Animal source food in human nutrition. Role of dairy products in human nutrit...Francois Stepman
This document summarizes a presentation on the role of dairy products in human nutrition. It discusses how dairy provides important nutrients for growth and development. Dairy production is increasing globally, especially in developing countries in Asia and Africa. However, issues around feed, land, water and greenhouse gases pose challenges. Dairy development programs aim to improve nutrition, but often lack nutrition objectives and indicators to properly evaluate their impact. Overall, dairy can be part of a healthy, balanced diet and provides many important nutrients when produced and processed safely.
Role of informal markets in the dairy sector. Towards professionalizing, not ...Francois Stepman
The document describes a pilot program to professionalize informal food markets in developing countries through training, certification, and branding of informal vendors. The program aims to improve food safety and nutrition by reducing contamination in the informal value chain. Research shows informal markets play a major role in food security but often lack knowledge and regulation regarding hygienic practices. The program trained informal dairy traders in Kenya, providing certification upon completion and allowing them to be officially recognized through branding. Preliminary results found improved hygienic practices and an economic impact, though longer-term follow up is still needed to ensure sustainability. The theory of change explains how such an intervention could work to ultimately benefit consumers through safer, more available food products.
Understanding the livestock to nutrition pathway for better outcomesFrancois Stepman
Land O’Lakes
State of Nutrition
Cost of Malnutrition
Conceptual Framework of Malnutrition
Farm-level pathways to nutrition
Poultry
Dairy
Ruminant
Development Approaches
Field Examples
Conclusion & Take-aways
This document summarizes Tanzania's dairy value chain development efforts. It notes the rapid rise in milk demand, large productivity gaps, and opportunities for intensification that could benefit farmers through increased income and nutrition. Partnerships have been established between research institutions and NGOs to conduct analyses, innovation platforms, and pilot market hub interventions to link smallholder farmers to urban markets. The goal is to promote a more inclusive dairy sector and help marginalized groups participate successfully through targeted research and capacity building. Current projects focus on improving feeds, increasing milk production, and strengthening health, nutrition and data.
India smallholder dairy value chain developmentILRI
This document summarizes research and development efforts related to improving the smallholder dairy value chain in India. It outlines key outputs such as methods for identifying opportunities to benefit smallholders through value chain upgrading. It also lists partners involved from public, private, and civil society organizations, with a focus on scaling approaches through innovation platforms. Milestones include identifying crop cultivars with superior residue quality and establishing feed and nutrition training modules. The overall goal is strengthening links between value chain actors to improve smallholder productivity, market access, and capacity development in the Indian dairy sector.
Transforming smallholder pig value chains in VietnamILRI
This document outlines a vision and interventions to transform smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam in a sustainable way. It aims for a thriving pig sector that is environmentally friendly and benefits consumers. Key interventions include assessing pig disease burdens and developing feeding strategies using local resources to improve animal health and nutrition. Breeding programs and food safety assessments aim to upgrade systems while sustaining smallholder participation. Partnerships will develop capacity and technologies to increase productivity and income while reducing risks and meeting standards. The outcomes envision wider adoption of innovations, responsive market actors, expanded opportunities, and improved gender equity in the pig sector.
Nicaragua smallholder dual-purpose cattle value chain—The basicsILRI
This document summarizes research and development efforts related to the dual-purpose cattle value chain in Nicaragua. It outlines several current and potential projects focused on improving productivity, quality, genetics, value addition, supply stability, food safety standards, and collaboration with industry. The overall goal is to improve competitiveness and income of small cattle farmers through more sustainable dairy and beef value chains to increase access to quality products for consumers and diversify products for markets.
Animal source food in human nutrition. Role of dairy products in human nutrit...Francois Stepman
This document summarizes a presentation on the role of dairy products in human nutrition. It discusses how dairy provides important nutrients for growth and development. Dairy production is increasing globally, especially in developing countries in Asia and Africa. However, issues around feed, land, water and greenhouse gases pose challenges. Dairy development programs aim to improve nutrition, but often lack nutrition objectives and indicators to properly evaluate their impact. Overall, dairy can be part of a healthy, balanced diet and provides many important nutrients when produced and processed safely.
Role of informal markets in the dairy sector. Towards professionalizing, not ...Francois Stepman
The document describes a pilot program to professionalize informal food markets in developing countries through training, certification, and branding of informal vendors. The program aims to improve food safety and nutrition by reducing contamination in the informal value chain. Research shows informal markets play a major role in food security but often lack knowledge and regulation regarding hygienic practices. The program trained informal dairy traders in Kenya, providing certification upon completion and allowing them to be officially recognized through branding. Preliminary results found improved hygienic practices and an economic impact, though longer-term follow up is still needed to ensure sustainability. The theory of change explains how such an intervention could work to ultimately benefit consumers through safer, more available food products.
Understanding the livestock to nutrition pathway for better outcomesFrancois Stepman
Land O’Lakes
State of Nutrition
Cost of Malnutrition
Conceptual Framework of Malnutrition
Farm-level pathways to nutrition
Poultry
Dairy
Ruminant
Development Approaches
Field Examples
Conclusion & Take-aways
This document summarizes Tanzania's dairy value chain development efforts. It notes the rapid rise in milk demand, large productivity gaps, and opportunities for intensification that could benefit farmers through increased income and nutrition. Partnerships have been established between research institutions and NGOs to conduct analyses, innovation platforms, and pilot market hub interventions to link smallholder farmers to urban markets. The goal is to promote a more inclusive dairy sector and help marginalized groups participate successfully through targeted research and capacity building. Current projects focus on improving feeds, increasing milk production, and strengthening health, nutrition and data.
