This Thematic Paper is part of a Toolkit for Project Design (Livestock Thematic Papers: Tools for Project Design) which reflects IFAD’s commitment to developing a sustainable livestock sector in which poor farmers and herders might have higher incomes, and better access to assets, services, technologies and markets.
The paper indents to be a practical tool for development practitioners, project designers and policymakers to define appropriate livestock development interventions. It also provides recommendations on critical issues for rural development and also possible responses and actions to encourage the socio-economic empowerment of poor livestock keepers.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
This document discusses using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to build resilience in communities, with a focus on Majuli Island in India. It provides context on rural livelihoods facing shocks like floods and erosion. The concept of resilience as the ability to adapt positively is introduced. ICT can enhance outreach of resilience projects and e-agriculture uses ICT to support rural development. Examples of ICT initiatives in India are provided, along with challenges facing Majuli and potential ICT-based solutions to build a resilient community and sustainable livelihoods in the region.
Traditional poultry strategy brief 17 feb 2014MADE
Rearing local chickens is a common activity for rural households in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Approximately 3 million households keep around 35 million local chickens, with an average flock size of 11 chickens per household. These chickens provide occasional income, food, and are used to meet cultural obligations. However, production is inefficient due to disease risks like Newcastle's Disease, lack of veterinary services and technical knowledge. MADE is exploring market-based solutions to increase access to Newcastle's Disease vaccination in rural areas, which could boost savings for farmers and empower women involved in the sector.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
Mexico has implemented several key rural social programs to address food security and poverty:
1. PROGRESA/Oportunidades provides cash transfers to families conditional on health care and education to improve nutrition in the short-term.
2. PROCAMPO provides cash payments per hectare to farmers growing staple crops, benefiting smallholders but with funds concentrated among larger farms.
3. Other programs include Apoyo Alimentario providing food baskets or cash, MasAgro promoting sustainable agriculture, and PESA funding local development projects.
However, rural poverty and food insecurity remain challenges as economic growth and job creation have fallen short of goals while informal work and inequality are high. Trade
The document discusses research findings on agriculture for food and nutrition security. It notes that while smallholder farmers produce much of the world's food, their work and knowledge remain understudied and under-supported by policies. Effective approaches focus on integrating smallholders into markets while strengthening rural employment and including smallholders in development. However, agricultural innovation often overlooks indigenous knowledge and focuses only on technology and productivity. The role of smallholder farmers in food production requires more research funding and a new paradigm that values their knowledge and sees them as part of the solution to food insecurity.
(1) The document analyzes the impact of intellectual property rights in the seed sector on crop yield growth and social welfare using three case studies. (2) The case studies examine wheat in the US and EU, rootworm-resistant corn, and hybrid tomatoes to understand how intellectual property environments, crops, and companies affect research decisions and yields. (3) Most academic research to date has found mixed impacts of private sector research incentives on yields and social welfare.
Innovations and incentives in agricultural research for poor countries ILRI
Presented by Delia Grace and Tom Randolph at the third annual conference on Agricultural Research for Development: Innovations and Incentives, Uppsala, Sweden, 26-27 September 2012
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
This document discusses using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to build resilience in communities, with a focus on Majuli Island in India. It provides context on rural livelihoods facing shocks like floods and erosion. The concept of resilience as the ability to adapt positively is introduced. ICT can enhance outreach of resilience projects and e-agriculture uses ICT to support rural development. Examples of ICT initiatives in India are provided, along with challenges facing Majuli and potential ICT-based solutions to build a resilient community and sustainable livelihoods in the region.
Traditional poultry strategy brief 17 feb 2014MADE
Rearing local chickens is a common activity for rural households in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Approximately 3 million households keep around 35 million local chickens, with an average flock size of 11 chickens per household. These chickens provide occasional income, food, and are used to meet cultural obligations. However, production is inefficient due to disease risks like Newcastle's Disease, lack of veterinary services and technical knowledge. MADE is exploring market-based solutions to increase access to Newcastle's Disease vaccination in rural areas, which could boost savings for farmers and empower women involved in the sector.
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
Mexico has implemented several key rural social programs to address food security and poverty:
1. PROGRESA/Oportunidades provides cash transfers to families conditional on health care and education to improve nutrition in the short-term.
2. PROCAMPO provides cash payments per hectare to farmers growing staple crops, benefiting smallholders but with funds concentrated among larger farms.
3. Other programs include Apoyo Alimentario providing food baskets or cash, MasAgro promoting sustainable agriculture, and PESA funding local development projects.
