The IPMS project adopted a participatory market oriented commodity value chain approach to implement Ethiopia's strategy of transforming subsistence agriculture into a more commercial system. The approach involved diagnosing farming systems and marketable commodities in 10 districts, designing interventions for production, agribusiness, and marketing, and building knowledge and capacity. Interventions included awareness campaigns, dairy value chain development, knowledge management through training and documentation, and monitoring and evaluation. The project helped develop more commercially oriented agriculture and alternative input and service delivery systems at the district level while also building capacity at regional and federal levels. Main lessons indicated continuous engagement is needed to further production and support regional/federal systems for inputs, processing, and

1. Background and approach IPMS project Dirk Hoekstra Market-Oriented Smallholder Development: IPMS Experience-Sharing Workshop ILRI, Addis Ababa, 2-3 June 2011

3. Approach

4. Diagnosis and planning

5. Implementation

7. Policy environment The Ministry started formulating new policies aimed at transforming subsistence agriculture into a more market oriented agricultural system some 10 years ago. This was reflected in the PASDEP for the period 2005-2010.

8. PASDEP Emphasis From subsistence To market oriented

9. PASDEP Emphasis Gender balanced development Increased cooperative/private sector involvement

10. CIDA Ministerial visit to Ethiopia resulted in willingness to finance IPMS project

11. Approach

12. How do you implement such a market oriented strategy?? What should be the approach? Will it be the same as for food security and natural resource management? How do we design/test it?

13. Possible answer to the approach question Adopting a participatory market oriented commodity value chain approach So what does it mean and how does it complement previous approaches Development through field testing and learning

14. Participatory market oriented commodity value chain approach Processing and marketing Agri business ♂ ♀ Production based on improved technologies Research , extension education Farmers ♂ ♀ ♂ ♀ Agri business public sector Inputs /services ♂ ♀

15. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Commodity development Project components Interventions Studies and documentation Recommendations for scaling out

16. Testing in 10 Districts

17. The process M&E and learning Commodity development Knowledge/skills development Commodity development Knowledge/skills development M&E and learning Diagnosis & planning

18. Role of partners and IPMS Partners are implementing the interventions IPMS acts as: Facilitator: for the introduction of the new approach through technical assistance and finance for partners Partner: for extension and research (studies, documentation, synthesis) activities

19. Diagnosis & planning

21. Farming systems – different resources/potentials

22. Marketable commodities – which ones?

23. Value chain actors roles and linkages

24. Design

25. Production, input/service, processing and marketing interventions

27. Gender diagnosis Butter & women in rural areas in all Regions

28. HIV/AIDS Toolkit to diagnose HIV/AIDS situation and idea sheet on potential interventions

29. Environment Use of agri chemicals Lowering water tables

30. Implementation 1st round

31. Implementation Commodity value chain interventions Knowledge/skills development interventions Monitor, evaluate and learn

32. Commodity development

33. Awareness (demand) creation in District and communities Workshops, meetings Study tours Demonstration

34. Dairy value chain development 1

35. Dairy value chain development 2

36. Knowledge management and capacity development

37. Overall approach Based on diagnosed gaps in knowledge and skills Service providers Value chain actors in particular farmers.

38. Ethiopian Agricultural Portal

39. Use of Woreda Knowledge Centre Computer use and internet access Documentation from various sources

40. Other methods of knowledge capturing and sharing Study tours Field days

41. Capacity development service providers Subject matter training Computer training

42. MSc/BSc education and research Assessing market potentials coffee varieties Presenting results to the beneficiaries

43. Farmers skills and knowledge development in FTCs Demonstration areas Class room teaching with audio

44. Women skills development Practical training husband and wife Targeting women groups

45. Drama group to increase awareness on HIV/AIDS

46. Training materials and working papers

47. Monitoring & evaluation and learning

48. Methods and tools Follow up visits by service providers Field days Meetings platforms/Woreda Advisory and Learning Committees (formal and informal)

49. Implementation 2cd round

50. Sequential interventions Production of bananas Ripening of bananas

51. Sequential interventions Onion seed production Certification

52. Sequential interventions Flowering of leguminous plants in communal grazing areas Which can be used for apiculture

53. Concluding remarks

55. Various knowledge management interventions operational

56. Service providers and farmers capacitated for market oriented development

57. Linkages between producers, other value chain actors and service providers operational

58. Change to commercially oriented agriculture using modern technologies

59. Alternative input supply , service delivery systems and marketing intervetions operational

60. Role of extension starts changing from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator of linkages

61. At regional and federal level

62. EAP operational and increased understanding of the importance of knowledge for development

63. Selected regional and federal level staff capacitated for market oriented development

65. Role of commercially oriented value chain actors can be the engine for development

66. Key areas for future development, to increase production in the Districts:

67. Regional/federal level support system

68. Supply of inputs and services and