India smallholder dairy value chain developmentILRI
This document summarizes research and development efforts related to improving the smallholder dairy value chain in India. It outlines key outputs such as methods for identifying opportunities to benefit smallholders through value chain upgrading. It also lists partners involved from public, private, and civil society organizations, with a focus on scaling approaches through innovation platforms. Milestones include identifying crop cultivars with superior residue quality and establishing feed and nutrition training modules. The overall goal is strengthening links between value chain actors to improve smallholder productivity, market access, and capacity development in the Indian dairy sector.
Transforming smallholder pig value chains in VietnamILRI
This document outlines a vision and interventions to transform smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam in a sustainable way. It aims for a thriving pig sector that is environmentally friendly and benefits consumers. Key interventions include assessing pig disease burdens and developing feeding strategies using local resources to improve animal health and nutrition. Breeding programs and food safety assessments aim to upgrade systems while sustaining smallholder participation. Partnerships will develop capacity and technologies to increase productivity and income while reducing risks and meeting standards. The outcomes envision wider adoption of innovations, responsive market actors, expanded opportunities, and improved gender equity in the pig sector.
Nicaragua smallholder dual-purpose cattle value chain—The basicsILRI
This document summarizes research and development efforts related to the dual-purpose cattle value chain in Nicaragua. It outlines several current and potential projects focused on improving productivity, quality, genetics, value addition, supply stability, food safety standards, and collaboration with industry. The overall goal is to improve competitiveness and income of small cattle farmers through more sustainable dairy and beef value chains to increase access to quality products for consumers and diversify products for markets.
Ethiopia small ruminant value chain developmentILRI
This document outlines a plan to develop small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. It identifies key stakeholders involved, including government ministries and agencies, NGOs, and research institutions. The plan's vision is for poor Ethiopians to enjoy increased production, income, and nutrition from sustainable small ruminant value chains by 2020. Major activities include identifying intervention areas, reviewing the small ruminant sector, developing value chain analysis tools, conducting rapid assessments, and prioritizing potential interventions.
Food security and nutrition as basic indicators of socioeconomic sustainabili...ILRI
Poster prepared by Abdrahmane Wane (CIRAD-PPZS-ILRI), Jean-Joseph Cadilhon (ILRI) and Mamadou Yauck (CIRAD-PPZS) for the ILRI-CTA African Dairy Value Chain Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 September 2014.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
How Does Agriculture Contribute to nutrition? Concepts and IndicatorsIFPRIMaSSP
This document discusses the linkages between agriculture and nutrition. It begins with an outline presenting the topics to be covered, including the evidence base for these linkages and conceptual frameworks. It then presents conceptual frameworks showing the pathways through which agriculture can impact nutrition, including food security, care resources, and health environments. The document discusses indicators that can be used to assess agriculture-nutrition links, noting the "data disconnect" between different relevant data sources. It provides examples of data sources in Malawi and concludes by calling for advocacy around "win-win" approaches that improve compatibility between nutrition-sensitive agriculture and other sector goals.
Uganda smallholder pig value chain developmentILRI
This document summarizes the goals and focus of a project to improve smallholder pig production in Uganda. The project aims to increase productivity, reduce risks, and improve market access for smallholder pig producers, especially women. It notes that pig farming provides an important source of livelihoods and risk mitigation for many households. However, the majority of pigs are currently produced and sold through an inefficient informal system with limited access to services and technology. The project will conduct an in-depth analysis of the pig value chain, test best interventions, and build partner capacity to strengthen smallholder participation in pig markets.
Small ruminant value chain development in Yabello, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines challenges and opportunities in the small ruminant value chain in Yabello, Ethiopia. It identifies key issues including seasonal drought, disease pressures in goats and sheep, limited access to rural services and markets. Goals are established to improve incomes, nutrition and health of pastoralists in Yabello through sustainable and market-oriented goat production by 2020. The document provides an overview of research and development priorities and partnerships to strengthen the value chain.
Animal health research to improve small ruminant productivity in Ethiopia ILRI
This document summarizes research being conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute to improve small ruminant productivity in Ethiopia. The research uses participatory methods to understand farmers' perspectives on disease constraints. It also conducts sero-surveys and literature reviews to identify key diseases and address knowledge gaps. The goal is to develop control programs, vaccines, diagnostic tools and business models to improve animal health services and tackle diseases such as contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, peste des petits ruminants, brucellosis and parasites affecting small ruminants.
Small ruminant value chain development in Shinelle, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines a plan to develop the small ruminant value chain in Shinelle, Ethiopia. It identifies several challenges including feed shortages, disease issues, lack of veterinary services, gaps in producer and extension agent knowledge, and poor market linkages. The plan aims to address feed and animal health, improve capacity building for producers and agents, conduct drought mitigation training, and research best practices. It notes high mortality from diseases, parasites, drought, and lack of effective drug and veterinary services as key challenges.
White gold - Opportunities for Dairy Sector Development Collaboration in East...Jan van der Lee
This report presents findings from desk studies and country visits on the six East African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) made on request of the Inter-Agency Donor Group on Pro-poor Livestock Development, as per study terms of reference. It includes recommendations on areas of donor support and collaboration, a regional dairy sector analysis, country dairy profiles, and current donor programs in the dairy sector.