However, rural poverty and food insecurity remain challenges as economic growth and job creation have fallen short of goals while informal work and inequality are high. Trade
The document discusses research findings on agriculture for food and nutrition security. It notes that while smallholder farmers produce much of the world's food, their work and knowledge remain understudied and under-supported by policies. Effective approaches focus on integrating smallholders into markets while strengthening rural employment and including smallholders in development. However, agricultural innovation often overlooks indigenous knowledge and focuses only on technology and productivity. The role of smallholder farmers in food production requires more research funding and a new paradigm that values their knowledge and sees them as part of the solution to food insecurity.
(1) The document analyzes the impact of intellectual property rights in the seed sector on crop yield growth and social welfare using three case studies. (2) The case studies examine wheat in the US and EU, rootworm-resistant corn, and hybrid tomatoes to understand how intellectual property environments, crops, and companies affect research decisions and yields. (3) Most academic research to date has found mixed impacts of private sector research incentives on yields and social welfare.
Innovations and incentives in agricultural research for poor countries ILRI
Presented by Delia Grace and Tom Randolph at the third annual conference on Agricultural Research for Development: Innovations and Incentives, Uppsala, Sweden, 26-27 September 2012
The Brussels Development Briefing n.60 on “The future of food and agricultural transformation” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and CONCORD was held on Wednesday 26 February 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing presented trends and discussed the sustainable and healthy food systems, the future of work in agriculture and the need for new skills in very complex food chains, the effects of disruptive innovations, fair and inclusive value chains and trade.
The audience was made up of ACP-EU policy-makers and representatives of the EU Member States, civil society groups, research networks and development practitioners, the private sector and international organisations based in Brussels as well as representatives from ACP regional organisations.
This course aims to help students pursue careers at one of the Big Four accounting firms. It covers the entire recruitment process in eight sessions, including pre-networking, networking, resume and cover letter preparation, interviews, and a social event with firm representatives. The first two sessions introduce the firms and how to network, while later sessions provide guidance on business etiquette, resume and cover letter writing, interview skills, and sample questions. The course is taught by experienced professionals and includes hands-on activities and mock interviews to help students optimize their chances of receiving a job offer.
The document discusses the use of conventions in a magazine created by the author. It summarizes that the magazine uses some conventional elements like a large masthead, similar color scheme to other indie magazines, and contents page with matching colors to attract viewers and prove successful in sales. It also discusses some unconventional elements like a similar font throughout the cover to appeal to younger audiences, a gradient of contrasting colors on the contents page, and including elements from pop magazines in the double page spread to take risks.
This 4 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key features and benefits of Google Cloud's Apigee API management platform. It highlights how Apigee allows developers to quickly create, secure, and monitor APIs for mobile and web applications. The platform centrally manages the entire lifecycle of APIs from development to production.
Orienteering is a competitive sport adapted from a favourite pastime like scrambling mountain landscapes among the magpies who scavenge or Treasure Hunt. With a map and a compass to find bearings to your destination, one is not trail blazing or exploring. Having a poor map you will have difficulty. Having a poor compass becomes doubly dangerous. One works with both map and compass, trusting both are equally good that one does not stumble off a cliff, becoming magpies’ dinner.
"Market making" is what the investment banks characterize they do, what society expects of them to broker bonds or shares. Brokers' concern is financing client businesses, not investor's capital safety. Your wallet looks edible to them.
The document appears to be a graph showing the evolution of pricing for different ticket options at a water park called Univers Aquatique Concordea in 2016. It includes data on the percentage, number, and revenue for weekly and weekend passes, as well as total numbers and revenue. The graph is in French and contains numerical data but no clear labels or context for the numbers.
This Thematic Paper is part of a Toolkit for Project Design (Livestock Thematic Papers: Tools for Project Design) which reflects IFAD’s commitment to developing a sustainable livestock sector in which poor farmers and herders might have higher incomes, and better access to assets, services, technologies and markets.
The paper indents to be a practical tool for development practitioners, project designers and policymakers to define appropriate livestock development interventions. It also provides recommendations on critical issues for rural development and also possible responses and actions to encourage the socio-economic empowerment of poor livestock keepers.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
Innovative EAS for small scale farmers, by Burton E. SwansonMEAS
1. The document discusses developing innovative extension systems to help small-scale male and female farmers. It analyzes value chain projects currently funded by donors and identifies issues with only focusing on a few commodity value chains and excluding small-scale farmers, especially women.
2. It then outlines the key functions of an effective comprehensive agricultural extension system, including maintaining national food security, improving rural livelihoods through training and technology transfer, and building social capital through organizing farmers into groups.
3. The relationship between extension and innovation systems is explored, differentiating between product and process innovations. The role of extension in facilitating process innovations for small-scale farmers is emphasized through identifying location-specific solutions and building social capital.
