Potential livestock value chain interventions for the LIVES project

Dirk Hoekstra

LIVES Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop Addis Ababa, 21–24 January 2013

Selected livestock value chains

• Milk and local butter – dairy• Live animals – large and small ruminants• Eggs, birds – poultry• Honey - apiculture

Small holder dairy products

Raw milk Local butter

Dairy producers/marketsProducers Urban markets Rural markets

Fluid milkUrban dairy farmers Private HH

TradersPrivate & coop processors Restaurants

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Peri - urban crop- livestock farmers

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Rural crop-livestock farmers

- Private HH

Local butterUrban farmers - -Rural crop-livestock farmers

Traders Private HHTraders

Small holder produced animals

Large ruminants Small ruminants

Live animal producers/marketsProducers Local market Export market

Small ruminants

Small scale crop-livestock farmers in peri-urban and rural areas

TradersLocal butchersIndividual HH

ExportersExport abattoir

Large ruminants

Small scale crop livestock system in peri-urban and rural areas

TradersLocal butchersUrban abattoirsIndividual HH

Livestock exportersExport abattoirs

Medium/large scale specialized producers

Urban abattoirs Export abattoir

Small holder produced poultry products

Eggs Live birds/broilers

Small holder poultry producers markets

Producers Urban market Rural market

Eggs

Specialized urban/peri- urban producers (50 -400)

Restaurants/hotelsTradersIndividual HH

Rural crop-livestock farms Egg traders Individual HHEgg traders

Birds/broiler

Specialized urban/peri- urban producers (50 -400)

Restaurants/hotelsTradersIndividual HH

Rural mixed farms Traders Individual HHTraders

Small holder produced poultry products

Raw honey (Semi) processed honey

Small holder honey producers/markets

Producers Local market Export market

Raw honey

Traditional beekeepers crop-livestock system

Private HHTradersTej houses

(Semi-) processed honeySpecialized bee keepers – individuals, group with modern hives

TradersCooperatives

TradersProcessors

Crop-livestock beekeepers with traditional an modern hives

TradersIndividual HHCooperatives

TradersProcessors

Potential livestock value chain interventions

• On farm – Animal production and productivity – Fodder/feed production

• Input supply/service delivery• Processing/marketing

ON FARM PRODUCTION INTERVENTIONS

Animal production/productivity

• Better performing animals - local, exotic breeds and crosses

• Increase in number of animals/farm with help of credit, especially for specialized farmers

• Improved animal husbandry

Local breeds

Increased business scale

Improved animal husbandry

• Housing (milk barns, shading, cages, hives)

• Feeding (base plus supplementary feeding)

• Pest/disease/waste management

Housing

Feeding

Pest/disease and waste management

On farm fodder production

• Harvesting/preparation of crop residues

• Planted fodder species

• Grazing area/pasture improvement

Crop residues

Crop residue treatment/conservation

Planted fodder crops

Grazing area development

INPUT PRODUCTINON/SUPPLY and SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

INTERVENTIONS

Potential interventions

• Alternative, specialized farm/community based agricultural input production

• Alternative service delivery systems for health and AI, including use of advanced drugs and equipment

• Service delivery systems for bailing and chopping• Input shops (private, cooperative) linkages with

suppliers (dealerships)and farmers in hubs

Animal/bee reproduction

Forage seed reproduction/supply

Mass AI with hormones

Animal health services

Input suppliers

Processing and marketing interventions

Potential interventions

• Introduction of small scale processing equipment

• Collective (formal, informal) and individual action for processing and sale of livestock products

• Market linkages/information/promotion

Introduction of small scale processing services

Collective/individual action for processing and marketing

Market information and promotion

• Price information services

• Increase access producers to more traders

• Market promotion thru fairs

• Linking with value chain projects operational at regional/federal level

Thank you

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