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices and small-scale commercial feed ...ILRI
Presented by Ben Lukuyu, Stella Namazzi, Pius Lutakome and Emily Ouma at the Tropentag 2021―Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future, 15-17 September 2021
Small ruminant value chain development in Shinille, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines a vision and strategies to support sustainable and market-oriented sheep and goat production in Shinille, Ethiopia by 2020. It identifies key challenges small ruminant farmers and the value chain face, including seasonal moisture stress, lack of veterinary services and supplies, feed shortages, information gaps, and lack of skills. The strategies proposed to address these challenges include improving access to sustainable feed, animal health services, market information, capacity building, and drought mitigation mechanisms.
This document outlines a study on the economic performance of dairy farmers in Ethiopia. It provides background on the dairy sector in Ethiopia, noting its potential for growth given Ethiopia's large livestock population and varied climate. The study aims to analyze the organizational and economic performance of dairy farmers in four regions of Ethiopia - Chancho, Shashemene, Debre Zeit, and Addis Ababa - in order to make recommendations to improve farmers' performance. Data was collected through interviews with 50 farmers across the four regions. Economic models will then be used to show how farms' economic situations could be improved by changing parameters.
Moving up the livestock ladder: Gender and equityILRI
Presented by Nicoline de Haan (ILRI), Annet Mulema (ILRI) and Livestock Livelihoods and Agri‐Food Systems Flagship Gender Team (ILRI and ICARDA) at A Stakeholder Consultative Workshop, ILRI Addis, 16 October 2018
Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia task force: Research to policy and practiceILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Sothyra Tum, Chhay Ty, Melissa Young and Delia Grace at the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project final workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21-22 June 2021.
This document summarizes a presentation on mycotoxins contamination of animal feed. It discusses the effects of mycotoxins on animal health, including reduced performance, impaired fertility, and disease. It also describes how mycotoxins can impair the intestinal barrier and allow enhanced susceptibility to infection. Additionally, it notes the limited transfer of mycotoxin residues to animal food products. The presentation recommends further research on using mobile apps to raise awareness, adding binders to contaminated feed, and exploring biological control methods like antagonistic agents and Trichoderma to limit mycotoxin production.
This document provides a progress report on the ProSAM project presented to the Steering Committee. It outlines the following activities that have been completed in the first year: workshops to improve the project based on feedback, meetings to clarify roles and allocate budgets, drafting and signing of agreements, establishing project bodies, launching the soybean afitin-milk project, conducting baseline studies and surveys, and brainstorming workshops on communication plans and indicators. Financial reporting and future planning are also discussed.
1) The project aims to stem aflatoxin contamination in the groundnut value chain in Malawi and Zambia to improve food security for smallholder farmers.
2) Aflatoxin contamination can occur at any point from pre-harvest to post-harvest and has health and economic consequences.
3) To date, the project has conducted farmer trainings through demonstrations and field days on technologies to reduce aflatoxin, and will soon collect baseline data on the issue.
Ethiopia small ruminant value chain developmentILRI
This document outlines a plan to develop small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. It identifies key stakeholders involved, including government ministries and agencies, NGOs, and research institutions. The plan's vision is for poor Ethiopians to enjoy increased production, income, and nutrition from sustainable small ruminant value chains by 2020. Major activities include identifying intervention areas, reviewing the small ruminant sector, developing value chain analysis tools, conducting rapid assessments, and prioritizing potential interventions.
Food security and nutrition as basic indicators of socioeconomic sustainabili...ILRI
Poster prepared by Abdrahmane Wane (CIRAD-PPZS-ILRI), Jean-Joseph Cadilhon (ILRI) and Mamadou Yauck (CIRAD-PPZS) for the ILRI-CTA African Dairy Value Chain Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 September 2014.
Livestock production and climate change: towards sustainable production with ...ExternalEvents
the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"
How Does Agriculture Contribute to nutrition? Concepts and IndicatorsIFPRIMaSSP
This document discusses the linkages between agriculture and nutrition. It begins with an outline presenting the topics to be covered, including the evidence base for these linkages and conceptual frameworks. It then presents conceptual frameworks showing the pathways through which agriculture can impact nutrition, including food security, care resources, and health environments. The document discusses indicators that can be used to assess agriculture-nutrition links, noting the "data disconnect" between different relevant data sources. It provides examples of data sources in Malawi and concludes by calling for advocacy around "win-win" approaches that improve compatibility between nutrition-sensitive agriculture and other sector goals.
Uganda smallholder pig value chain developmentILRI
This document summarizes the goals and focus of a project to improve smallholder pig production in Uganda. The project aims to increase productivity, reduce risks, and improve market access for smallholder pig producers, especially women. It notes that pig farming provides an important source of livelihoods and risk mitigation for many households. However, the majority of pigs are currently produced and sold through an inefficient informal system with limited access to services and technology. The project will conduct an in-depth analysis of the pig value chain, test best interventions, and build partner capacity to strengthen smallholder participation in pig markets.
Small ruminant value chain development in Yabello, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines challenges and opportunities in the small ruminant value chain in Yabello, Ethiopia. It identifies key issues including seasonal drought, disease pressures in goats and sheep, limited access to rural services and markets. Goals are established to improve incomes, nutrition and health of pastoralists in Yabello through sustainable and market-oriented goat production by 2020. The document provides an overview of research and development priorities and partnerships to strengthen the value chain.
Animal health research to improve small ruminant productivity in Ethiopia ILRI
This document summarizes research being conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute to improve small ruminant productivity in Ethiopia. The research uses participatory methods to understand farmers' perspectives on disease constraints. It also conducts sero-surveys and literature reviews to identify key diseases and address knowledge gaps. The goal is to develop control programs, vaccines, diagnostic tools and business models to improve animal health services and tackle diseases such as contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, peste des petits ruminants, brucellosis and parasites affecting small ruminants.
