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Hello. I am Shiba Hari Dhakal , undergraduate student of Agriculture science studying 8th semester in Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur,Nepal. This slide was prepared when I was in Bsc.Ag 5th semester, as an assignment of LPM subject by compiling information from different sources.
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Hello. I am Shiba Hari Dhakal , undergraduate student of Agriculture science studying 8th semester in Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur,Nepal. This slide was prepared when I was in Bsc.Ag 5th semester, as an assignment of LPM subject by compiling information from different sources.
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Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development in Ethiopia
1. Sheep and Goat Value Chain
Sheep and Goatin Ethiopia
Development Value Chain
Development in Ethiopia
Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA)
ICARDA-ILRI Training on Tools for Benchmarking Sheep and Goat Value Chains in Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa, 6-9 November 2013
2. Goals of the Livestock and Fish Program:
More milk, meat and fish by and for the poor
To sustainably increase the productivity of
small-scale livestock and fish systems,
to increase the availability and affordability of
animal-source foods for poor consumers, and
to reduce poverty through greater participation
by the poor along the whole value chains for
animal-source foods.
3. Delivering the Livestock and Fish
Structure: Three integrated research themes
#1 Targeting - Foresight, Prioritization, Gender, Impact assessment
#2
Technology
Development:
− Genetics
− Feeds
− Health
#3 value chain development
Inputs & Services
Production
Processing
Marketing
Consumers
Commodity X in Country Y
Cross-cutting: M&E, communications, capacity building
4. The approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact
and a long-term engagement
to transform selected value chains
for selected commodities in selected countries
Consumers
Value chain development team and research partners
5. FOCUS: 8 Value Chains in 8 countries
SHEEP & GOATS
AQUACULTURE
PIGS
DAIRY
6. Spatial selection criteria for small ruminant
value chains in Ethiopia
Representativeness:
• agroecological potential (number of growing days, prod
systems)
Growth and market opportunity:
• sheep and goat density, market linkage (distance/time
to next market), supply deficit
Pro-poor potential:
• number or proportion of poor people; number of poor
sheep and goat keepers
Supply constraints (scope for improvement):
• low productivity or surplus-deficit in meat production
7. Consultative site selection process
Step 1: Geographical targeting - identification of
eligible regions/districts using GIS
Step 2: Stakeholder consultation at national level
(ground-truthing of Step 1, defining soft
selection criteria and identifying sites)
Step 3: Regional stakeholder consultation to
refine site selection and prepare site visits
Step 4: Site visits applying agreed minimum
checklist to validate selected sites
8. Selected sites for sheep and goat value chains
Selected sites
Region
District
Partner project
Research Center
Abergelle
Amhara/
Tigray
BecaHub Goat
Project
Sekota
TARI
Negelle Borena
Oromia
Sazba (Amhara)
Felegehiwot
(Tigray)
Dillo (Borana)
Goat Value Chains
Bore
Goat and Sheep Value Chain
Shinelle
Somali
Shinelle
Haromaya
University
Menz
Amhara
Debre Berhan
Horro
East Tigray
Adillo/Wolaita
Oromia
Tigray
SNNP
Molale and Mehal
Meda
Horro/Shambu
Atsbi
LIVES
Doyogena
SARI Funds
Sheep Value Chains
Bako
Mekelle
Worabe
9.
10. Rapid Value chain Assessment (VCA)
Consumers
• Training of partners on toolkit for Rapid Value Chain
Assessment (VCA) and for SFFF assessments
– 5-8 November in Addis
– 20-23 November in Awassa
• Field implementation of rapid VCA end Nov. 2012 to Jan
2013
• Report writing in January/February 2013
• Writeshop to support VCA report writing 25-27
February 2013
11. Methods used for rapid VCA
• Focus Group discussions with farmers using
checklists and participatory methods
• Key Informant Interviews:
Local experts, traders, butchers, livestock
researchers, transporters, veterinarians, NGOs,...
11
12.
13. Purpose of the Value Chain Analysis
The results from the rapid VCA are used for
• identifying and involving value chain actors at the sites
• identifying key constraints and opportunities along the value
chain
• describing main market channels for better targeting
• negotiating and planning a first set of best bet interventions
at multi-stakeholder meetings
14. Intervention planning
Key results from the VCA reports were used as input
• for three stakeholder meetings involving in total about 70
partners:
o 14-15 March in Addis (Highland sheep: Horro, Menz,
Doyogana)
o 19-20 March in Mekelle (Atsbi, Abergelle, Sekoto)
o 2-3 April in Debre Zeit (Shinelle and Borana)
• Outputs from the meeting:
• first set of best bet interventions to overcome bottlenecks in VC
performance and/or address opportunities
15. Generic Problem Tree
THE
CAUSES
Lack of effective
policies and
institutions
Inadequate
input supplies
Lack of research
and technology
transfer
Degradation
of resource
base
Insufficient feed
resources (climate
and land availability)
Lack of knowledge and
skills in SR management
Feed shortage
and/or utilization
Poorly
developed
markets
Disease
pressure
High morbidity
and mortality
Weak linkages between
producers and markets
Poor performance of sheep and goat value chains
THE CORE PROBLEM
Low income of VC actors
Poverty
THE IMPACT
High market prices
Malnutrition
Food insecurity
ASF quality and safety
Hidden hunger
WHOLE VALUE CHAIN
INPUTS & SERVICES
PRODUCTION
PROCESSING
MARKETING
CONSUMPTION
16. Key interventions across sites
Need based capacity building on SR management for extension
agents and producers (input supply and production)
Animal Health (input supply and production):
Diagnostic and epidemiological studies for key diseases, assessment of
economics, capacity building of producers
Delivery services: delivery of quality vaccines, and drugs, organizing
delivery of sustainable services
Feeding (input supply and production)
Site specific interventions based on available feed resources (adapted
forages or shrubs, efficie utilization of crop residues, improved fattening)
Organization/Institutional Interventions related to marketing:
Strengthening/Establishing producer marketing cooperatives
Multi stakeholders platform to identify the major bottlenecks, find
common solutions and create market linkages between producers and
other actors including awareness of market demands
Providing market actors, in particular producers, with up-to-date market
price information
Processing
Capacity building on transport, slaughtering, safe preparation and
handling of ASF
17. Across-site research topics
• Making sheep and goat breeding programs work for smallholder
farmers in selected sites (incl. data recording)
• Testing mobile technology for data recording
• Characterization of goat genetic resources combined with
identification of adaptive traits
• Testing tools for feed assessment and prioritization of feed
interventions
• Improving crop residues from grain legumes through selection
and utilization
• Research on diversifying adaptive forage species for highlands
• Optimizing sheep (and goat) fattening systems
• Animals health diagnostics
• Research on institutions: innovation platforms and marketing
strategies and animal heath delivery systems
The program will have as its centre three Research Themes.The three Research Themes are:1. Improved technologies to sustainably increase productivity and efficiency of livestock and fishproduction2. Development strategies for pro‐poor, gender‐equitable value chains for livestock and fish products3. Targeting, gender and impact assessment