SETTING THE SCENE

Experiences & lessons learnt with improvement

production, input supply and services

Bram Wouters

Wageningen UR Livestock Research

Context and objective

� Some characteristics of production, input supply and services

� Key issues and solutions

� Presentations

The Value Chain

Retaile

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Farmer

Producer

Colle

ctor

Inputs

Services

Processor

Consumer

Market

Inputs/ resources

� Land

� Feeds

� Seeds

� Breeds (cattle)

� Fertilizer

� Water

� Veterinary Medicines

� Equipment

� Labour

� Credit/ loans

Issues related to inputs/resources

� Availability and access to land (tenure issues, competing

claims etc.)

� Availability, access and quality of feeds (concentrate

feeds, supplements etc)

� Availability and quality of cattle (crosses, pure-breds etc)

� Labour quality (education, skills etc)

� Organisation of input supply (private sector, farmers

associations/ cooperatives, business hubs)

� Availability and costs of credit/loans

Services

� Veterinary Services

� AI

� Advisory services

� Quality measurement and monitoring (milk, feed)

� Management information services (breeding, milk

recording)

� Recording and data base management (milk recording,

identification & registration)

� Maintenance services

� Financial services

Issues related to services

� Availability and quality of services

� Role of government/ private sector in provision of

services (animal health, AI, advisory services)

� Organisation of services by private sector

(farmers associations/cooperatives, private

companies)

� Improving capacity of service providers

Issues related to milk production at farm level

� Feeding, breeding, disease prevention (interaction feeding, fertility, mastitis)

� Cost price and business orientation

� Farm management/ hygiene and raw milk quality

� Farmer capabilities (education, skills)

� Capacity building farmers, advisors (training, use of advise & information)

The Country Presentations

What are experiences and lessons learnt?

� Vietnam:Mr. Luu Van Tan

Dairy Farming in Vietnam.

� Philippines:Mrs. Victoria O. Espaldon

Sustainable livelihood and small holder dairy farming in

the Philippines. Some insights and challenges.

� IndonesiaMr. Yusup Munawar

Role of cooperatives in input supply and services: the role of GKSI