Global partnership tower July 2018 by ivo arrey mbongayaivo arrey
This document discusses ways that poverty can be reduced, including through empowering citizens, prioritizing infrastructure and utilities, encouraging civil society organizations, encouraging private sector involvement, reforming trade rules, improving access to financing, and holistically addressing issues through a sustainable development approach. It argues that poverty can be significantly reduced by governments creating an enabling environment for citizens, and that civil society and private organizations have important roles to play in filling gaps. However, it notes that poverty will only end if approaches are holistic and urgent. The document contains several subsections discussing topics like how mini-livestock farming can help alleviate poverty.
Impact of Digital Technology on Livestock Farming by Adeshile, Adedeji RichardDeji Richard Adeshile
1) The document proposes using digital technology and platforms to help address clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria over land and resources. It suggests creating platforms for citizen engagement, adopting digital currency, and providing skills training and startup funding for improved livestock farming.
2) A key part of the proposal is establishing an "Automation, Training and Mentorship Programme" using e-commerce platforms, digital currency, and technologies like animal tracking to bring greater efficiency, inclusion, and innovation to the livestock and dairy industries.
3) The role of governments and development partners would be to set up funds to support herdsmen and ranching, establish advisory councils, license milk collection centers, and regulate digital currency through
Investments in small scale sustainable agricultureGian Paolo Pezzi
More and Better -Nov 10, 2017
This 32 page report gives an overview of the global situation of investments in agriculture. It provides examples from several countries and present recommendations for future investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture.
The aim of the report is to: Increase knowledge, awareness and discussions about investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture among farmers’ organizations, NGOs, institutions and investors working in agriculture, especially in developing countries, as well as decision-makers and institutions in OECD-countries dealing with official development assistance (ODA).
Contribute to increased public and private investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable and productive farming systems: The livestock sector ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith at the International Conference on Food Security in Africa: Bridging Research and Practice, Sydney, Australia, 29-30 November 2012
There are many advantages of goat farming business. You can also raise goats along with your other livestock animals. Goats have been considered as poor man’s cow (mini cow) for the poor people because of it’s immense contribution in rural economy and national income. Goat products like milk and meat is not only nutritious and easily digestible food but also a great source of regular income for the poor, landless and marginal farmers. As goats are small sized animal , so they are easily maintained. Even they are easily maintained and cared by women and children.
For successful goat farming business, you need to do some common tasks such as feeding, milking and caring. These simple tasks do not require much equipment, capital, labour or hard work. The main advantages of starting goat farming business are described below.For starting and maintaining a profitable and successful business, you must have to make a proper and effective goat farming business plan and go according to the plan. Here we are shortly describing the necessary steps for starting goat farming business.
The African Smallholder Farmers Group (ASFG) submitted a response to a UK parliamentary investigation on integrating smallholder farmers into supply chains. They shared their experience on identifying supply chain opportunities, including marginalized producers, and the essential role of civil society organizations in linking farmers to supply chains. The ASFG recognizes the growing importance of regional markets for crops resilient to climate change. They discuss challenges marginalized farmers face in meeting supply chain standards and recommend targeting women through women-led initiatives and interventions. Civil society organizations play important roles in organizing farmers, conducting market analysis, facilitating certification and standards, and advocating for marginalized smallholder interests.
This course aims to help students pursue careers at one of the Big Four accounting firms. It covers the entire recruitment process in eight sessions, including pre-networking, networking, resume and cover letter preparation, interviews, and a social event with firm representatives. The first two sessions introduce the firms and how to network, while later sessions provide guidance on business etiquette, resume and cover letter writing, interview skills, and sample questions. The course is taught by experienced professionals and includes hands-on activities and mock interviews to help students optimize their chances of receiving a job offer.
The document discusses the use of conventions in a magazine created by the author. It summarizes that the magazine uses some conventional elements like a large masthead, similar color scheme to other indie magazines, and contents page with matching colors to attract viewers and prove successful in sales. It also discusses some unconventional elements like a similar font throughout the cover to appeal to younger audiences, a gradient of contrasting colors on the contents page, and including elements from pop magazines in the double page spread to take risks.
This 4 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key features and benefits of Google Cloud's Apigee API management platform. It highlights how Apigee allows developers to quickly create, secure, and monitor APIs for mobile and web applications. The platform centrally manages the entire lifecycle of APIs from development to production.
Orienteering is a competitive sport adapted from a favourite pastime like scrambling mountain landscapes among the magpies who scavenge or Treasure Hunt. With a map and a compass to find bearings to your destination, one is not trail blazing or exploring. Having a poor map you will have difficulty. Having a poor compass becomes doubly dangerous. One works with both map and compass, trusting both are equally good that one does not stumble off a cliff, becoming magpies’ dinner.
