Sheep and goat value chains development in Ethiopia: Update on progress

Sheep and goat value chains development in Ethiopia: Update on progress

Barbara Rischkowsky

ICARDA-ILRI Training on Tools for Rapid Assessment of Sheep and Goat Value Chains in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, 5-8 November 2012

Goal of the Livestock and Fish Program:

More milk, meat and fish by and for the poor

To sustainably increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems,

increase the availability and affordability of animal-source foods for poor consumers, and

reduce poverty through greater participation by the poor along the whole value chains for animal-source foods.

Delivering the Livestock and Fish Program

Structure: Three integrated research themes

#2Technology

Development:− Genetics

− Feeds− Health

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

Commodity X in Country Y

#3 value chain development

#1 Targeting - Foresight, Prioritization, Gender, Impact assessment

Cross-cutting: M&E, communications, capacity building

Inputs & Services Production

Processing

Marketing

Consumers

R4D integrated to transform selected value chains for selected commodities in selected countries

Value chain development team and research partners

The approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact and a long-term engagement

FOCUS: 9 Value Chains in 8 countries

PIGS

AQUACULTURE

SHEEP & GOATS

DAIRY

CRP 3.7 partnerships for impacts: The give and take

• Livestock/fish researchers – international and nationalprovide evidence, capacity buildingget co-development of new science.

• Development investors provide money, influence, advocacyget better bang for their bucks, better-targeted impacts.

• Multinational agenciesprovide policies, advocacy, means to scale up interventionsget evidence-based knowledge.

• Development partnersprovide relevance, reality checks, expertiseget practical science for real development.

Rationale for selecting the target livestock value chains

1. Growth and market opportunity: Is there evidence of increasing demand for the commodity, locally

or regionally? What is the importance of the commodity for people’s livelihoods?

2. Pro-poor potential: How will the poor be involved? Is there evidence they can play a significant role in increased production, or being employed in value chain activities, or will benefit from increased consumption?

Rationale for selecting livestock value chains

3. Potential for outscaling interventions/solutions:

Are the agroecological conditions of the site representative for large areas within the same country?

4. Researchable supply constraints:Are there supply constraints, such as large productivity gaps or transactions costs for which research may be able to provide solutions, and would create production and welfare gains?

Consultative site selection process

Step 1: Geographical targeting - identification of eligible

regions/districts using GIS

Step 2: Stakeholder consultation at national level (ground-

truthing of Step 1, defining soft selection criteria

and identifying sites)

Step 3: Regional stakeholder consultation to refine site

selection and prepare site visits

Step 4: Site visits applying agreed minimum checklist to

validate selected sites

Step 5: Mobilization and start of activities in selected sites

Spatial selection criteria for small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia

Representativeness:• agroecological potential (number of growing days, prod

systems)Growth and market opportunity: • sheep and goat density, market linkage (distance/time

to next market), supply deficitPro-poor potential: • number or proportion of poor people; number of poor

sheep and goat keepers Supply constraints (scope for improvement):• low productivity or surplus-deficit in meat production

Step 2: Stakeholder consultation at national level 6 July 2012 in Addis

- Discuss outcome of step 1 (geographical targeting)- Define and apply soft criteria- Propose list of eligible sites for sheep and goat VCs matching with agreed

criteria

Fuzzy ‘soft’ selection criteria for sheep and goat value chains

• Synergy with on-going research

• Government priorities

• Potential for success – implementation and impact

• Existing links with research and extension system

• Regional representation

• Availability of secondary data

• Likelihood of success• Market potential• Well known supply areas for sheep or goat

meat• Number of sheep and goats per household• Importance of sheep and goats to household

livelihoods

‘Killer’ selection criteria for sheep and goat value chains

Selected sites Region District/Woreda

Market link

Research Center

Goat value chains Tanka Abergelle Tigray Tanka rural AbergelleKonso SNNP Karat rural Arba MinchDillo Oromia Dillo rural YabelloAsaita Afar Asaita rural AfarNegelle Borena Oromia Liben urban BoreShinelle Somali Shinelle urban HaromayaSheep Value chains Menz Amhara Menz Gera urban Debre BerhanYabello Oromia Yabello urban YabelloHorro Oromia Horro Gudru rural BakoWerer Afar Amibara urban WererEast Tigray Tigray Atsbi Wonberta urban MekelleGurage/Silte SNNP Alicho Wuriro urban WorabeArsi Oromia Sagure rural KulumsaGamo Goffa SNNP Ditta rural Arba Minch

List of proposed sites for sheep and goat value chains (6 July 2012)

Targets and criteria applied for reducing the list of sheep and goat value chains

• Target value chains: 2 goat and 4 sheep value chains

• Target production systems: 2 lowland and 4 highland sites

• Partner research and development projects to ensure initial

funding of activities

• Priorities of the government to ensure interest and investment of

research and extension system

• Cover well known sheep and goat breeds with high market

potential

• Ease of implementation and probability of quick success

• Balanced regional representation

Selected sites Region District/Woreda

Partner project Research Center

Goat Value Chains Abergelle Amhara BecaHub Goat

ProjectNegelle Borena Oromia Liben BoreGoat and Sheep Value ChainShinelle Somali Shinelle PCDP Haromaya

UniversitySheep Value Chains Menz Amhara Menz Gera GIZ Debre BerhanHorro Oromia Horro Gudru LIVES BakoEast Tigray Tigray Atsbi Wonberta LIVES MekelleAdillo/Wolaita SNNP Worabe

Reduced list of proposed sites for sheep and goat value chains (23 July 2012)

Other Priority Learning Sites will be from Afar, Benichangul and Gambella through exchange visits and training.

Step 3: Regional Stakeholder Consultation 6 August 2012 in Addis

- Arrive at common understanding of program implementation

- Propose districts/sites within districts for the identified sheep and goat VCs matching with agreed criteria

- Identify focal persons and discuss teams for program implementation

Selected sites Region District Partner project Research Center

Goat Value Chains

Abergelle Amhara/Tigray

Sazba (Amhara)Felegehiwot (Tigray)

BecaHub Goat Project

SekotaTARI

Negelle Borena Oromia Dillo (Borana) BoreGoat and Sheep Value ChainShinelle Somali Shinelle PCDP Haromaya

University

Sheep Value Chains

Menz Amhara Molale and Mehal Meda

GIZ Debre Berhan

Horro Oromia Horro/Shambu LIVES BakoEast Tigray Tigray Atsbi LIVES MekelleAdillo/Wolaita SNNP Doyogena SARI Funds Worabe

Selected sites for sheep and goat value chains

Overview of activities in 2012 up to now• Consultative site selection process• Engagement with partners • Resource mobilization• Site descriptions (through GIS and visits)• Field-testing of existing assessment tools (FEAST, VCA)

in Menz and Horro (ELF, Quick Feed Project)• Further refinement of VCA toolkit• Continuation of community based breeding programs

(CBBP) for Menz, Horro and Bonga Sheep • Training of partners in CBBP and data recording• Support of PhD students related to genetics/breeding

Next steps

• Training of partners on toolkit for Rapid Value Chain Assessment (VCA) – 5-8 November in Addis– 20-23 November in Awassa

• Start of field implementation of rapid VCA end Nov. 2012

• Report writing in January 2013• Wrap-up meetings in February 2013 to discuss results and

to identify best-bet interventions and needs for in-depth VCA

• Initiation of best-bet interventions end Feb/begin March• Conduct baseline study end February 2013

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