More meat milk and eggs by and for the poor
Integrating flagships and
outcomes at country level
Amos Omore, Aynalem Haile, Barbara
Rischkowsky, Ben Lukuyu, Emily Ouma, Hung
Nguyen, James Rao, Sabine Douxchamps,
Thanhh Tu Mai, Peter Ballantyne
Acknowledging the KIT team inputs from our first learning week
CGIAR Livestock review and planning meeting, 12
June 2020

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Aim of this session
1. Show how country projects facilitate inter-
flagship collaboration and integrated delivery of
solutions

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Format
1. A few short presentations
2. Small group breakout conversations
3. Chat synthesis in plenary
Please turn off your video and microphones unless speaking

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Integration is …
• People from flagships and partners work together ‘as one’ – ‘integrated team’
• Collaborative design of flagship agenda’s and priorities with common theory
of change, outcome pathways, deliverables and budgets – ‘integrated plan’
• Multiple interventions of different flagships tested and delivered in
coordinated ways to target groups – ‘integrated delivery’
• Several different and complementary interventions combined together to
serve different objectives – ‘integrated intervention packages’
• Multiple interventions are aggregated together to reach target groups –
‘integrated platform’
• ?

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How the Tanzania country project facilitates
facilitates inter-flagship integration - James

ToC strategy Integrated components Medium to long term change
a. Increase capacity of
dairy agribusiness
(focus on youth and
women) to:
 Bundle technologies
 Promote strategic
alliances
 Grow portfolio of
technologies traded
 Grow their businesses
i. Increased agribusiness
performance:
 Increased product portfolio
 Bundled products/services
 Client orientation/outreach
ii. Value chain actors adopt
innovative packages
iii. Improved business
enabling environment.
b. Package and test
profitable &
environmentally
sustainable
technologies
c. Influence policy and
investment
Integration ‘glue’ in Tanzania: dairy agripreneurs and demand driven technologies
Health
Genetics
Feeds
GenderEnvironment
Goal: Catalyze an inclusive and sustainable development of the dairy value chain
Maziwa Zaidi partnership

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Improved collaboration and partnerships
– 4 out of 5 FP are new in the project site
– Strong and long-lasting partners at national levels but new local partners
– 3 out of FP do not have preferred partner yet
– A common understanding of farming systems in the project sites is being
developed by all flagships, considering multidisciplinary indicators
– Interventions of 1 FP depends on the others
– Local officials are approached by all FP together
– Provincial Sub-DAH will act as contact point for the local authorities but we present
the project to the local authorities as Livestock CRP and as One CGIAR in Vietnam.
How the Vietnam country project facilitates inter-
flagship collaboration and partnerships - Tu

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Inter-flagship collaboration
How the Vietnam country project facilitates inter-
flagship collaboration and partnerships
Genetics Animal
health
Feed and
Forage
Environment Livelihood
Genetics
Animal health Adjusted to the
breed by
genetics
Feed and
Forage
Suitable feed
option for the
breeds
Feed resources
Environment Feed options that
helps improving soil
nutrients and
preventing erosion
Livelihood Market demands Cost-effective herb
management
scheme

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How the Uganda country project facilitates design and
testing of integrated interventions/packages - Emily

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Improving incomes of pig value chain actors through marketing
arrangements and sustainable integrated technology packages
Partnerships:privatesector-led

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How we are designing and testing the integrated
interventions/packages in Uganda
• Research team has agreed to integrate farm level interventions in order to
address productivity constraints and environment interventions
• Entry point through the market – pig aggregators – strong business case
• Working with the same farmers in the same project intervention and control
sites
• Strategy for integrating technology elements through PigSMART platform –
digital extension messages based on stage of growth of the pig (Feeds x Herd
health x Genetics) and environment add-on
• Joint planning and budgeting (pooled budgets for integration elements)
• Coordinated field work – with field-based district partners

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How the Ethiopia country project facilitates integrated
planning and delivery of FP products - Aynalem
Integrated planning for delivery of SmaRT pack
– Project coordinator interacts with the FP team and the partner teams on the ground
to ensure harmonized planning
– Site specific intervention calendars developed by the teams with the NARS partners
provide an overview and guide for timing of the different interventions
– Regular team meetings to discuss plans and what works and what doesn't - helping
the team 'think' and act collectively
– Joint planning and coordinated field work saves resources and increases efficiency
– We used to talk about value chain, but we did not have links between activities
except that we have worked in the same CRP sites. This is no longer the case

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Changes in delivery because of SmaRT pack
– We used to act individually which may not be what the farmers need
– We don’t confuse partners by making several uncoordinated visits
– We now mimic what happens on the ground and look for natural linkages: one
activity produces an input or the enabling environment for another intervention
– Results in more holistic approach towards end beneficiaries
– Community conversations help to integrate the packages at local level
– Eventually one intervention feeds the other and therefore we believe the benefit
is exponential
How the Ethiopia country project facilitates
integrated planning and delivery of FP products

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Essentials for integration – from our
learning ‘week’
- Best-bets which can actually be integrated;
- Suitable delivery approaches for technical packages;
- Team of researchers who believe in integrated approach;
- Proper joint planning of the field activities (both CG and NARS);
- Development of activity calendar which is properly followed;
- Frequent meetings to evaluate progress and see what need to be done differently;
- Consultation with farmers;
- Problem-solving training and mentoring for partners;
- Learning agenda for integrated implementation approaches;

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Exercise 1: Group work
1. Which integration do we
need most, with whom, to
achieve most impact?

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Exercise: Why do we need to
integrate our activities?

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