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Maziwa Zaidi
The MilkIT Project in Tanzania – an overview
MoreMilkiT Project Review and Planning & Joint Steering Committee Meeting 17-19 March 2014, Tanga, Tanzania
Brigitte L. Maass
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Outline Introduction
o India vs. Tanzania o Implementation
Progress along MilkIT project objectives o Institutional strengtheningo Productivity enhancement o Knowledge sharing
Outlook
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Introduction Title:
o Enhancing Dairy-based Livelihoods in India and the United Republic of Tanzania through Feed Innovation and Value Chain Development Approaches
Purpose: o To contribute to improved dairy-supported
livelihoods in India and Tanzania via intensification of smallholder production focusing on feed enhancement using innovation and value chain approaches.
o Links to IFAD grant policy: innovative technologies and approaches, capacity strengthening, knowledge sharing.
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Introduction – Project countries: “IT” India Tanzania
Led by ILRI State of Uttarakhand
(non-CRP Livestock & Fish) – Bageshwar & Sult
Partners NGOs (INHERE, CHIRAG)
Will feed into new IFAD grant project (ILSP)
Led by CIAT Closely linked to CRP
Livestock & Fish Two regions – Morogoro
& Tanga Partners: research/
academia (SUA, TALIRI) No link to IFAD grant
policy established as yet
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Key differences in dairy Tanzania vs. India India Tanzania Buffaloes, few dairy cows
– almost treated as ‘family members’
Long tradition of self-help groups (SHGs); cooperatives common
Dairy animals zero-grazed
Hay commonly produced Processing traditional:
paneer, ghee, milk sweets, other
Milk consumption is high
Cattle as assets & for social prestige, few dairy cows
Little communal organization; cooperatives evoke (negative) memories
Dairy animals zero-grazed, but most feed comes from grazing or collection
No feed conservation tradition
Little milk processing practiced, sour milk, ghee
Milk consumption is low
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MilkIT implementation process Aiming to link to IFAD grant policy
o Work in Pemba or Manyara? Joining the CRP Livestock & Fish process
(2012) driven by MoreMilkiT , under the common goal ‘Maziwa Zaidi’o Site selection o Dairy value chain (DVC) assessment o Baseline survey o Choosing partners
Working via innovation platforms (IP) towards improving feeds and feeding (2013) o Feed assessment with FEAST o Setting up village IPs o Participatory definition of interventions
MilkIT Tanzania
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Pemba Island and Manyara Region FEAST training and DVC Assessment in Pemba (July 2012)
Focus group discussions at: Kisiwani Chake Chake and Mkoani
Links to IFAD grant policy
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Conclusions from DVC assessment in Pemba o Milk production increased over recent past
But low local consumption of milk and milk products o Promotion of consumption of milk and milk
products is needed to match increased production
o Improved marketing required, including also more professional processing and packaging
Because of its focus on using feed interventions to increase milk production, the IFAD-funded MilkIT project should not regard Pemba as a priority intervention area under the current circumstances of dairy development on the island
Links to IFAD grant policy
Tanga Region
MorogoroRegion
MilkIT action sites
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MilkIT Partners in Tanzania CIAT (International
Center for Tropical Agriculture) – Tropical Forages Program o Sokoine University of
Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro
o Tanzania Livestock Research Institute (TALIRI) – Tanga Centre
NGOs and development partners coming in o SNV o Heifer Project
International o HiMWA – working
with pastoralists o TBD (Tanzania Dairy
Board)o TAMPRODA (Tanzania
Milk Producers Association)
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The MilkIT team in Tanzania with MoreMilkiT representatives and attached students
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Progress along MilkIT Project components 1. Institutional strengthening2. Productivity enhancement 3. Knowledge sharing
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Component 1. Institutional strengthening Site selection
criteriao High cattle densityo Market channels:
rural-rural & rural-urban
o Farming systems o Milk production
potential o Accessibility &
distance o Potential partners/
stakeholders
Siteso In each region, 4
villages selected from 2 districts
o Agreed village IP structure 30 participants Producers (60%) & Other VC stakeholders
(40%)
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• DVC & FEAST conducted at village level
• FEAST & DVC feedback to villages
• IP sensitization meetings
• IP member election • IPs agree on their
functioning guidelines • Implement action
research • Implement other
interventions
• District CMT sensitization
• Regional Platform meetings to implement agreed actions
Process used in establishing Innovation Platforms
Morogoro
KilosaMvomero
1 2 3 4
Tanga
Handeni
Lushoto
5 6 7 8
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District meetings in Tanga: Issues and action points
Lushoto Handeni Inadequate markets:
o Milk pricing will be taken care of by the Tanga Dairy Platform
o SNV conducts a survey to underscore the governance of primary cooperative societies and processors
Extension & veterinary services:o Plan to recruit and
distribute extension staff in every village
o Plan to encourage more service providers within the district up to village level
Land availability:o Land use plan is underwayo Developed bylaws to prevent
invading pastoralists Insufficient pasture:
o Continuous sensitization of pastoralists on options to enhance productivity
Inadequate access to inputs: o 5 AI centres planned to be
established in various sites of district
o Encourage more input agents to operate in each ward
Handeni District Meeting
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Model of interaction of different platform levels: Tanga
