Unlocking livestock development potential through science, influence and capacity development
ILRI APM, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2013
Developing capacity Influencing decisions
Value
Chain
Performance:
transmi4ng
trade-­‐related
benefits
to
smallholders
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May
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3 strategic lessons on:
1. Involving
partners
in
the
en?re
research
cycle
has
paid
off
2. Financial
analysis
capacity
in
the
private
sector
should
not
be
over-­‐es?mated
3. Banks
are
willing
to
learn
about
livestock
1. A
local
partner
with
a
track
record
in
policy
advocacy
provides
a
head
start
2. Ministries’
mandates
are
slow
to
change
and
new
informa?on
needs
to
be
useful
in
exis?ng
work
3. Domes?c
markets
are
under-­‐valued
by
decision-­‐makers
focused
on
exports
Derek
Baker,
Francis
Wanyoike,
Sirak
Bahta,
Nadhem
M?met,
Hikuepi
Katjiuongua,
Karen
Marshall,
Nicholas
Ndiwa
Delivering science
Projects
in
3
countries:
Somaliland,
Botswana,
Swaziland
Goals
include
the
iden?fica?on
of
factors
affec?ng
capacity
of
smallholders
to
par?cipate
successfully
in
high-­‐value
markets,
including
export
markets
Focus
is
on
underlying
compe??veness
of
smallholder
produc?on
systems
:
Botswana:
targe?ng
technical
,
organiza?onal
and
ins?tu?onal
aspects
of
beef
caVle
and
small
stock
marke?ng.
Somaliland:
iden?fying
value
addi?on
opportuni?es
for
extensive
small
stock
systems
Swaziland:
designing
a
financial
product
to
enable
value
addi?on
by
smallholders
and
traders
All
three
projects
include
par?cipatory-­‐
and
survey-­‐based
data
collec?on,
capacity
building,
and
interac?on
with
the
private
sector.
To
date:
• Botswana:
the
first
characteriza?on
of
smallholder
produc?on
systems,
and
the
first
co-­‐ordinated
surveys
of
small
stock
animal
health.
• Somaliland
:
Capacity
building
at
Sheik
Technical
and
Veterinary
School
‘s
Reference
Centre
,
and
work
on
recogni?on
of
live
animal
grading
system
for
export
quality
stock
• Swaziland:
Capacity
building
amongst
producers
and
traders
engaging
in
faVening
caVle
for
high
value
markets,
par?cularly
in
financial
analysis
of
feed
sources,
and
establishing
a
pilot
mini-­‐feedlot
system.
Main
partners
are
Ministries
of
Agriculture
(Swaziland,
Botswana)
,
Na?onal
Agricultural
Educa?on
and
Policy
Analysis
Bureau
(Somaliland,
Botswana),
a
Ministry
dealing
with
Irriga?on
Management
and
three
IFAD
projects
(Swaziland).
Managing
partner
in
Somalilan
is
Terra
Nuova
.
1. Ministries
welcome
economic
complementarity
to
their
technical
research
work
2. Feed
is
liVle-­‐acknowledged
as
a
constraint
to
value
addi?on
in
livestock
3. Export-­‐oriented
countries
focus
on
trans-­‐boundary
disease,
which
may
not
be
the
barriers
to
smallholder
compe??veness
Botswana:
the
first
gross
margin
(PULA/TLU)
calcula<ons
for
a
representa<ve
sample
of
smallholders
disaggregated
by
herd
size
(TLU).
Somaliland:
small
scale
producers
can
increase
earnings
by
achieving
live
animal
export
grades
(these
were
documented
in
a
previous
ILRI/Terra
Nuova
project
in
Somaliland).
Swaziland:
development
of
a
new
lending
instrument
to
enable
smallholder
access
to
high
value
markets