introduction to livestock and irrigation value chains for ethiopian smallholders (lives) project

Azage Tegegne

LIVES Project Launch Workshop Addis Ababa, 22 January 2013

Introduction to Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES)

project

LIVES Project• An ILRI project implemented with IWMI, MoA

and EIAR in partnership with Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and SNNP Regional States

• Supported by a our development partner – Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

• Focuses on high value, market-oriented and challenging livestock and irrigated crops

Livestock and Irrigated Agriculture in Ethiopia

Total supply

Per capital supply

Potential and experiences in irrigated agriculture in Ethiopia

Total 2,010,322 ha

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Year (EC) Total irrigated area (ha)

1991 176,015

1998 197,250 only improved schemes

625,819 (including traditional) 2004 250,613

Source: MoWaE, 2013; Atinafie, 2007; MoARD

Current irrigation and potential for development

WHY LIVES?• In line with GoE priorities for agriculture–led

industrialization

• In line with the GTP and AGP and other programs of the GoE

• Livestock and irrigated agriculture are high value commodities with huge potential and promise to transform smallholders from subsistence to market-orientation

• Piloting for learning and scaling up

What is special about LIVES?• A unique model for partnerships between CGIAR centers, MoA, NARS and

development institutions to work on developmental outcomes

• Helps to integrate high value irrigated crops and livestock production for system intensification

• Provides opportunity for testing and developing irrigated fodder production

• Creates a chance to improve water use efficiency

• A model for enhanced nutrient management and cycling system through use of manure for horticultural crops

• A platform to test water governance through water users associations

LIVES – Goal and Ultimate Outcome

Goal• To contribute to enhanced income and gender equitable wealth

creation for smallholders and other value chains actors through increased and sustained market-off-take of high value livestock and irrigated crop commodities.

Ultimate Outcome • Increased economic well-being for male and female smallholder

producers in 30 districts in 10 target Zones in Amhara, Oromia, Tigray, and SNNPR through the development of livestock and irrigated value chains

Intermediate Outcomes• Increased use of improved knowledge and capacity by

male and female livestock and irrigated agriculture value chains and service providers to develop gender sensitive and environmentally friendly sustainable market-oriented livestock and irrigated value chains.

• Increased adoption of gender sensitive and environmentally sustainable market-oriented value chain interventions by male and female livestock and irrigated agriculture value chain actors and service providers.

LIVES Objectives• Introduction/adaptation of tested and new value chain interventions for

targeted value chains/areas (value chain development)

• Capacity development of value chain actors, service providers and educational institutions (capacity development)

• Introduction/adaptation of tested and new knowledge management interventions in support of value chain development (knowledge management)

• Generation and documentation of new knowledge on value chain interventions through diagnosis, action and impact research studies (action research)

• Promotion of knowledge generated for scaling out beyond the project areas (promotion for scaling out)

Project FocusParticipatory selection of commodities and Zones

Commodities: • Livestock (dairy, beef, sheep and goats, poultry,

apiculture) and high value irrigated crops (vegetables, fruits, fodder)

Geographical:• Ten (10) zones with clusters of Districts

producing selected commodities

LIVES Project Zones

Livestock Resources in the Project Zones

Priority commodity value chains and their zonal location in the four LIVES Regions

Beef – 3; Dairy 9; Shoats 7; Poultry5; Apiculture 4; irrigation 10

Direct value chain beneficiaries -LIVES

Research Education

Public Support Services

POLICY

Input Producers/ Supplier s

Output Producers

Traders/ Processors

Indirect beneficiaries

• Producers and service providers in AGP, HABP, PSNP programs through (joint) capacity development, field visits, learning events.

• Producers and service providers in adjoining districts which form part of natural clusters – milk shed, irrigation schemes and watersheds through learning events, capacity development and field visits.

Commodity Value Chain Development – a continuous process…

Dist

rict

AG

F

AG

AG

Fed/

Reg

AG

F

AG

F

AG

F

D1 D1 D2 D3

AG - Agribusiness

F - Farmer

Short VC

Long VC

IPMS LIVES

What are the possible interventions?

• Technological: eg. seeds, animal genetics, drugs, fertilizers, pumps, e-readers, computers

• Organizational: eg. organizational forms (public, private, individual, cooperative, government, PLCs)

• Institutional: eg. rules & regulations, behavior, linkages

Capacity DevelopmentStrengthening capacity public sector staff through MSc/BSc education

In service training based on TOT/BDS approach: regional – zone/district (eg)

Rapid value chain assessment for potential interventions -teams Participatory market oriented extension – extension staff Gender mainstreaming – extension staff Knowledge management – extension staff Results based monitoring – specialist staff Irrigation technologies – specialist staff Irrigated crop value chain development – specialist staff Livestock value chain development – specialist staff

Knowledge Management Federal level

Strengthening EAP National learning events/conferences Video production e-extension

Regional/zonal/District level

Knowledge center development Learning events/conferences/workshops Study tours Exhibitions Field days New IT technologies

Research LIVESRapid assessment of value chains and

public support services

Value chain interventions on supply/production of inputs, production/processing/marketing of outputs

Knowledge Mngt and capacity development interventions

Diagnosis

Action Impact

RESEARCH/STUDIES

Learning Learning

Promotion for scaling up• Facilitate project visits by key policy makers and donors

• Participation in government/non- government national, regional learning platforms, conferences and workshops

• Use of mass media

• Publications

• Newsletters

• Promotional materials

• Leveraging new investment into value chain development.

Cross-cutting Issues

In both livestock and irrigated agriculture

– Gender

– Environment

Project Management • Coordinating Team – (MoA, EIAR, LIVES, IWMI)

• Steering Committee – (MoA, MoWE, EIAR, BoA, BoWE, LA, LIVES, IWMI, CIDA)

• Regional Project Implementation Committee (RPIC)

• Project staffing – HQ, Regional, Zonal

• Counterpart staff at Federal, Regional and Zonal level

• Project team meetings

• Project Advisory committee meetings

• Project technical committee meetings

We can’t do it alone…Partnership is key

Major Partners

LIVES

MoAEIAR

RARIs

Univ

CGIAR

CIDAPrivate Sector

Dev’t Projects

NGOs

Livestock Agencies

MoWE

BoWE

Farmers, Coops, CBOs

www.lives-ethiopia.org

Thank You!