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

2. 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

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

4. 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 Total112228 Table 1. Selected zones and associated high value commodities in Tigray, 2012.

5. Selection of action districts: Central zone No District name in central Zone of Tigray PoultryDairy SR meat/ live animals Irrigated agriculture TotalRank 1Ahferom3333121 2Adwa331295 3Wer’eleke223295 4Merebleke2233102 5Tahitay Maitchew2233102 6Laelay Maitchew3313102 7Kolla Tembien323195 8Naeder-Adet113278 9Tanka Abergelle113169

6. Selection of action districts: Central zone

7. 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-Womberta3233111 2Kilte-Awlaelo3313103 3Hausien133294 4S/T/Emba2333111 5Ganta Afeshum322294 6Gulo-Mekeda212166 7Erob112157

8. Selection of action districts: Eastern zone

9. 3. Description of agricultural systems: Central zone

10. 3. Description of agricultural systems: Eastern zone

11. Distribution of suitable PAs for high value irrigated crops development

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

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

15. 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

16. 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)

17. 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

19. 5. Commodity assessment and interventions…

21. 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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