Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development in Ethiopia

Sheep and Goat Value Chain Development in Ethiopia

ICARDA-ILRI Training on Tools for Benchmarking Sheep and Goat Value Chains in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 6-9 November 2013

Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA)

Goals 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,

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

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

Delivering the Livestock and Fish

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

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: 8 Value Chains in 8 countries

PIGS

AQUACULTURE

SHEEP & GOATS

DAIRY

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

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

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 Haromaya

University

Sheep Value Chains

Menz Amhara Molale and Mehal Meda

Debre Berhan

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

Selected sites for sheep and goat value chains

Rapid Value chain Assessment (VCA)

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

• Field implementation of rapid VCA end Nov. 2012 to Jan 2013

• Report writing in January/February 2013• Writeshop to support VCA report writing 25-27 February

2013

Inputs & Services Production

Marketing

Processing

Consumers

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Methods used for rapid VCA

• Focus Group discussions with farmers using checklists and participatory methods

• Key Informant Interviews: Local experts, traders, butchers, livestock researchers, transporters, veterinarians, NGOs,...

Purpose of the Value Chain Analysis

The results from the rapid VCA are used for • identifying and involving value chain actors at the sites• identifying key constraints and opportunities along the value

chain • describing main market channels for better targeting• negotiating and planning a first set of best bet interventions

at multi-stakeholder meetings

Intervention planning

Key results from the VCA reports were used as input • for three stakeholder meetings involving in total about 70

partners: o 14-15 March in Addis (Highland sheep: Horro, Menz,

Doyogana)o 19-20 March in Mekelle (Atsbi, Abergelle, Sekoto)o 2-3 April in Debre Zeit (Shinelle and Borana)

• Outputs from the meeting:• first set of best bet interventions to overcome bottlenecks in VC

performance and/or address opportunities

THE CORE PROBLEM

THE CAUSES

Insufficient feed resources (climate

and land availability)

Poorly developed

markets

Lack of effective policies and institutions

Feed shortage and/or utilization

Lack of research and technology

transfer

WHOLE VALUE CHAIN

INPUTS & SERVICES PRODUCTION MARKETINGPROCESSING CONSUMPTION

High morbidity and mortality

High market pricesLow income of VC actors Food insecurity

Malnutrition Hidden hungerPovertyTHE IMPACT

Degradation of resource

base

Lack of knowledge and skills in SR management

Poor performance of sheep and goat value chains

ASF quality and safety

Inadequate input supplies

Weak linkages between producers and markets

Disease pressure

Generic Problem Tree

Key interventions across sites Need based capacity building on SR management for extension agents

and producers (input supply and production) Animal Health (input supply and production):

Diagnostic and epidemiological studies for key diseases, assessment of economics, capacity building of producers

Delivery services: delivery of quality vaccines, and drugs, organizing delivery of sustainable services

Feeding (input supply and production) Site specific interventions based on available feed resources (adapted forages or

shrubs, efficie utilization of crop residues, improved fattening) Organization/Institutional Interventions related to marketing:

Strengthening/Establishing producer marketing cooperatives Multi stakeholders platform to identify the major bottlenecks, find common

solutions and create market linkages between producers and other actors including awareness of market demands

Providing market actors, in particular producers, with up-to-date market price information

Processing Capacity building on transport, slaughtering, safe preparation and handling of ASF

Across-site research topics• Making sheep and goat breeding programs work for smallholder

farmers in selected sites (incl. data recording)

• Testing mobile technology for data recording

• Characterization of goat genetic resources combined with identification of adaptive traits

• Testing tools for feed assessment and prioritization of feed interventions

• Improving crop residues from grain legumes through selection and utilization

• Research on diversifying adaptive forage species for highlands

• Optimizing sheep (and goat) fattening systems

• Animals health diagnostics

• Research on institutions: innovation platforms and marketing strategies and animal heath delivery systems

Thank you!

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