Small ruminant value chain development in Shinelle, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines a plan to develop the small ruminant value chain in Shinelle, Ethiopia. It identifies several challenges including feed shortages, disease issues, lack of veterinary services, gaps in producer and extension agent knowledge, and poor market linkages. The plan aims to address feed and animal health, improve capacity building for producers and agents, conduct drought mitigation training, and research best practices. It notes high mortality from diseases, parasites, drought, and lack of effective drug and veterinary services as key challenges.
White gold - Opportunities for Dairy Sector Development Collaboration in East...Jan van der Lee
This report presents findings from desk studies and country visits on the six East African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) made on request of the Inter-Agency Donor Group on Pro-poor Livestock Development, as per study terms of reference. It includes recommendations on areas of donor support and collaboration, a regional dairy sector analysis, country dairy profiles, and current donor programs in the dairy sector.
Assessing knowledge, attitude, and practices and small-scale commercial feed ...ILRI
Presented by Ben Lukuyu, Stella Namazzi, Pius Lutakome and Emily Ouma at the Tropentag 2021―Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future, 15-17 September 2021
Small ruminant value chain development in Shinille, EthiopiaILRI
This document outlines a vision and strategies to support sustainable and market-oriented sheep and goat production in Shinille, Ethiopia by 2020. It identifies key challenges small ruminant farmers and the value chain face, including seasonal moisture stress, lack of veterinary services and supplies, feed shortages, information gaps, and lack of skills. The strategies proposed to address these challenges include improving access to sustainable feed, animal health services, market information, capacity building, and drought mitigation mechanisms.
This document outlines a study on the economic performance of dairy farmers in Ethiopia. It provides background on the dairy sector in Ethiopia, noting its potential for growth given Ethiopia's large livestock population and varied climate. The study aims to analyze the organizational and economic performance of dairy farmers in four regions of Ethiopia - Chancho, Shashemene, Debre Zeit, and Addis Ababa - in order to make recommendations to improve farmers' performance. Data was collected through interviews with 50 farmers across the four regions. Economic models will then be used to show how farms' economic situations could be improved by changing parameters.
Moving up the livestock ladder: Gender and equityILRI
Presented by Nicoline de Haan (ILRI), Annet Mulema (ILRI) and Livestock Livelihoods and Agri‐Food Systems Flagship Gender Team (ILRI and ICARDA) at A Stakeholder Consultative Workshop, ILRI Addis, 16 October 2018
Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia task force: Research to policy and practiceILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Sothyra Tum, Chhay Ty, Melissa Young and Delia Grace at the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project final workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21-22 June 2021.
This document summarizes a presentation on mycotoxins contamination of animal feed. It discusses the effects of mycotoxins on animal health, including reduced performance, impaired fertility, and disease. It also describes how mycotoxins can impair the intestinal barrier and allow enhanced susceptibility to infection. Additionally, it notes the limited transfer of mycotoxin residues to animal food products. The presentation recommends further research on using mobile apps to raise awareness, adding binders to contaminated feed, and exploring biological control methods like antagonistic agents and Trichoderma to limit mycotoxin production.
This document provides a progress report on the ProSAM project presented to the Steering Committee. It outlines the following activities that have been completed in the first year: workshops to improve the project based on feedback, meetings to clarify roles and allocate budgets, drafting and signing of agreements, establishing project bodies, launching the soybean afitin-milk project, conducting baseline studies and surveys, and brainstorming workshops on communication plans and indicators. Financial reporting and future planning are also discussed.
1) The project aims to stem aflatoxin contamination in the groundnut value chain in Malawi and Zambia to improve food security for smallholder farmers.
2) Aflatoxin contamination can occur at any point from pre-harvest to post-harvest and has health and economic consequences.
3) To date, the project has conducted farmer trainings through demonstrations and field days on technologies to reduce aflatoxin, and will soon collect baseline data on the issue.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on mycotoxins in food crops. It begins with background on climate change issues and their context for fungal diseases and mycotoxins. Studies show interactions between temperature, water stress, and CO2 levels impact fungal growth and mycotoxin production. The document summarizes research modeling these effects and predicting risks of increased mycotoxins globally under climate change scenarios. It also discusses the effects of climate factors on specific mycotoxins like aflatoxins and ochratoxin A.
This document provides an outline and background information for a project being conducted by Uganda Christian University. The project aims to improve post-harvest handling and preservation of indigenous vegetables in Uganda to increase their shelf life and consumption. It involves identifying vegetable varieties and technologies to prolong shelf life, analyzing the vegetable value chain, and strengthening capacities of actors to link supply and demand of value-added indigenous vegetables. The project team is conducting research, farmer participatory activities, and trainings to achieve the goals of identifying appropriate varieties, technologies, and delivery pathways.
The document outlines the communication and visibility plan for PAEPARD II CRF-IF. It has two main strategic objectives: 1) Ensure effective internal communication within consortium partners. 2) Ensure external communication and advocacy to promote demand-driven multi-stakeholder partnerships in agricultural research for development. Key actions include creating awareness of the PAEPARD approach, disseminating outputs and outcomes for learning, and advocating for funding. Publications must feature logos of partner institutions and acknowledge EC funding. Each consortium must develop an informational leaflet by end of October and write a paper on partnership processes by mid-November.