District District
Village IP
Regional Dairy Platform
Village IP
Village IP
Village IP
Action research
Inter-vention
Action research
Inter-vention
Tanzania DDF
District Council Management Team
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District meetings in Morogoro: Issues and action points
Mvomero Kilosa Shortage of land:
o Village land use plan in process
o Provision of mini ranches Inadequate markets:
o Establishment of more collection centers
o Establish more livestock markets for better coverage of district
Shortage of land:o Land use plan in process o Govt’ to recover
undeveloped land (incl. from absentee investors)
Inadequate vet services:o Plan to establish ward
veterinary centerso Build and rehabilitate dip
tanks Inadequate
communication among stakeholders:o Engage Kilosa radio broad-
casting to reach stakeholders
Kilosa District Meeting
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Model of interaction of different platform levels: Morogoro
District District
Village IP
Regional Dairy Platform
Village IP
Village IP
Village IP
Action research
Inter-vention
Action research
Inter-vention
Tanzania DDF
District Council Management Team
MilkIT Tanzania
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Key results from research on village IP performance in Tanga
Performance indicator ‘Access to larger variety and better feeds’ o Significantly related to
frequency and quality of communication and increased exposure to different information sources of interviewees, including training particularly
Key informant interviews
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Component 2. Productivity enhancement Feed assessment o Training on FEAST tool in
Morogoro & Tanga regions26 participants were trained
o FEAST surveys in all 8 villages 104 Farmers for individual
interviews306 Farmers in FGDs
o FEAST reports compiled from 4 districts Challenges identified and
solutions proposed are possible entry points and mark the pillars for IP functioning
Individual interview
Focus Group Discussion
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Productivity enhancementFEAST key results
Seasonality of feed results in seasonal milk production
Grazing is main feed source in extensive system; higher diversity of feed stuffs in semi-intensive/ intensive system
FEAST participants did not perceive feeds or feeding as key constraints
Principle constraints identified were land, water and markets for livestock and milk; genetic potential of cattle and livestock diseases; lack of knowledge on animal husbandry
Seasonal feed availability in Twatwatwa village, Kilosa District, and Manyinga village, Mvomero District, Morogoro Region
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Identification of intervention strategies emerging from dairy value chain analysis
Constraints from past feed interventionso Limited number of adopted
feed technologies o High resource costs of
technologies in terms of labour and accessibility
o Proper packaging and dissemination of technologies is needed
o Mostly limited to intensive smallholder dairy production
Identified technical interventions at MilkIT sites o Pasture establishment &
managemento Demonstration plots o Pasture seed supply o Forage conservationo Training on feeds and
feedingo Feeding routineo General cattle husbandry
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Planting forages in MorogoroPlanting forages in Tanga
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Other interventions Training will take place on
o Forage husbandry and utilization o Forage conservation o Animal feeding and nutrition
Organizational interventions initiated o Rehabilitation of water source in Kibaya village o Decision for milk bulking in Kibaya village
o Others may follow …
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Component 3. Knowledge sharing MilkIT integration with
other actors under Maziwa Zaidi
Tanga dairy platform o Participating in the regular
meetings every 3 months DDF – Tanzania Dairy
Development Forum Tanzanian fairs &
exhibitions o Maziwa week exhibition o Nanenane agricultural exhibition
Joint steering committee with MoreMilkiT
Tanga Platform
Maziwa week
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Knowledge sharing – contd.Sharing of common tools with MilkIT in
IndiaShared MilkIT Wiki: http://
milkit.wikispaces.com/o Space to share process with partners and
interested ‘outsiders’ o Online database for our reports o Partners are encouraged to use
Annual regional review and planning meetings across MilkIT project – India & Tanzania
Scientific presentations at conferences o Planned articles for international journals
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Outlook for 2014 and beyond IP sustainability
o Action research implemented in villages o Further interventions identified and initiated o Attached students conducting research o New R4D ideas to continue along IP model
Regional platformso Set up in Morogoro o Active participation in Tanga – towards district
platforms Continuous development of DVC in
collaboration with other projects o Scaling up IP model vs. hubs?
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Asanteni sana! Acknowledgement of funds coming from IFAD
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http://www.CIAT.CGIAR.org/ Science to cultivate change
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Membership of the innovation platform in Wami Sokoine village, Mvomero district, Morogoro region
IP Member
Male
20
15
IP Secretary
Female
10
5 Village Chairman
Village Executive officer
Input Supplier Land Committee
IP treasurer Milk Producer Group Livestock Extension Officer
IP Chairwoman Skin Processor Group Village Sacos0 Stakeholders
Livestock keepers Value Chain actors Network Partner
Membership of the innovation platform in Wami Sokoine village, Mvomero district, Morogoro region
Drawing by Diep Pham
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Innovation platform actors
Skin processor
group
Input suppliers
Producers
Producer group
Village governance
Village Innovatio
n Platform
Land
Livestock extension Extension
Milk processor
group
Credit (Village Sacos)