Download - 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…
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AG
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AG
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Fed/
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F
AG
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AG
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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