Introducing the MilkIT project and its initial results
1. Introducing the MilkIT project and its initial
results
Alan Duncan
MilkIT Outreach Meeting, Dar es Salaam, 11 December 2014
Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and
value chain development approaches
3. Background
Why feed?
– The key issue for improved productivity
Why dairy?
– Good for women
– Good for nutrition
– Makes use of existing skills/assets
8. Linking across scales to increase
reach and potential impact
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Regional Dairy
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Tanzania DDF
District Council
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12. Objectives
Institutional strengthening: To strengthen use
of value chain and innovation approaches
among dairy stakeholders to improve feeding
strategies for dairy cows.
Productivity enhancement: To develop
options for improved feeding strategies leading
to yield enhancement with potential income
benefits.
Knowledge sharing: To strengthen knowledge
sharing mechanisms on feed development
strategies at local, regional and international
levels
16. Diagnosis targeting
of interventions
Delivery of solutions
technical/
institutional
Preparing for scale
building partnerships,
sensitizing about
approach
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MilkIT activity areas
19. Outside of ‘Ololili’Fenced ‘Ololili’
Dry season grazing reserves in
Tanzania pastoral system – end of
rainy season (June’14)
Opportunity for interventions to empower women and improve household
food + nutrition security?
20. Feed innovations
from Feed IPs in India
Reduced feed wastage
– Feed troughs
– Chaff cutters
Improving feed quality/quantity
– Concentrate feed linked with cross
bred cows/ awareness
– Dual purpose crops
– Fodder grasses
21. Themes for Discussion
– Innovation Platforms to identify (and act
upon) promising solutions to dairy
development
– Linking technical interventions with
market interventions
– Using feed diagnostic and prioritization
tools to target interventions