"Market making" is what the investment banks characterize they do, what society expects of them to broker bonds or shares. Brokers' concern is financing client businesses, not investor's capital safety. Your wallet looks edible to them.
The document appears to be a graph showing the evolution of pricing for different ticket options at a water park called Univers Aquatique Concordea in 2016. It includes data on the percentage, number, and revenue for weekly and weekend passes, as well as total numbers and revenue. The graph is in French and contains numerical data but no clear labels or context for the numbers.
This Thematic Paper is part of a Toolkit for Project Design (Livestock Thematic Papers: Tools for Project Design) which reflects IFAD’s commitment to developing a sustainable livestock sector in which poor farmers and herders might have higher incomes, and better access to assets, services, technologies and markets.
The paper indents to be a practical tool for development practitioners, project designers and policymakers to define appropriate livestock development interventions. It also provides recommendations on critical issues for rural development and also possible responses and actions to encourage the socio-economic empowerment of poor livestock keepers.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
Innovative EAS for small scale farmers, by Burton E. SwansonMEAS
1. The document discusses developing innovative extension systems to help small-scale male and female farmers. It analyzes value chain projects currently funded by donors and identifies issues with only focusing on a few commodity value chains and excluding small-scale farmers, especially women.
2. It then outlines the key functions of an effective comprehensive agricultural extension system, including maintaining national food security, improving rural livelihoods through training and technology transfer, and building social capital through organizing farmers into groups.
3. The relationship between extension and innovation systems is explored, differentiating between product and process innovations. The role of extension in facilitating process innovations for small-scale farmers is emphasized through identifying location-specific solutions and building social capital.
Global partnership tower July 2018 by ivo arrey mbongayaivo arrey
This document discusses ways that poverty can be reduced, including through empowering citizens, prioritizing infrastructure and utilities, encouraging civil society organizations, encouraging private sector involvement, reforming trade rules, improving access to financing, and holistically addressing issues through a sustainable development approach. It argues that poverty can be significantly reduced by governments creating an enabling environment for citizens, and that civil society and private organizations have important roles to play in filling gaps. However, it notes that poverty will only end if approaches are holistic and urgent. The document contains several subsections discussing topics like how mini-livestock farming can help alleviate poverty.
Impact of Digital Technology on Livestock Farming by Adeshile, Adedeji RichardDeji Richard Adeshile
1) The document proposes using digital technology and platforms to help address clashes between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria over land and resources. It suggests creating platforms for citizen engagement, adopting digital currency, and providing skills training and startup funding for improved livestock farming.
2) A key part of the proposal is establishing an "Automation, Training and Mentorship Programme" using e-commerce platforms, digital currency, and technologies like animal tracking to bring greater efficiency, inclusion, and innovation to the livestock and dairy industries.
3) The role of governments and development partners would be to set up funds to support herdsmen and ranching, establish advisory councils, license milk collection centers, and regulate digital currency through
Investments in small scale sustainable agricultureGian Paolo Pezzi
More and Better -Nov 10, 2017
This 32 page report gives an overview of the global situation of investments in agriculture. It provides examples from several countries and present recommendations for future investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture.
The aim of the report is to: Increase knowledge, awareness and discussions about investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture among farmers’ organizations, NGOs, institutions and investors working in agriculture, especially in developing countries, as well as decision-makers and institutions in OECD-countries dealing with official development assistance (ODA).
Contribute to increased public and private investments in small-scale sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable and productive farming systems: The livestock sector ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith at the International Conference on Food Security in Africa: Bridging Research and Practice, Sydney, Australia, 29-30 November 2012
There are many advantages of goat farming business. You can also raise goats along with your other livestock animals. Goats have been considered as poor man’s cow (mini cow) for the poor people because of it’s immense contribution in rural economy and national income. Goat products like milk and meat is not only nutritious and easily digestible food but also a great source of regular income for the poor, landless and marginal farmers. As goats are small sized animal , so they are easily maintained. Even they are easily maintained and cared by women and children.
For successful goat farming business, you need to do some common tasks such as feeding, milking and caring. These simple tasks do not require much equipment, capital, labour or hard work. The main advantages of starting goat farming business are described below.For starting and maintaining a profitable and successful business, you must have to make a proper and effective goat farming business plan and go according to the plan. Here we are shortly describing the necessary steps for starting goat farming business.
The African Smallholder Farmers Group (ASFG) submitted a response to a UK parliamentary investigation on integrating smallholder farmers into supply chains. They shared their experience on identifying supply chain opportunities, including marginalized producers, and the essential role of civil society organizations in linking farmers to supply chains. The ASFG recognizes the growing importance of regional markets for crops resilient to climate change. They discuss challenges marginalized farmers face in meeting supply chain standards and recommend targeting women through women-led initiatives and interventions. Civil society organizations play important roles in organizing farmers, conducting market analysis, facilitating certification and standards, and advocating for marginalized smallholder interests.