Objectives of the planning workshop cotonou june 2015Francois Stepman
PAEPARD II aims to build joint African-European partnerships in agricultural research for development (ARD) to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It originated from research collaborations between Europe and a few African countries that were supply-driven and dominated by European organizations. PAEPARD II seeks to establish more inclusive partnerships across multiple African countries involving non-research stakeholders to make ARD more demand-driven and balanced. The Competitive Research Fund (CRF) and Incentive Fund (IF) were created to strengthen the most promising consortia. Four CRF projects were selected to receive up to 250,000 euros each to test models of multi-stakeholder innovation partnerships in ARD over three years.
Afid presentation eaff research stakeholder wkshop121212Francois Stepman
This document summarizes a presentation on promoting the extensive livestock value chain in Eastern Africa. It discusses analyzing the value chain to better understand constraints and opportunities. It identifies challenges like climate impacts, diseases, and lack of services and markets. It also outlines opportunities to improve breeds, health, productivity, processing, and market access. The presentation examines policies in Kenya and Uganda and calls for increased funding and reforms to develop the livestock sector.
This document discusses the roles and relationships between the private sector and public sector in investing in livestock value chains in Africa. It clarifies that the private sector includes both small farmers and multinational companies. The public sector includes government and producer organizations. While the private sector does not need the public sector to engage, the public sector brings in the private sector and aims to create an environment where both sectors can achieve their goals - profits for private sector and poverty alleviation for public sector. Both sectors need each other and there must be ongoing negotiation to develop balanced regulations and incentives.
14th Annual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG)
on pro-poor livestock research and development
“Development of Livestock Value Chains through strengthened
Public-Private Cooperation”
sponsored by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
May 22-24, 2013, Berlin
Improving Food Safety in Africa
Brad Flett - Agricultural Research Council - Grain Crops Institute, Potchefstroom, RSA. President of the African Society of Mycotoxicology
Roundtable of aflatoxin experts on
“Building a multi-stakeholder approach to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of food and feed”
Brussels, Monday 25th January 2016
Andrew Emmott, Twin&Twin Trading, Senior Associate (Nuts), London, UK.
Roundtable of aflatoxin experts on
“Building a multi-stakeholder approach to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of food and feed”
Brussels, Monday 25th January 2016
The role of the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA)Francois Stepman
PACA aims to support agricultural development, consumer health, and trade in Africa by coordinating efforts to control aflatoxins. Aflatoxins contaminate staple crops and negatively impact three sectors - public health, trade, and food security. They reduce export market share, cause liver cancer and stunting in children. PACA works with over 200 organizations across Africa, providing technical assistance, resources, and knowledge sharing. It implements an evidence-based approach through national plans in six pilot countries and regional activities. PACA's goals are to generate evidence, mainstream plans, pilot approaches, and scale up effective aflatoxin control along agricultural value chains.
Prevention and control of aflatoxin contamination in value chains: Contrib...Francois Stepman
25th January 2016. Roundtable of aflatoxin experts on “Building a multi-stakeholder approach to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of food and feed”.
Background: Food losses, issue of aflatoxin, challenges, abbreviations followed by GIZ project activities:
Promotion of value chains and reduction of risk of aflatoxin contamination: by the “Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector”, commissioned by BMZ Special Initiative “ONEWORLD – No Hunger!”.
Further (planned) activities to reduce post-harvest losses and possible aflatoxin contamination: by various projects worldwide
Aflasafe technology in Zambia: Upscaling and dissemination in other countries in Africa: by IITA/CGIAR - CCAFS, GIZ/ITAACC, Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation, USDA, PACA and other partners
Aflatoxin risk assessment as part of the Rapid Food Loss Assessment Tool (RLAT): by Sector Project Sustainable Agriculture (SV NAREN)
Twenty years research on aflatoxin in Europe: what benefits for Africa? Francois Stepman
Twenty years research on aflatoxin in Europe: what benefits for Africa?
Antonio Logrieco, Istituto Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Bari, Italy (coordinator of the Mycokey project under H2020- SFS-13-2015 call on Biological contamination of crops and the food chain: A contribution to a long-term collaboration with China on food safety).
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, Value for MoneyCGIAR
CGIAR is a global partnership focused on research for food security. It works on improving small-scale livestock and fish production systems to better meet the needs of poor people. Key approaches include taking a whole value chain perspective, focusing on select chains with potential for pro-poor transformation, and working with partners on integrated interventions. Research addresses constraints in smallholder dairy, sheep/goat, pig, and aquaculture systems. The goal is to increase productivity in a sustainable and equitable manner to improve poor people's access to affordable animal-source foods.
Harnessing partnerships for integrated research the africa rising – esa proje...africa-rising
A reflective presentation by Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Chief Scientist Prof. Mateete Bekunda on the vital lesson learnt in the course of implementing the project over the past five years (2011 - 2015).
Kiribati Agritourism Policy Setting Workshop 2019
Workshop Policy Setting for Improved Linkages Between Agriculture, Trade and Tourism: Strengthening the Local Agrifood sector and Promoting Healthy Food in Agritourism.
Workshop Programme Organised by the Government of Kiribati and Kiribati Chamber of Commerce and Industry
In collaboration with the Pacific Community, CTA, PIPSO and SPTO.
