ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING FY 2014-2015

ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING.FY(2014-2015).

VETERINARY SERVICES SECTORBULIISA DISTRICT.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE.

• RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.• OBSERVED GOOD PRACTISES.• CHALLENGES• RECOMMENDATIONS• WAY FORWARD• AREAS OF FUTURE INVESTMENTS.

2013-2014 Funding.

• Annual Production and Marketing Grant-Vet section:- Shs.1,280,000/=.

• Others activity based funding were from NUSAF 2.

Expenditure Breakdown.item Activity Quarter Amount.

1. Vaccination and control of Rabies in Dogs and Cats

July-September 320,000/=

2. Livestock Disease surveillance and Diagnosis.

October-December 320,000/=

3. Enforcement of Veterinary Legislations and regulations

January-March 320,000/=

4. Sensitizations on Pests and Disease control

April-June 320,000/=

TOTAL: Shs.1,280,000/=

1.RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Control of Zoonosis under

Veterinary Public health.-Tuberculosis-Bilharzias-Brucellosis-Avian Flue-Teaniasis-EBOLA

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Provisional of clinical services.

-Evaluation of non responsive clinical cases.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Tick and Tsetse control.- Inspected and

recommended the best Acaricides suited to the local environment.

- Guided farmers on the water : Acaricides mixing ratios.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Provisional of veterinary drugs ,Biological ,Vaccines and other veterinary supplies.

- Recommended four animal drugs outlet operators to NDA.

- Inspected and certified veterinary drugs and equipments supplied to farmers.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Animal breeding, insemination and Embryo transfer.

• Certified Breeding bulls/Heifers to farmers.

• Certified Local Nanny Goats and Bucks.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Provisional of Animal quarantine and primary livestock infrastructure.

- A phased construction of a 200 H/C holding metallic cattle crush at Kabolwa –Buliisa Sub-county under PRDP.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Promoted ,guided and supported trade in some animals and animal products.

-Movement outside the district.

- Movement into the district.

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Food Hygiene:- Emphasized hygienic

food handling, transportation and storage.

- Promoted use of food grade equipments

RECORDED ACHIEVEMENTS.

• Trained and sensitized 405 Livestock beneficiaries under NUSAF 2 HSIP projects.

BEEF PRODUCTION.

• Cattle production is estimated to have grown from 20,000 from 1999 to 40,000 in 2013. This is attributed to genetic improvement ,improved livestock ,husbandry and strategic control of diseases and vector. The district beef production levels increased from 50 MTN in 2011 to 100 MTN in 2013.

GOAT PRODUCTION.

• The goat population has been growing at about 3.5% annually .Goat/Sheep population is estimated to be 50,000 in 2013 up to from 100,000 in 2011.

• The District supports a special breeding programme for goats .

PIG PRODUCTION.

• The Pig population is estimated to have grown from less than 100 in 1999 to 1,000 in 2014. Litter production per sow per pregnancy 6-12 Piglets. Price per piglet of one month 40,000-80,000 (UGX.)

• Management costs/skills.• Adequate nutrition.• Gestation period in number of days (90) or less.• Disease control.• Marketing.

HIDES AND SKINS.

• Sales of Hides and Skins increased from 1.5 MT in 2011 to 2.5MT in 2013 Valued at USD 1.5 and 3.5 millions in 2013.

MILK COLLECTION ,PROCESSING AND MARKETING.

• Milk production: grown from over the years from 130,000 litres in 2,000 to 547,500 litres in 2013. About 70% of the produced milk is marketed and 30% consumed at house-hold level.

• Milk Collection: By end 2014 there was 01 milk collection centre with capacity of 5,000 litres from zero milk collecting centres

• Cooperatives play a vital role in acquiring and maintaining chilling equipments ,collection and marketing of this highly perishable product.

• Milk Transportation: Currently there are 01 milk tanker with a total capacity of 20,000 litres from zero road tankers in 2011.

• Milk Processing: Traditional processing into skeamed milk, and ghee.• Milk Consumption: The per capita consumption is estimated to have moved

from 50 litres to 60 litres far below the recommended by FAO/WHO of 200 litres per person per year.

• Dairy export is possible in the next foreseeable future:

POULTRY PRODUCTION,PROCESSING AND MARKETING.

• Poultry production: The poultry production was estimated at 150,000 birds in 2013 as increased from 40,000 in 2011.Production of eggs is estimated to have increased from 500,000 in 2011 to 800,000 in 2013.

• Present per capita consumption is estimated to be at 15 and that of poultry meat at 1.5 kg compared to national of 12.5 Kgs per annum.

