Potential livestock value chain interventions LIVES Research planning workshop March 26-28, 2013 Addis Ababa

Livestock value chain interventions Production Input/service supply interventions Processing/marketing interventions Livestock specific knowledge/capacity development interventions

Livestock production interventions Breeds Fodder Health Market oriented animal husbandry

Livestock input/service supply interventions Multiplication systems for (improved) breeds Veterinary drugs supply Health services Supply feeds, accessories

Improved breeds Dairy – Peri - urban fluid milk system – crosses with exotics – Rural local butter system – crosses Jersey, Borana, Begait, Fogera Small ruminants – Crosses with exotic breeds – Improved local breeds (through ram selection) Large ruminants – Mainly male animals/oxen from improved dairy butter breeds within the same location or pastoral areas – crosses with Borana

Improved breeds Poultry – Peri urban (semi) commercial system: exotic egg and broiler types – Rural semi commercial system: local breeds Apiculture – No improved bees – some characterization is on-going by Holetta research)

Breed/animal multiplication and services On farm reproduction (part of animal husbandry practices) Specialized services – Private AI services (dairy/beef) – Hormone assisted mass insemination (dairy/beef) – Heifer breeding farms in rural areas(dairy) – Community breeding schemes (small ruminants) – Production day old chicks (poultry) – Pullet producers (poultry) – AI for poultry – Bee colony multiplication/AI (apiculture)

Fodder development interventions Grazing area development – Enclosures, cut and carry, rotational use,fertilization, over sowing – Conservation of grasses (hay, silage) Planted fodder – backyard, cropland, irrigation plot – Perennial grasses – Perennial and annual (rotational) legumes – Conservation (hay,silage) Crop residues – Increase through cereal/pulses crop improvement (new varieties, feed/food) – Treatment – chopping, urea, molasses – Conservation (silage) – Use of horticultural crop residues (banana, leafy vegetables)

Input/service supply interventions for planted fodder development interventions Management system communal grazing areas Supply of forage seeds/ cuttings – FTCs – Private farmers – Linkages with regional/federal level seed suppliers Mechanical chopping/bailing services

Market oriented animal husbandry Animal reproduction – fertility management Housing Feeding and watering Health – mortality Waste management Business scale Timing Quality Animal identification/record keeping

Supply of inputs/services interventions for market oriented animal husbandry District level coops and/or private shops stocking required inputs (feeds, drugs, accessories) using hub approach and agro dealership linkages Community animal health worker system (dairy, large/small ruminants) Women vaccination workers (pullets) Credit products to purchase commercial inputs and scale up operations

Livestock processing/marketing interventions Collective action to reduce sales/processing cost per unit of product (hub approach) – Milk collection centers – Women butter groups for home processing of local butter – Private/cooperative dairy processing: fluid milk/table butter (peri urban) and local butter in rural areas – Marketing groups large & small ruminants Create linkages including contract farming – Dairy farmers/milk collection centers with processors – Apiculturist with export abattoirs/honey processors – Poultry/dairy producers with institutional consumers Quality/food safety improvement – Milk/butter quality testing/payment – Slaughtering hygiene

Livestock & environment interventions Utilization of manure for biogass production Zoning of livestock production in peri urban areas Create synergies between grazing areas development and apiculture Fewer/higher producing animals to reduce methane emission

Livestock specific knowledge/capacity development interventions Commodity specific platforms Animal and forage husbandry training Training individuals/communities in commodity specific service delivery and input production – Grazing area management – Community breeding schemes – Mass insemination – Health service delivery – Forage seed multiplication – Pullet production/day old chick production – Bee colony splitting Training processors in food quality and safety

Equipment/supplies for market oriented livestock development for demonstration testing Ear tags/chips Electronic recording devices E-readers Mobile milking machines Quality testing equipment Heat detection devices Hormones Choppers/ bailers Incubators Bio gas electric generators/storage bags Modern housing

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