Tarawa, 15th -16th January 2019, Kiribati
Venue: RAK Boardroom, Antebuka
Supporting development processes through livestock innovation systems researchILRI
Presented by Ann Waters-Bayer (ETC Foundation) and Wolfgang Bayer (Agrecol Association) at Tropentag 2014: Bridging the gap between increasing knowledge and decreasing resources, Prague, 17−19 September 2014
Accelerating uptake of research on sustainable livestock interventions—Insigh...ILRI
The document discusses the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock (Livestock CRP), which aims to increase the sustainable production of meat, milk, and eggs in developing countries through livestock research. The Livestock CRP brings together five research centers globally and focuses on areas like forages, small ruminants, value chains, and the environment. It works through five flagship projects in priority countries in Africa on genetics, health, feeds, value chains, and the environment. The program hypothesizes that impact requires integrated interventions demonstrated through research-development partnerships with national actors over 8-12 years to translate research into large-scale adoption. It focuses on socioeconomic and environmental sustainability as well as building national innovation capacity.
IPMS experiences on research for dairy development: Approaches and lessons ILRI
Presentation by Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin and Tesfaye Lemma at the National dairy forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-24 November 2010.
Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusi...ILRI
Presented by Esther Njuguna-Mungai at the SAPLING-Uganda Best Entry Points for Youth-Enumerator trainings, Kampala, Uganda, 29 November-2 December 2022
The document discusses the dairy value chain in Vietnam, using evidence from Bavi area. It provides an overview of the dairy sector in Vietnam, including growing milk consumption, production, and issues around imbalances in profits between actors. A survey was conducted in Bavi to understand costs, profits, and relationships between farmers, collectors, processors, and distributors. The analysis found control by dairy companies impacts quantities and benefits for farmers.
Accelerating sustainable safe pork production in UgandaILRI
Presented by Michel Dione, ILRI, at the CGIAR Livestock CRP and GASL joint side event on national partnerships for sustainable livestock systems at the 7th All-Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 30 July 2019
The Global Research Program aims to enable transformations in agricultural and food systems by improving policies, facilitating innovations, strengthening markets, and increasing capacity development. It focuses on areas like climate-smart agriculture, nutrition-sensitive value chains, entrepreneurship, monitoring and evaluation, and open data. Key activities include analyzing technology adoption and impacts, understanding gender and youth issues, developing smart foods from millets and pulses, and supporting agribusiness. The program has six research clusters and works with various partners, funders, and through its Dryland Academy to achieve these goals.
Progress on gender research in the Tanzania value chain in 2014 and 2015ILRI
This document summarizes gender research related to dairy value chains in Tanzania conducted between 2014 and 2015 by the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. It describes several projects with gender components, including MoreMilkiT, the Crops and Goats project, and East Africa Dairy Development 2. It also outlines strategic research conducted on topics such as gender issues in dairy value chains, the effectiveness of hub approaches, gender perceptions of resource ownership, empowerment, transforming gender norms, policy tools, nutrition, feeds and forages, climate change, and capacity development. The document proposes next steps and areas of future research to further understanding of gender dynamics within dairy value chains in Tanzania.
Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development in EthiopiaILRI
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Value chains, innovation systems and action research: From principles to pra...ILRI
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RELOAD: Reduction of Post-harvest Losses and Value Addition in East African Food Value Chains
1. Enabling change through
transdisciplinary knowledge creation processes:
Multi-actor approaches in food value chain research
in East Africa
Team
PhD students: Maria Restrepo, Guyo Roba
MSc students: Eva Hilt, Joanna Albrecht, Anne Emden
Post-Docs and Senior Scientists: Dr. Margareta Lelea, Dr. Pamela Ngwenya, Dr. Anja Christinck
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Kaufmann, Dr. Christian Hülsebusch
German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL),
at the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel
November 18th, 2015 - Berlin, Germany
Open Space – Session III
16th Annual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) on pro-poor livestock research and development
Presented by Margareta Amy Lelea
2. Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses and Value Addition
in East African Food Value Chains (Reload)
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3. Reduction of losses and increase in benefits in
livestock value chains in Kenya
Marsabit
Nakuru
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KENYA
Pastoral meat VC
Small-holder dairy VC
Photos: Lelea 2014 and 2015
Method: Multi-actor approach - focus on actors and their
activity systems rather than on commodities
4. Multi-actor approach
in the dairy and pastoral meat value chain
Dairy chain Pastoral meat chain Activity system
Primary actors Smallholder farmers Pastoral producers Livestock keeping
Local milk traders Local traders Trading
Milk bar owners Local butchers Processing & marketing
Local brokers Mediating transactions
Commerical dairy
managers
Slaugherhouse
managers
Processing & marketing
Secondary actors Dairy board officers Meat commission staff Regulating & controlling
County government
representatives
County government
representatives
Regulating & controlling
NGO officers NGO officers Enacting programms
External actors Scientists Scientists Investigating
Group facilitator Group facilitator Guiding group processes
5. Collaborative learning to
resolve problems and identify improvement possibilities
Dialogue
Discovery
Applying new knowledge
1. Institutionalization of the collaboration with
stakeholders
2. Situation analysis with problem identification
and structuring
3. Agreement on goals and priorities
4. Investigation to identify solutions or improved
activities
5. Implementing identified “prototypes“ or
activities
6. Participatory monitoring and evaluation of
activities
Christinck and Kaufmann, forthcoming
Stakeholder analysis
