1. MilkIT Project Progress Meeting Almora 27-28/11/12 Activity review India Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel

2. Comp1: Institutional strengthening · Site selection · Village census · Actor mapping/development history · Value chain assessment · Partner involvement

3. Component 1 Institutional strengthening Site selection Village census Actor mapping/development history Innovation platform meetings Value chain assessment Partner involvement

4. Site Selection Districts – 2 (IFAD) Blocks – 1 in each block (IFAD, dairy, partners) Max clusters – partner long-list (40 vill / block) Mini clusters – 2-4 villages close together Mid clusters – 2-3 mini-clusters, field worker, IP IPs: 2 mid-clusters -> 2 feed IPs -> 1 DVC IP

5. Site selection-max clusters 2 blocks selected - Sult (Almora) and Bageshwar (Bageshwar) (Bhikyasain, Almora as control) Selection of Max clusters (village domains) – Difficult to select villages from list of villages from block – Partners proposed long list from their village domains – This will help partners to work efficiently Sult- 30 villages (Kuneel, Kunidhar max clusters) (Bikyasain-12 villages (Naula max cluster)) Bageshwar- 39 villages (Kathpuriachina and Devaldar max clusters)

6. Mini clusters, Mid-clusters 2-4 villages/settlements grouped into mini clusters 2-4 mini clusters into mid-clusters- this will help for the interventions by field facilitators Sult- 5 mid-clusters identified (Bikyasain-2 mid clusters (control)) Bageshwar-7 mid-clusters identified Comparison of mid-clusters for selection of 2 in each block

7. Selection of mid-cluster Village census data used for comparison Criteria – Road accessibility (dist_road and town dist) – Dairy animal population – Institutional base (SHG or Federation activity-milk marketing) – Feed availability (cultivated land, grassland, cropping pattern) One feed innovation platform for each selected mid- cluster One marketing innovation platform in each block for 2 mid-clusters (feed innovation platforms)

8. Sult mid cluster

9. Comparison of mid-clusters- Sult

10. MidclusterDist_Pavedroad [km]Num_SHGs Barkinda16 Gahnaheet19 Nailwalpali16 Titoli29 Kunidhar2.56 Table: Road accessibility and institutions- Sult mid-clusters

11. Considerations Select on near-road and one far-away mid-cluster Barkinda – Better road connectivity (<1km) – Favourable to connect formal milk marketing ie Anchal – More dairy animals and more cultivated land Titoli – Far-away road (2 km) – More dairy animals, more cultivated land – Farmers selling milk near congregation point

12. Bageshwar mid-cluster

13. Midcluster Dist_Pavedroad [km] Num_SHGs Chhona0.114 Chouganchina0.216 Garikhet0.29 Chani0.35 Saing0.513 Khabra1.58 Pagna3.68 Table 28: Road accessibility and Institutions - Bageshwar mid-clusters

14. Midcluster Neighbours [#] Localshop [#] townshop/hh [#] Anchal [#] SHG/Fed [#] Chhona9415007 Chouganchina7121000 Garikhet6917000 Chani3219000 Saing0004174 Khabra330000 Pagna100500 Table 27: Households sell milk by type of buyer - Bageshwar mid-clusters

15. Consideration-Bageshwar Pagna excluded (>3.5km distance to road) Saing included – Formal milk marketing (Anchal and federation level) – More dairy animals, more cultivated land – Strong institutional set-up (SHG) Chhona included – Good base for marketing platform – KVK is in between this two clusters

16. Village census For characterisation of villages for selection 30 villages in Sult and 12 villages in Bikyasain 39 villages in Bageshwar Information on – Dairy animals – Land details/feed sources – Accessibility to market – Marketing channels – Institutional base Limitations – Asking to one or two key person – Use of existing data by partners

17. Actor mapping - Development history Interviews with different actors for the development activities Change of officials over years so they are not aware of previous activities Have to ask other actors for history of other activities

18. Actors-Sult Dairy development board (DDB)-Anchal and Mahila dairy Vikas Prayojna Block development office (BDO) Agricultural information centre (agriculture department Animal husbandry department (veterinary clinic) Forestry department BAIF-(active in neighbouring block) INHERE

19. Actors-Bageshwar DDB – ULDB? IFAD - Ajeeveeka Animal husbandry department BAIF Krishi Vikas Kendra (KVK) - VPKAS BDO

20. Interventions-INHERE S.NoProgrammeYearActivities 1Integrated watershed management project Since 1987Aforestration-plantation of fodder trees and grass Promotion of stall feeding Shelter management 2DASP-World Bank programme2002-2005Animal health care Training paravets Breed improvement- provision of hybrid bull in villages Distribution of chaff cutter to prevent feed wastage 3Marketing innovation programme 1998-2010Formation of co-operative society with Anchal Collectionof milk from near villages Demo farm with crossbred animals 4Livelihood programme-IFAD2007-2012Formation of SHGs Mini-dairy for extreme poor households

21. Interventions-Chirag S.No ACTIVITIESRATIONALE SUCCESS ACHIEVED INTERVENTION AREAS 1 Artificial Insemination (AI)For breed improvement54 to 55 per cent Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena 2 Promotion of Improved BullsFor breed improvement4 nos improved bulls Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena 3 Cattle-Shed Management (chaff cutter, cattle trough, better feeding practices) For improved productivity during lean season and better management of livestock 250 benificiaries Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena 4 Fodder ManagementIncreased supply of fodder for lean season through silage making, hay stacking 20 beneficiaries Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena 5 CastrationImproved efficiency for agriculture 369 nosReetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

22. S.No ACTIVITIESRATIONALESUCCESS ACHIEVED INTERVENTION AREAS 1 Establishment of Micro-dairy enterprise Income generation through milk sale 52 litres per day through 21 members Kasiyalekh 2 Establishment of Cattlefeed production Unit Income generation through cattlefeed sale 2 tonnes annual production; 225 members Reetha 3 Establishment of Ayurvedic Medicine Micro-enterprise Medicine and treatments for livestock Federation of 9 SHGs Dhokane 4 Cattle insuranceSecurity to livestock owner in case of accident or disease 250 beneficiariesReetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena 5 Improved species of fodder grasses Increased milk production Plantation in 200 hectare - Napier, maize, oat, auns, dolni, rye, Italian rye, bimalsia, saumi, brom, guchchi, etc Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena, Jangaliyagaon Interventions-Chirag

23. Interventions-DDB-since 1996 Formation of milk producing co-operative society Collection of milk and marketing after value addition Subsidy for transportation of milk Incentive for head-load from remote villages Credit and subsidy for animal purchase Supply of feed and subsidy First aid medicines and training to secretary Training paravets for insemination Exposure visit for dairy farmers Distribution of fodder seeds

24. Value chain assessment Formal – Anchal – Federation level milk co-operative Informal – Neighbours – Tea shops in village or near market

25. VCA Tools VCA mapping tool-Derek Baker – Through PRA-Musoli, Sekhuda (sult) and Matela village – good tool – Not many channels in village – Input service is limited to Anchal – Farmers not aware of c-operative approach in Sult area but farmers aware in Bageshwar block – Identification of marketing constraints

26. Tool sent by Alan Too long, didn’t shorten Farmers not interesting, and left after half session Conclusions  Have to develop tool mixing all

27. Participatory VCA- NetMap - Regina Birner Visualisation of links/relationships Entry point for VCA Third dimension: importance of actors and their influencing factors Easy to visualize the power factors Tried in Gahnaheet village – participants enjoyed the exercise Lots of farmer participation

28. Net map example