location specific and synthesized livestock
specific extension interventions
• Location specific and synthesized livestock impact
studies

15. Thank you!
www.lives-ethiopia.org

18. Prioritization research locations
• Importance of a commodity between
zones – based on number HHs involved
• Importance of the commodity within a
zone – based on number of HHs involved
• Sites with high scores on both criteria
considered first

19. Ranking of commodities based on number of households across zones
Zone/Commodity Dairy Beef SR Poultry Apiculture
Eastern Tigray 4th - 2nd - 2nd
Central Tigray 3rd - 4th 4th -
West Gojam 2nd 1st - 1st -
North Gonder 1st 2nd - 2nd -
South Wello 5th - 3rd - 3rd
East Shoa 8th 4th - 5th -
West Shoa 7th - 5th - 4th
Jimma - - 1st 3rd 1st
Gamo Gofa - 3rd 7th 7th -
Sidama 6th - 6th 6th -

20. Ranking commodities based on number of HH within a zone
Zone/Commodity Dairy Beef SR Poultry Apiculture
Eastern Tigray 2nd - 1st - 3rd
Central Tigray 2nd - 3rd 1st -
West Gojam 3rd 2nd - 1st -
North Gonder 3rd 2nd - 1st -
South Wello 2nd - 1st - 3rd
East Shoa 3rd 2nd - 1st -
West Shoa 2nd - 1st - 3rd
Jimma - - 1st 2nd 3rd
Gamo Gofa - 1st 3rd 2nd -
Sidama 2nd - 3rd 1st -