Establish the collaboration
Restrepo et al.2014
6. Collaborative learning to
resolve problems and identify improvement possibilities
Dialogue
Discovery
Applying new knowledge
Stakeholder analysis
Establish the collaboration
Restrepo et al.2014
Restrepo et al.2014
8. Establish the collaboration
• Supporting two farmer groups
• Mukinduri Dairy Self-Help Group
• Lare Livelihoods Improvement CBO
• Self-motivation - Bottom-up initiatives
• Training on group formation and
maturation
• Collaboration with:
DITSL PhD Student Maria Restrepo,
group facilitator Andrew Maina
PhD students and faculty members
from Egerton University, Nakuru
9. Dialogue: Joint understanding of the problematic situation
Problem assessment – e.g. through photovoice
• Milk quantity – seasonality & work load
• Milk quality – cleanliness & composition
• Market – rejection & seasonality
Agreement on aims & action plans
• Milk quantity – silage & fodder
• Milk quality – on-farm testing of milk quality
& development of standards: California
Mastitis Test (CMT), Alcohol test,
Improvement of milking parlour
• Keeping records on milk production and sale
Apply for funding - Video proposal
10. 1. Farmer-to-Farmer exchange sessions –
Silage, Fodder and Milking parlour
2. Learning and mutual teaching sessions –
milk quality testing, California Mastitis Test
Discovery: Farmer-driven innovations
11. Applying new knowledge: Testing of innovations
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80
100
Silage Sorghum Lucerne Records Test milk
quality
CMT
%ofmembersthattested
Self-defined innovations
Farmer participation
Lare Mukinduri
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Silage Sorghum Lucerne Records Test milk
quality
CMTLevelofsatisfaction
Self-defined innovations
Benefits from innovation
Lare Mukinduri
Source: Restrepo (unpublished)
12. Applying new knowledge: Change of practice
• Silage and fodder at larger scale
“I have done so much silage that during this dry
period I was able to share with my father, as he
did not have enough to feed his cows” Mbuthia -
Lare
• Implementing milk testing
“we (with 6 other farmers) implemented a
system for testing milk quality every 2nd week to
avoid rejection” Mwathi - Mukinduri
• Record keeping of other farming activities
“I have also implemented records of my sheep
and chicken” Kamau - Mukinduri
• Diffusion
“the group is recognized, we are spreading our
roots …” Robert Gacheche - Lare
14. Stakeholder analysis for collaborative multi-stakeholder
processes
6 Stakeholder integration in the research process
5 Selection of participants
Which stakeholders should participate in the research project?
4 Stakeholder identification and characterisation
Who has a 'stake' with regard to the problem/issue
and why?
Who has power, interest, knowledge,
resources...?
What are the relationships between stakeholders?
3 Formulation of a specific issue or problem to be addressed in the research
e.g. reducing post-harvest losses, improving quality of products, etc.
2 Actor identification and initial characterization
Identifying actors and their roles, objectives and scope of action in the
human activity system
Reflecting on social difference
1 Selection of a human activity system for research focus
e.g. a particular food supply chain
Lelea et al. 2015
15. • Herding
• Watering
• Animal treatment
• Walking goats to market
Producers
• Government officers
• Local NGOs
Actors directly involved with the
goats and sheep
Activities Interrelated actors
Local Traders, Local
butchers &
Individuals (herders
& assistants in the
market
Transporters & Lorry
brokers
• Identify goats/sheep of
interest
• Branding the animal
• Trekking to collection
point
• Organize transport from
Marsabit
• Animal loading
• Trucking to the next
market
• Market committee
• County government
• Local NGOs (FH Kenya,
ACDI/VOCA)
• County government
• Government veterinary
officer
• Individual labourers
• Price negotiation &
payment
• Getting movement permit
• Getting health license
• Sand loading
Step 2: Actor identification and initial characterizationActor identification and Activity Analysis
16. 16
• Paying market access fee
• Counting goats and
contracting broker to sell
Nairobi Traders &
Brokers
• Local trader
• County government of
Nairobi
• Exporters
• Institutions
• Individual households
• Transporters
Activities Interrelated actors
Butchers
• Cooling
• Pricing & selling
• Nairobi traders
• Consumers
• Tanneries
• Meat distributors
• Public health officers
• Slaughtering
• Meat distribution
• Selling meat and skins
Domestic &
export market
Wholesalers
• Price negotiations &
selling
• Distribution
• Urban consumers
• Households
• Hotels, bar &
restaurants
• Meat exporters
(Middle East)
Actors directly involved with the
goats and sheep
Actor identification and Activity Analysis
17. Initialisation of multi-stakeholder platform meetings
in the pastoral meat value chain
Photo: Lelea, 2015
Topics:
1. How to avoid multiple taxation on goats and
sheep?
2. How to attract camel and cattle traders to a
market in a producer area?
3. How to improve communication from
demand-side to the producer?
4. How to coordinate transportation for
alternative markets such as Nakuru?
First outcomes:
• Tax holiday for the Korr market to avoid
multiple taxation
• Motivation to continue collaboration
Stakeholders present:
• Pastoralists (small and large herds)
• Traders (local area and region)
• Brokers
• Government officials
18. CONCLUSION
Multi-actor approaches in food value chain research
• Actor orientation takes into account the perspectives, constraints and room
of manouever of the different actors in the value chain
• Activity orientation takes into account that change in value chains requires
change in actions and practices
• Change in practices resulted from exchange and integration of diverse
knowledge, learning and capacity development
• Social relations matter and develop in the course of the interactions
– Between actors
– Between primary and secondary actors
– Between scientists and value chain actors
Multi-actor approaches are in themselves social innovations in R&D
19. THANK YOU!
More information and contact:
m.a.lelea@ditsl.org a.christinck@distl.org b.kaufmann@ditsl.org
Resources
Christinck, A., Kaufmann, B. Forthcoming. Facilitating change: Methodologies for collaborative learning with
stakeholders, In: M. Padmanabhan (ed.) Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability. Routledge
Lelea, M.A., Roba, G., Christinck, A., Kaufmann, B. 2015. Methodologies for stakeholder analysis for application in
transdisciplinary research projects focusing on actors in food supply chains. DITSL ISBN 978-3-945266-00-7
Restrepo, M.J., Lelea, M.A., Christinck, A., Hülsebusch, C., Kaufmann, B. 2014. Collaborative learning for fostering
change in complex social-ecological systems: a transdisciplinary perspective on food and farming systems.
