Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Project Overview Fodder Adoption Project (FAP) (IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853) Presentation by Alan Duncan to the FAP End of Project Workshop Luang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010

Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder (Ethiopia, Syria, Vietnam) IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853 ILRI, ICARDA & CIAT

Identification of partner capacity building needs Development of training modules for innovation systems (with DFID) Evaluation of policy and institutional environment Identification and streamlining of project tools/methodologies Principles for site identification and comparison (innovation system) IPG – Generic lessons for scaling out/up fodder innovations Development of project communication material Development of communication strategies for joint learning within and between countries Enhanced partners’ capacity Evaluation of fodder and seed delivery/input supply mechanisms Collection of baseline data Evaluation of year-round feed: inventory, assessment and database Improved fodder delivery systems Evaluation of livestock market environment Development of GIS on pilot sites in relation to fodder interventions Evaluation of actors, linkages, practices and habits Identification of project sites, partners and work plans Mechanisms for partnerships Indicative activities Outputs

Non-cash e.g. manure, security etc Inputs seed extension technical demand Market infrastructure Influences Outputs Smallholder livestock enterprise Economic e.g. milk, meat Vet services Feed Genetic merit organisational technical Policy/institutions policy Improved livelihoods

Central questions

FAP emphases

Innovation – a natural process

Fodder as a system component

Scales

Scales of Fodder Innovation Farmers, extension staff, local government, researchers Micro/Site Technical, local policy Meso/District Farmers, extension staff, local and provincial government, researchers, private enterprise, service providers, finance/credit institutions Institutional/ organizational Macro/National Farmers, extension staff, local –provincial-national government, researchers, private enterprise, service providers, finance/credit institutions, media National policy, incentive structure Scale Typical stakeholders Nature of intervention

Scaling out/up Pocket of success Institutional environment Policy environment Business environment Credit facilities Using local pockets of technical success as the “engine” of change Widespread system change

Market environment is also a key factor in stimulating innovation Innovation Extent of market demand Market linkages

FAP emphases