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
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Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
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This document provides an introduction to a handbook for firms seeking to source from smallholder farmers in a sustainable manner. It notes the challenges of meeting growing global food demand given constraints on arable land and declining yields. Sourcing from smallholder farmers represents an opportunity for firms to expand supply and improve productivity, though it also presents challenges related to quality, social and environmental impacts, farm management skills, and transparency. The handbook aims to provide guidance to firms on developing successful partnerships and programs with smallholders.
Union of Producers and Exporters of Horticultural Crops (UPECH) PresentationHORTISUN EGYPT
Final Workshop on “Strengthening of the Horticulture information Support Network for Small Farmers in Egypt” (HORTISUN) Project. Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Sustainable livelihoods through livestock farming in East AfricaILRI
1. Livestock farming is important for sustainable livelihoods in East Africa, providing livelihoods for 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
2. Interventions to enhance livestock productivity, market access, and reduce risk can help the poor benefit from growing demand for livestock products.
3. Achieving this requires an integrated approach combining technologies, institutional innovations, and enabling policies along value chains.
This booklet summarizes a project conducted from 1996-1999 that helped 35 Southern farm families integrate pastured poultry production into their farming systems. The project found that pastured poultry provided advantages for the farmers such as increased income, diversification, and improved quality of life. It profiles 4 farmers who successfully raised pastured poultry and provides production details from the participating farms. The booklet aims to help other farmers consider pastured poultry as an additional enterprise.
The document discusses the Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). ICRISAT conducts agricultural research and development to improve food security and reduce poverty in semi-arid tropical regions. The ABI aims to stimulate technology development and transfer between ICRISAT researchers and entrepreneurs to commercialize ICRISAT technologies and provide business support services. The ABI will provide infrastructure and business incubation services to startup companies working on technologies in crops important to ICRISAT's mission like sorghum, groundnuts, and chickpeas.
This document discusses using biodiversity and biotrade to promote post-conflict recovery. It provides case studies from Colombia and Indonesia where biotrade value chain methodologies were used to support livelihoods in post-conflict areas. Key lessons learned include the potential for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to support livelihood recovery beyond traditional crops/livestock. Successful examples combined expertise from multiple actors and empowered local communities through collaboration and consensus building.
Smallholder family farmers produce most of the world's food but remain poor. Investing in smallholder family farmers has large potential returns and is critical for reducing poverty and achieving food security and sustainable development. IFAD has invested over $15 billion empowering over 410 million rural people. Continued investment is needed in key areas like infrastructure, research, and risk mitigation to help family farmers improve productivity and incomes while strengthening food systems, communities, and the environment.
Similar to Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems/7 (20)
Recognising local innovation in livestock-keeping – a path to empowering womencopppldsecretariat
Prolinnova is an international network that involves a range of different stakeholders. The network promotes farmer-led approaches to development such as participatory innovation development. Farmers and natural resource users often find novel ways of using natural resources to address challenges and improve their livelihoods. In many rural communities, women do not have the same access as men to resources such as land. They also often have much less decision-making power or capacity. Giving recognition to, and supporting, the innovative capacity of women farmers is seen as an effective mechanism to strengthen their role in rural research and development.
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Watershed Development and Livestock Rearing. Experiences and Learning from th...copppldsecretariat
This report documents the experiences of the Watershed Organisation Trust in implementing the Indo German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP) in Maharashtra, India. The documentation is based on project completion reports, extensive field visits and discussions with field staff and livestock rearing communities.
The study demonstrates that watershed development has immense scope to secure livestock-based livelihoods and, at the same time, build the natural resource base. This is possible, provided key elements such as securing availability and access to CPRs; investments in CPR regeneration with ridge (largely comprising forest lands)-to-valley approach; integration of grazing-based livestock systems and water budgeting in watershed planning; protection of ‘high potential recharge zones’; and utilizing traditional livestock systems to manage watersheds post-project, are in place.
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
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Impact Assessment of the Community Animal Health System in Mandera West Distr...copppldsecretariat
The pastoralist communities in Kenya’s arid lands rely on their livestock for food and income, and basic veterinary care is one of the best ways to protect livestock assets and pastoralist livelihoods in these areas. This report examines the impact of a privatized, community-based veterinary service in the far northeast of Kenya, and focuses on the outcomes of clinical services provided by community-based animal health workers (CAHWs). Fatality rates in herds in treated by CAHWs using medicines from rural pharmacies were significantly lower than in herds where treatments were provided by untrained livestock keepers. The report adds to the substantial body of evidence already collected in Kenya on the impact and financial rationale for CAHW systems. Although many other countries have now legalized these systems and developed national guidelines for CAHW training, Kenya has yet to officially recognize CAHWs and overall, veterinary services in pastoralist areas often remain in the hands of untrained workers and unlicensed drug vendors.
