Value chain based irrigated crops development in Tigray: Assessment and potential interventions Gebremedhin Woldewahid, LIVES-ILRI Dawit Woldemariam, LIVES-ILRI Gebreegziabher Hagos, Tigray, BoARD Mulubirhan Kifle, TARI

Presentation outline 1.Introduction 2.Selection of zones, commodities and districts 3.Description of agricultural systems 4.Assessment of irrigated crops development 4.1 Potentials 4.2 Limitations 5. Proposed potential interventions 6. Further discussion

1. Introduction Project objective to transform smallholder producers to a more market oriented agriculture… How?

Selection of zones and commodities Selected Zone Poultry (meat/eggs) Beekeeping (Honey & wax) Dairy (Milk, butter, heifer) SR (meat/ live animals) Irrigated agriculture Total - Central√-√√√4 - Eastern-√√√√4 Total Table 1. Selected zones and associated high value commodities in Tigray, 2012.

Selection of action districts: Central zone No District name in central Zone of Tigray PoultryDairy SR meat/ live animals Irrigated agriculture TotalRank 1Ahferom Adwa Wer’eleke Merebleke Tahitay Maitchew Laelay Maitchew Kolla Tembien Naeder-Adet Tanka Abergelle113169

Selection of action districts: Central zone

Selection of action districts: Eastern zone No District name in eastern Zone of Tigray Honey and bee wax Dairy SR meat/ live animals Irrigated agriculture TotalRank 1Atsb-Womberta Kilte-Awlaelo Hausien S/T/Emba Ganta Afeshum Gulo-Mekeda Erob112157

Selection of action districts: Eastern zone

3. Description of agricultural systems: Central zone

3. Description of agricultural systems: Eastern zone

Distribution of suitable PAs for high value irrigated crops development

Proportion (%) of PAs suitable for high value irrigated crops development

Participation of FHHs (%) in the development of high value irrigated crops

5. Commodity assessment and potential interventions 5.1 Irrigated vegetables Category of producers Production technologies Input supply/services/credit Processing and marketing Market linkages Specialized vegetable producers Cereal- vegetable mixed producers Cereal dominated producers

5. Commodity assessment and interventions… 5.2 Irrigated fruits Category of fruit producers Production technologies Input supply/services/c redit Processing and marketing Market linkages Specialized fruit producers Smallholder fruit producers (patches/scattere d)

5. Commodity assessment and interventions… 5.3 Forage development Category of forage producers Production technologies Input supply/services/c redit Processing and marketing Market linkages Irrigated buffer zones Double cropping Part of the irrigated lands

5. Commodity assessment and interventions…

6. Suggestions/discussion Your innovative ideas on the potential intervention of livestock commodities to bring real changes in the income of producers and other value chain actors are welcome. Category of producers Production technologies Input supply/servic es/credit Processing/ marketing Linkages

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