Knowledge Management for Development Journal 10(3): 38-59
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Is iterative
Change happens through learning
Stakeholder analysisbased on a multi-perspective assessment, so that no important group or institution will be ignored.
Institutionalization of the collaboration, i.e. formation of stakeholder groups that represent individuals and have a defined role in the research process and/or formation of collaboration platforms.
Situation analysisin order to arrive at a joint understanding of the “problem”, the system of actors and relationships between them, including actual trends of change and important driving factors.
Agreement on goals and prioritiesin order to find common grounds and orientation for further activities.
Learning and action on possible scenarios and solutionswith the aim to gain new insights and identify possible solutionsthrough a process of dialogue, observation, experimentation, and exposure to different types of knowledge resulting from experimental testing and analysis of management options.
Implementing identified solutionsor activities on a test scale in order to gain practical experience and explore significance.
Participatory monitoring and evaluation so that the identified solutions and innovative practices are being reflected and new contextualized knowledge generated
Is iterative
Change happens through learning
Stakeholder analysisbased on a multi-perspective assessment, so that no important group or institution will be ignored.
Institutionalization of the collaboration, i.e. formation of stakeholder groups that represent individuals and have a defined role in the research process and/or formation of collaboration platforms.
Situation analysisin order to arrive at a joint understanding of the “problem”, the system of actors and relationships between them, including actual trends of change and important driving factors.
Agreement on goals and prioritiesin order to find common grounds and orientation for further activities.
Learning and action on possible scenarios and solutionswith the aim to gain new insights and identify possible solutionsthrough a process of dialogue, observation, experimentation, and exposure to different types of knowledge resulting from experimental testing and analysis of management options.
Implementing identified solutionsor activities on a test scale in order to gain practical experience and explore significance.
Participatory monitoring and evaluation so that the identified solutions and innovative practices are being reflected and new contextualized knowledge generated
The collaboration has been institutionalised through the supprt of two farmer groups. These were selected based on their motivation to change their situation by “coming together” and to take initiative.
The groups reveived training on group formation offered by the Ministry of Social affairs.
The collaboration was established and managed by Maria Restrepo with help from the group faciilator Andrew Maina. Different PhD students and staff members from EgertonUniversity in Nakuru were invited depending on their expertise on topics of interest to the farmers.
To understand better the problems, constraints and challenges from the point of view of the farmers, we used a method called photovoice. The farmers got a camera and took pictures of the problems they face. Before starting, every single member learned how to use the cameras. They teach each other. Then I collected the cameras and printed the pictures, and with them we discussed more about the problems. They first divided the pictures into groups according to their own criteria or parameters, then for each of the groups we talked about the individual pictures and the problems. As you can see in this picture, they have already made the groups or categories. We were talking about feeding, you can see the fodder. In this picture you can see also the farmers join together to discuss the pictures which are on the table.
Main Challenges
Milk quantity – seasonality, looking for fodder is a labor intensive activity (6-8h), wastages of feeding material, water-the cow needs to drink so much water, that if you don’t have near where to take it it becomes very expensive
Milk quality – milk composition (low protein content), difficult to clean the cow (still most farmers pass international standards)
Market – uncertainty, payment, volume, rejection, time-quality
Solution –CL (15 min)
Group – platform for exchange of knowledge, information, perspectives, skills LEARNING
Innovations/Activities – Technological (10)
Feeding: Silage, lucern, oats, sorghum
Unit
Testing: CMT, lactometer, Lab
Records
Milk-Quality standards
Once they had selected what activities they wanted to implement, we used:
Farmer-to-Farmer exchange sessions for silage, the new fodder, and the unit so that the group members new how to use from a peer
Learning and teaching session for testing milk quality using lactometer and alcohol, and testing for mastitis using California Mastitis Test CMT – One farmer learns and teaches the other so that at the end of the session all have tried out
TESTING new ideas on-farm using the farmer-driven innovation grant + PM&E
In Lare not many tried Lucerne and desmodium because this year was dry. They still have the seed and they will try when the rains come
In Lare also Last harvest was affected by the disease, so not many were able to make silage (did not had raw material). But because the constrains due to the dry weather, more did silage than in Mukinduri
Refers to a new socially accepted practice
After learning and trying new things, those innovations that are taken by the farmers or even spread.
Feeding strategies at a larger scale –> meaning they have bough seeds (or saved seed form last harvest) and have planted/planning to plant at a larger scale I don´t have now a number for this …. Although I will have after having look at the SSI (not for this week unfortunately)
From Maize some farmers where able to harvest more than 30 Kgs of seeds, which they are going to use to: a) share with other group members; b) increase the area planted
2. Milk testing
3. Record keeping
4. Branching out: a) Others have also implemented after seeing their example (for this I have no numbers)
b) New groups created for learning purposes (One in a village in Lare called Milimani and one in a neighbor village from Mukinduri called Gatimu)
The some as also done for milk testin, recod keeping