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This Thematic Paper is part of a Toolkit for Project Design (Livestock Thematic Papers: Tools for Project Design) which reflects IFAD’s commitment to developing a sustainable livestock sector in which poor farmers and herders might have higher incomes, and better access to assets, services, technologies and markets.
The paper indents to be a practical tool for development practitioners, project designers and policymakers to define appropriate livestock development interventions. It also provides recommendations on critical issues for rural development and also possible responses and actions to encourage the socio-economic empowerment of poor livestock keepers.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
This Thematic Paper is part of a Toolkit for Project Design (Livestock Thematic Papers: Tools for Project Design) which reflects IFAD’s commitment to developing a sustainable livestock sector in which poor farmers and herders might have higher incomes, and better access to assets, services, technologies and markets.
The paper indents to be a practical tool for development practitioners, project designers and policymakers to define appropriate livestock development interventions. It also provides recommendations on critical issues for rural development and also possible responses and actions to encourage the socio-economic empowerment of poor livestock keepers.
[ Originally posted on http://www.cop-ppld.net/cop_knowledge_base ]
The Story of Rucibiraro Theresphore: a Farmer’s Inspiring Journey Out of Abso...copppldsecretariat
Janvier Gasasira, project coordinator of an IFAD-supported project in Rwanda, shared this story at the Second Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair IFAD, Rome, 26-29 September 2011.
Rucibiraro Theresphore, 49, received a cow from an IFAD project in Rwanda in 2007. Saving his earnings and opening a bank account, he was eventually able to purchase 2,500 chickens and another piece of land. Earlier this year he received the ‘best farmer’ award at the National Agriculture Show. Over the past four years, each of six neighbours received a cow from him through the project’s revolving fund – perhaps one of them will be the next ‘best farmer’.
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A single goat or a few hens will not lift a poor family out of poverty, but to participate in a well planned development project based on either a goat or a few hens can be and should be an educational process in which the participants learn to establish income generating activities
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Local Milk Sector in West Africa, Role of RPOs, Small and Medium Farmers in t...copppldsecretariat
Report from the Workshop held in Bamako on September 15 through 17, 2010.
French version also available: Filière Lait Local en Afrique de l’Ouest, rôle des OPR, des petits et moyens éleveurs dans la pleine expression de son potentiel. Actes de l’atelier tenu à Bamako du 15 au 17 septembre 2010
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Strengthening the Backyard Poultry. Experiences of AP Drough Adaptation Initi...copppldsecretariat
This process manual has emerged from experiences gained in the AP drought Adaptation Initiative (AP DAI), building on earlier experiences of WASSAN. The experiences have emerged from working with the Mandal Mahila Samakhyas (Federation of SHGs) in Mahabubnagar and Antapur districts of Andhra Pradesh.
The manual captures the essence of experience from field work. It provides a road-map and process steps for organizations that wish to initiate programs to strengthem backyard poultry.
Though the experiences in APDAI started from introducing “improved”birds from research institutions., it has been realized that improving the management systems and easing the constraints in traditional backyard poultry with local breeds is more important and sustained results.
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Community of Practice for Pro-Poor Livestock Development (CoP-PPLD). Strategi...copppldsecretariat
This Strategic Framework is the result of a corporate effort conducted during the Inception Workshop (Rome, 12-13 January, 2009) to establish the Community of Practice for Pro-poor Livestock Development (CoP-PPLD). It describes key CoP-PPLD features, goals and results that we, as members, strive to achieve. The Strategic Framework also defines the principles that guide our decisions and actions in this global, inclusive partnership supporting Pro-poor livestock development as a tool for poverty reduction.
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The document outlines 7 initial proposed Megaprograms (MPs) that will guide research under the new CGIAR Consortium model. The MPs include: 1) Integrated agriculture systems for the poor, 2) Policies and markets for enabling agricultural incomes, 3) Sustainable increases in staple crop productivity, 4) Agriculture, nutrition and health, 5) Water scarcity and land degradation, 6) Forests and trees, and 7) Climate change. The bulk of livestock research is expected to be contained within MP3 on livestock and fish, but MP4 on health and nutrition and other MPs may also include some livestock components. A Consortium Board and CEO will oversee research, and performance will be measured through contracts between
Presentation from the Livestock Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) Meeting 2010. 4-5 May 2010 Italy, Rome IFAD Headquarters.
The event involved approximately 45 representatives from the international partner agencies to discuss critical needs for livestock development and research issues for the coming decade.
