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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