Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Ethiopia Report on Output 1 - Mechanisms for strengthening and/or establishing multi-stakeholder alliances that enable scaling up and out of fodder technologies
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This document summarizes activities from the Fodder Adoption Project (FAP) in Ethiopia. It describes how FAP established multi-stakeholder platforms at four sites to introduce fodder technologies and strengthen networks. Over time, farmer adoption of fodder planting increased significantly. FAP also conducted analyses of innovation systems, markets, and stakeholders to identify gaps and opportunities. Key lessons were the need to combine technical options with focus on stakeholder collaboration, and to allow discussions to expand beyond the initial topic of fodder adoption.
Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Ethiopia Report on Output 1 - Mechanisms for strengthening and/or establishing multi-stakeholder alliances that enable scaling up and out of fodder technologies
- 1. Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Ethiopia Report on Output 1Mechanisms for strengthening and/or establishing multi-stakeholder alliances that enable scaling up and out of fodder technologiesFodder Adoption Project (FAP) (IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853)Presentation by Alan Duncan, Kebebe Ergano, Aberra Adie and Abate Tedla at the FAP End of Project Workshop, LuangPrabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010
- 2. Output 1. Mechanisms for strengthening and/or establishing multi-stakeholder alliances that enable scaling up and out of fodder technologies
- 3. Activity 1 - Identification of project sites, partners and work plans
- 4. FAP sites in EthiopiaAtsbiAlamataMiesoAda’a
- 5. Site characteristicsVariation in agro-ecology, farming system, key livestock commodities and market access
- 6. Site characteristics influencing success
- 7. Other site selection lessonsPiggy-backing on IPMS sites – useful at start, not so useful at the end – attribution issuesToo many?Lack of strong national research partners close to sitesConnections with IFAD investment projects not obvious
- 8. Establishment of stakeholder platforms – the core partnership mechanism of FAP EthiopiaGuiding principles that evolved :Marriage of technology introduction and enhanced networking. Focus on networks but don’t shy away from supplying knowledge as appropriateCareful judgement on how involved to get at site level – less and less as project progressed – devolution of responsibility in final year
- 9. Forages as an entry point – farmer numbers
- 10. Forages as an entry point – areas planted (ha)
- 11. Innovation processes in Ada’a EthiopiaTechnical innovationInstitutional innovationLand o LakesLand o LakesEden FieldEden FieldSeedsSeedsCrop GrowCrop GrowplcplcFAPFarmersNARSNARSFAPFAPNARSNARSLand o LakesLand o LakesEden FieldEden FieldSeedsSeedsEthiopian Ethiopian Meat & Dairy Meat & Dairy Tech Inst.Tech Inst.Ministry Ministry FarmersFAPNARSNARSIPMSIPMSEthiopian (extension)(extension)Meat & Dairy Ministry Ministry IPMSIPMSTech Inst.(extension)(extension)FAPMinistry Ministry IPMSIPMS(extension)(extension)GodinoDairyGodinoDairyAda’aDairy Ada’aDairy Co-opCo-opCo-opCo-opMay 2008Seedsourced44 farmers plant on own fieldsX-bred cows sourcedFarmers purchase seed60 farmers plant on own fieldsMilk transport issues voicedDec 200911Fodder options identifiedDairy co-op formedFAPFarmersMilk transport negotiations ongoing
- 12. Meeting logAttendance fairly consistentSome actors always there, some on a needs basis
- 13. Format of “innovation log”
- 14. Activity 2 - Evaluation of actors, linkages, practices and habits related to fodder innovations
- 15. A formal diagnosis of innovation capacity at the 4 Ethiopian learning sites was conducted. A draft manuscript has been produced
- 16. Innovation diagnosis findingsDominant role of govt. line departmentsPositive: well developed infrastructure and reachNegative: under-resourced, high turnover, technology push cultureLack of effective institutional arrangements for input supplyFodder planting materialCross-bred cows
- 17. Innovation diagnosis findingsExtension service providers lack the skills to provide innovation support services and manage innovation processes. Research organizations do not currently proactively network with development practitioners and market actors.
- 18. Action post-diagnosisEstablishment of stakeholder groups at learning sites to:Enhance multi-actor interactionsBuild capacity in stakeholder interactionsProvide a forum for farmers to express demand and for stakeholders to respond
- 19. Activity 3 - Development of Geographical Information Systems on pilot sites in relation to fodder interventions
- 20. As originally conceived there was very little activity in this areaWhy..? Agro-ecological conditions not ultimately regarded as the main issue in relation to forage adoption
- 21. Activity 4 - Evaluation of livestock market environment influencing fodder demand, access and utilisation
- 22. Rapid market appraisals on fodder as a commodity were undertaken by Ethiopian regional research partners in Tigray and Oromia Regions this year. Tigray study: nascent but developing fodder market; rapidly rising prices; increased farmer-to-farmer exchange of fodder
- 23. Indicative fodder prices in study sitesHailesellassie Amare et al, unpublished
- 24. Seasonal fodder market surveyCollecting data on fodder prices and quality on monthly basis at 3 fodder markets in Oromiya Region of Ethiopia (Chancho, DebreZeit, Mieso)Data collection started in July 09 and will continue to the end of the project
- 25. Seasonal fodder market data
- 26. Markets: what would be done differently next time?We should have done more work on markets for key livestock commodities
- 27. Key messagesNeed to link practical technical options and pro-active focus on stakeholder networksPractical technical options, in our case planted fodder, is the engine that drives stakeholder interest and action – without this stakeholder platforms have limited momentum. Need to avoid purely technology push or purely stakeholder networking – it is the combination that leads to change.Need to allow agenda to move wider than initial entry point: fodder -> marketing, health, breed issues – this is good!