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Small Ruminant Rearing – Product Markets, Opportunities and Constraintscopppldsecretariat
This report aims to place the economic context of small ruminant rearing within broader policy and institutional frameworks, and studies the value chains of goat and sheep meat, goat and sheep skin, and sheep wool. The study also documents some of the approaches and practices on small ruminant rearing submitted in response to SAPPLPP’s call for the same.
The objective of the study is the analysis and documentation of approaches and practices related to market prospects, and identification of opportunities for facilitating access of small-holder livestock owners to more remunerative markets.
The report successfully attempts to construct the value chains of three important products of the small ruminant sector - meat, leather and wool.
यह बकरी का जो व्यापार हैं -
कभी खूब घना
कभी मुट्ठी भर चना
और कभी वोह भी मना
(Jainul Aabeedin, West Bengal)
This business of goats -
Sometimes it flourishes
Sometimes it yields only a handful of chickpeas
And sometimes even that is denied
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Mixed Service of Human and Animal Health in Pastoral Zones: An Innovative and...copppldsecretariat
This document presents briefly an experience lesson learnt from two projects carried out by AVSF:
- The Project of Securization of Pastoral Systems N’Gourti-Termit, implemented by AVSF in partnership with the NGO KARKARA up North of Zinder region in the districts of N’gourti and Tesker, North-East of Niger.
- The Programme for food security for populations and livestock living in a nomadic environment, implemented by AVSF in partnership with the NGO ADESAH in the districts of Ber and Salam, circle of Tombouctou, North Mali.
The particularity of these two projects has consisted in implementing a mixed health service (animal and human) in pastoral zones.
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Unpacking the 'Poor Productivity' Myth - Women Resurrecting Poultry Biodivers...copppldsecretariat
1800 women of East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh spell out the new principles for in-situ indigenous poultry development! This initiative lead to a remarkable reduction in mortality, tripled financial benefits from poultry rearing, worked as a trigger to diversify agriculture practices and allowed women to reclaim their lost poultry heritage.
This note captures the women’s journey from marginalization to empowerment and answers two key questions…
How can indigenous backyard poultry contribute to livelihood development?
&
Are these initiatives sustainable?
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Development of Village Institutions for Equitable & Sustainable Access to Nat...copppldsecretariat
This Good Practice Note illustrates the practice of local institutional development and its role in pro-poor livestock development in the context of village Jhabla in Udaipur district of Rajasthan in the western part of India.
The work initiated by Seva Mandir in late 1980s has borne fruit as after two decades it demonstrates its robustness in gripping local community dynamics and assisting in providing better opportunities for livestock rearing. It highlights the need to reconsider inclusion of communities in governing their natural resources especially the forests and open pasture lands, which is a step in the right direction.
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This Good Practice challenges the misconception that community managed commons are more degraded than privatised ones.
Working in the most arid areas of Madhya Pradesh, Tree Grower Cooperative Societies secure community tenure over common land, build local social capital though multi-stakeholder village institutions to fulfil the Community based Natural Resource Management dream. This leads to a significant increase in biomass, vegetative cover, fodder and water availability that provides a boost to livestock development and establishes the importance of village institutions in Common Property Resource management.
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Backyard Poultry Farming Through Self-Help Groups in West Bengal - Towards Go...copppldsecretariat
The Scheme 'Distribution of cocks, drakes and cockerels, etc.' involves the distribution of Rhode Island Red (RIR) chickens and Khaki Campbell (KC) ducks to rural households. This is a centrally-sponsored family-based Scheme wherein the Department of Animal Resources Development, Government of West Bengal distributes poultry birds to marginal rural households throughout the State. This scheme shows that not only can it contribute to rural poverty reduction but also that, despite some shortcomings and the rather high subsidies, it is possibly bankable and could be strengthened and scaled-up through appropriate public private partnerships.
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Making Modern Poultry Markets Work for the Poor - An example of Cooperative D...copppldsecretariat
In the central plains of Madhya Pradesh, women poultry producers are learning how to beat diseases, build sheds, maintain account books and negotiate a remunerative price for their Broiler birds. Under the aegis of their cooperative, they have become entrepreneurs and successfully feed a complicated and volatile poultry market. This note captures the processes they adopted to break entry barriers and become a viable enterprise.
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Making Modern Poultry Markets Work for the Poor - An example of Cooperative D...
Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems/7
1. Livestock
Thematic Papers
Tools for project design
Overview
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution
and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating poverty and hunger in the rural
areas of developing countries. Working with poor rural people, governments, donors, non-
governmental organizations and other partners, IFAD is one of the largest sources of development
financing for agriculture and rural development in many developing countries.
