Improve Dairy extension services for farmers on quality milk production and animal health care
Focus on youth Entrepreneurship in dairy (Youth movement in dairy reduced antibiotic use/organic farming )
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Ways to improve Social enterpreurship in Ethiopian Dairy Farming
1. Ways to Improve Social Entrepreneurship
For Dairy Farming :
the Case of Ethiopia
International Symposium on Green solution for Antibiotic Use,
Natural Livestock Farming Network
The Netherlands, Amsterdam October 03 2015
Daniel Temesgen Gelan (PhD)
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2. Current Facts in Ethiopian Dairy
Smallholders contributes 98%
Commercial dairy farms 2%
Indigenous cattle breed produce 97% of the milk
3% from improved exotic crosses and pure breed
cattle.
Limited study on antibiotic residue in milk (it is
small in use scale) there is weak control system
in place
The informal marketing is the major practice of
farmers
Small portion of milk production reaches the
formal market (about 7%)
Imports of dairy products are increasing: 300%
increase in value between 2001 -2010
Enhancing marketing ,developing infrastructure
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3. Opportunities dairy development in Ethiopia
Favorable physical conditions for dairy
Policy focus to significantly increase per capita milk consumption and improve the food security and
nutrition
Role private sector in economic growth
Growing demand and Income growth with population growth and urbanization
Attracting foreign and local investment on dairy (Dutch companies are on forefront)
Antibiotic use in Business as usual scenario:
More number of commercial and small scale family dairy farms push more milk production
There will results in increasing use of antibiotics coupled with inadequate surveillance capacity
Emergence of antimicrobial resistance will be more (already human antibiotic resistance is more concerns)
With major consequences of resistance include increased mortality, costs of treatment, and loss of
production in animals
(Developing our New knowledge of how to utilize our Ethio- veterinary experiences )
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4. What is needed for improve social Entrepreneurship in Dairy
farming
Good economic prospects for chain actors
Production: Low cost price requires: reliable market; attractive price; more & better feed; more &
better animals; input supply & services; management skills
Efficient collection, processing & marketing: quality control, product diversification; promotion of
consumption
Good enabling environment
government policies - level of protection, and support
support from research, education and extension
coordination in value chain
1 (economic prospects) + 2 (enabling environment) = good business prospects
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5. Ways to improve policy and institutional environment
Improve Dairy extension services for farmers on quality milk production and
animal health care
Create awareness among the consumers on quality of milk
Asses willingness to pay and Improve milk consumption by expanding milk
marketing
Creating and strengthening knowledge and policy platforms on milk quality
Empower women to be involved in quality milk production, processing and
marketing
Focus on youth Entrepreneurship in dairy (Youth movement in dairy reduced
antibiotic use/organic farming )
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6. Why Youth? Change agent and strong social force
Youth the highest and fastest growing proportion of population (50%) under 30 years of age
About 80 % lives in rural areas about 65% employed in agriculture
Youth potential behavior of Adoption of new technologies and ideas, tend to take more risks
they are more likely to challenge norms that may be hindering development
Support :
Addresses youth land ,financial , and skill issues
Active participation and Supplementing to play leadership role
Facilitation on Youth Communication,
linkage and Networking for learning and exchange
Develop youth capacity in critical areas of priority livestock technology
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7. Ways to improve policy and institutional environment
Improve Cooperative/Union membership / for the development of the sector through
commercialization as well as providing essential inputs.
Promoting dairy cooperatives keeping local breeds
Working to ward Establishing of Dairy Board’ - to assure a proper lead and coordination of the
sector’s development
Advocating fro Removal of hindrances for dairy investments (land ,Water and electricity supply and
credit ,improve incentives)
Capacity building standard quality control laboratory mandatory certification and inspection service
The introduction of a quality based milk payment (QBMP) system
(learning from Netherlands could provide knowledge support and organizational capacity building .
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