• Meat processing: Modern slaughter houses ,abattoir still lacking.

• DRC and South Sudan.• International trade.• Breeding Programme: Kuroiler cocks .

2.Observed Good Practices.

• Reduced incidences of Tick borne diseases due to more regular spraying with effective Acaricides.

• Increased appreciation of monetary value for livestock and livestock products.

• Improved animal husbandry practices i.e. branding, breeding and Culling off.

• Farmer empowerment through HFLOs.

3.Challenges• Absence of social accountability.• Inactive grievances reporting

systems• Rewards and sanctions at various

levels.• Lack of provisional of diagnostic

facilities.• Failure to maintain the cold chain.• Rudimentary vehicle mobility.• Increasing theft and crime

related to livestock.• High dependence to cost free

services by most farmers.• Low funding to the sector.

EXTENSION SERVICES PERSONNEL.• Farmers all over the world depend on extension services to carry out

their activities. In Buliisa, however ,there is a big gap between extension service providers and farmers. As a result farmers ,operate through trial and error ,hence making losses.

• At the peak of NAADS operations, Buliisa had 21 extension workers making a ratio of 1 extension worker to 1,034 house-holds.

• If the extension worker worked 365 days a year, meeting an average of three farmers per day ; He or She would meet slightly more than 1,000 each year. This means that for him to meet at most 4,000 farmers ,it will take him at least four years yet farmers need an extension worker at least three times per planting season which makes it six times a year since Uganda has two major seasons.

NUMBERS:• 1970 Veterinary Services were ran by government.• Government divested it self from the role of veterinary drug supply, dispensing and

administration only retaining the role of providing veterinary extension services.• In 1989 MMAIF further divested it self of clinical veterinary services and to a

certain extent veterinary extension passing the responsibility to the private sector. This left a vacuum.

• The level of veterinary officers per sub-county ranges from 1:1,000 to 1:5,000 Households creating a big strain on officers.

• Additionally the average number of cattle keeping house-holds per veterinary officer stands at around 5,296.

• In Buliisa (UBOS 2008 Livestock Census) with 15,210 homesteads had a total of 40,000 Cattle,90,000 Goat/Sheeps and over 800 Pigs. It Had one public veterinary officer, under LG and none as private.

• If the vet visited twenty farmers per day ,it would take at least four years to reach all homesteads.

DISEASE CHALLENGE.

• ECF• ASF• TRYPS• MANGE• NSD• TBD• COCCIODIOSIS• RABIES• FOWL POX• FOWL CHOLERA

Community Specific Challenges:

a. YOUTH: Majority of the youth are reluctant to persevere in agriculture in preference to “boda boda” riding, petty trade and service sector.

b. Environment: Increasing livestock number based on the quantity rather than quality imposes pressure on the rangeland ecosystem and water systems

. HIV/AIDS NEGATIVE IMPACTS:

- Forced selling by farmers of stock at inappropriate time to meet medical costs .

- Dismantling of the family set up resulting in a decline in production and productivity ,food insecurity, low income, increased health care costs and great job insecurity.

Community Specific Challenges:

d. CLIMATE CHANGE:Increased un-coordinated

tree harvesting for charcoal may increase the frequency of drought precipitating the increase in conflict over available land and resources.

- Lack of Value addition facilities

4.Recommendations.

• Lobby for more livestock infrastructure development. i.e. Modern Livestock Market and a cattle crush per parish.

• More staff should be recruited i.e. Lab. Tech.

• A vehicle to facilitate movement is required.

• More regular allocation of fuel and lubricants to staff.

• An office for vet section.• Provision of protective

gears to staff for health and safety at work place.

• Establishment of two fixed animal check points at Wanseko and Butiaba escarpment to monitor and regulate livestock movement.

WAY FORWARD.• Massive recruitment but process is so slow that a sick cow cannot wait for it.• Training farmers to handle basic livestock challenge.• Each Sub-county should have at least four extension workers with proper

facilitation.• A vehicle (pick up) -130million Ug Shs. Or a Honda off-road motor cycle

10million Ug Shs.• Deliberate efforts should be made to impart skills in Livestock husbandry

practises to livestock farmers. • In Ethiopia a country with one of best extension workers per farming

household ratio ,as a result of a deliberate move by government to massively train farmers in every farming area.

• As an outcome of this; between 2000 and 2008 the number of extension workers in the field grew from15,000 to 45,000 .

• At least overall 80,000 farmers turned extension workers were trained.

New areas of investments in Buliisa.Crocodile and Ostrich farming.

Bon appétit!