Activities related to livestock development – such as the transfer of technology, training, credit for
restocking, animal health services delivery, feed and breed improvement, and best husbandry
practices – are considered core aspects of the majority of IFAD programmes and projects.1
Since starting operations in 1978, IFAD has provided some US$690 million for livestock
development activities. The primary beneficiaries are poor livestock keepers, particularly those who
are economically or socially at risk and politically marginalized. This includes rural women, youth,
landless poor people and people for whom animals such as poultry and small ruminants provide, at
most, subsistence or a minimum augmentation of daily nutrition requirements.
Investing in livestock development for poverty reduction
Driven by population increases, urbanization and economic growth, livestock production is one of
the fastest-growing agricultural subsectors in developing countries, accounting for 30 per cent of the
agricultural GDP2 and spurring a demand for animal-source food products that is likely to double in
the next 20 years.3
Livestock production contributes to the sustainable livelihoods and security of more than
800 million poor smallholders. It provides natural capital such as meat, milk, wool, hide, rangeland
and pasture; financial capital such as cash, savings, credit, insurance, gifts and remittances; and social
capital such as traditions, wealth, prestige, identity, respect, friendship, marriage dowries and
festivities. It also provides traction for about 50 per cent of the world’s farmers and is a source of
organic fertilizer for most of the world’s croplands, converting waste products into inputs to the
production of high-value food.
Even though livestock keeping offers promising opportunities to combat poverty, there is a
significant risk that livestock sector development will exclude smallholder farmers. Access to the
1 IFAD. 2008. Livestock strategy paper. Rome: IFAD.
2 World Bank. 2009. Minding the stock: bringing public policy to bear on livestock sector development. Washington: The World Bank.
3 Delgado, C. et al. 1999. Livestock to 2020: the next food revolution. Washington/Rome/Nairobi: IFPRI/FAO/ILRI.
2. fast-growing and more remunerative markets for developing countries and for the social well-
meat and milk products is dependent on being of poor people at both the individual and
meeting higher quality and safety standards, the village level.
which can add value and generate employment The specific objective of the thematic papers
along the supply chain. But meeting these is to focus the efforts of development projects
standards also involves higher costs and tends and policies on poor livestock keepers, men and
to favour large-scale production, excluding women, with the aim of helping them to:
smallholder farmers. If smallholder farmers are • secure assets
to be able to take advantage of emerging market • improve the productivity and competitiveness
demand, they will require access to basic of livestock products with an efficient and
services, assets and technologies such as sustainable use of natural resources
veterinary care, roads and grazing lands, as well • take advantage of market opportunities
as the support of development projects and • mitigate the effects of volatile food prices
policies that take their needs into account. • create enabling conditions for stable
incomes and sustainable livelihoods so they
Livestock Thematic Papers can gain control of their own social and
The Livestock and Farming System Team has economic development.
created the present kit – Livestock Thematic
Papers: Tools for Project Design – as a practical The papers provide recommendations for project
tool for development practitioners, with the design on critical issues for rural development
expectation that it will be useful to IFAD country and also possible responses and actions to
programme managers, and will lead project encourage the socio-economic empowerment of
designers and policymakers to define appropriate poor livestock keepers. They reflect IFAD’s
livestock development interventions. We hope commitment to developing a sustainable livestock
that it will enhance IFAD’s comparative sector in which poor farmers and herders might
advantage with respect to rural poverty reduction have higher incomes, and better access to assets,
and livestock-related issues. services, technologies and markets.
The kit contains the following papers:
1. IFAD’s Livestock Position Paper Acknowledgments
2. Emergency livestock interventions in crisis The Livestock Thematic Papers were proposed,
and post-crisis situations coordinated and supervised by Antonio Rota, IFAD
3. Gender and livestock Senior Technical Adviser on Livestock and Farming
4. Integrated crop-livestock farming systems Systems, who wrote them in collaboration with
5. Livestock and climate change Chiara Calvosa, Delgermaa Chuluunbaatar and
6. Livestock and land Silvia Sperandini, with significant contributions
7. Livestock and pastoralists from key experts and reviewers, who are
These materials can be found 8. Livestock and rural finance acknowledged throughout the kit.
on IFAD’s website at 9. Value chains, linking producers to the markets. Financial support for the kit was provided by a
www.ifad.org/lrkm/index.htm
grant from the Initiative for Mainstreaming
Contact The overall purpose of the papers is to help Innovation – Innovative Knowledge Management
Antonio Rota bring livestock interventions to the forefront of Approach for Technical Advisory Services –
Senior Technical Adviser on
Livestock and Farming Systems
development operations, as a key instrument for funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for
Technical Advisory Division poverty reduction, for the economic growth of International Development.
Tel: +39 06 5459 2680
a.rota@ifad.org
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