overview of international livestock research (ilri) activities in ethiopia
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Overview of International Livestock Research (ILRI) activities in Ethiopia
Siboniso Moyo
Strengthening CGIAR - EARS partnerships for effective agricultural transformation in EthiopiaConsultative Meeting, 4 – 5 December 2014
Outline
• ILRI’s strategic objectives
• Project highlights (a snapshot)
• The ILRI Genebank
• Influencing – the (Ethiopia Livestock Master Plan)
• Capacity Development
• Upcoming and recently launched initiatives
• How to strengthen our collaboration?
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ILRI acts in three (mutually reinforcing) areas
• To prove that better use of livestock can make a big difference in many people’s lives through improved practice.
• To influence decision-makers so that they will increase investment in livestock systems.
• To ensure there is sufficient capacity in developing countries and among investors to use increased investment effectively and efficiently.
Science based practices for better lives through livestock – strong growth
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LIVES
Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project
LIVES Objectives
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• Introduction/adaptation of tested and new value chain interventions for targeted value chains/areas (value chain development)
• Capacity development of value chain actors, service providers and educational institutions (capacity development)
• Introduction/adaptation of tested and new knowledge management interventions in support of value chain development (knowledge management)
• Generation and documentation of new knowledge on value chain interventions through diagnosis, action and impact research studies (action research)
• Promotion of knowledge generated for scaling out beyond the project areas (promotion for scaling out)
LIVES Project Zones
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Africa RISING - Africa Research in
Sustainable Intensification for the Next
Generation
Ethiopian Highlands Project
Project life span – 2012-2016
Funded by USAID’s Feed the Future (FtF) initiative
Principal focus – “Sustainable Intensification” of mixed farming systems
Research outputs FtF outcomes (e.g. food security, income diversification, nutrition, gender equity)
Eight research kebeles in four regions (Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, S. Tigray)
Partners – nine CG centers, four local universities, four regional research institutes, four woreda agriculture offices, NGOs and farmers
Partnerships facilitated via multi-tier innovation platforms
Africa RISING
Key Themes in the Africa RISING Work Plan
1. Feed and forage development.
2. Field crop varietal selection and management.
3. Integration of high value products into mixed farming systems.
4. Improved land and water management for sustainability.
5. Improving the efficiency of mixed farming systems through
more effective crop-livestock integration.
6. Cross-cutting problems and opportunities.
7. Knowledge management, exchange and capacity
development.
Issues around animal-source foods in Ethiopia
• Low level of consumption of animal-source foods
– Contribute to protein-energy malnutrition
• Presence of hazards in animal-source foods
– Biological hazards (food-borne pathogens)
– Chemical hazards (aflatoxins, drug residues)
• Risky practices at all levels along the value chains
Photo credits: Tamsin Dewe, Elias Walelign, the Compass Edge
ILRI food safety work in Ethiopia
• Biological hazard risk assessment targeting foodborne pathogens in small ruminants
– In slaughterhouses:
• E coli 0157, Salmonella and Campylobacter in meat
• Survey on health status of sheep and goats presented for slaughter
– Rural smallholder producers:
• Coliforms, E coli 0157 and Listeria monocytogenes in goat milk and goat milk products
ILRI food safety work in Ethiopia
• Chemical hazard risk assessment targeting aflatoxins in dairy and poultry food chains
L&F CRP (Focus, focus, focus)!Working in 9 target value chains accountability
PIGS
AQUACULTURE
SHEEP & GOATS
DAIRY
Harnessing Genetic Diversity for improving goat productivity in Ethiopia
Definition of breeding goals and selection objectives for the target goat breeds under different production systems
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12 Nov, 2014
Community and breeds targeted
TankuaAbergelle
Tigray(Abergelle breed)Agro-pastoral1687m a.s.l
Wag AbergelleAmhara
(Abergelle breed)
Agro-pastoral1375m a.s.l
KonsoSNNP
(Weyto-guji breed)Agro-pastoral600m a.s.l
N. GonderAmhara
(CHL breed)Mixed1300m a.s.l
AmboOromia
(CHL breed)Mixed 2400m a.s.l
Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
N2Africa – Ethiopia
• Build sustainable, long-term partnerships to enable smallholder
farmers to benefit from symbiotic N2-fixation by grain legumes
through effective production technologies including inoculants and
fertilizers.
The legacy will be strong national expertise in grain legume
production and N2-fixation research and development.
N2Africa’s Vision of Success:
Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
MoA
EIAR is among our four partners (EIAR, ARAI,
OARI and HwU), signed MoU, & receives the
largest share of fund (see bar chart on the left)
Four project target regions: Amhara, Benishangul-
Gumuz, Oromia and SNNPR, altogether we work
in 27 Woredas scattered over these regions (see
Table below)
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20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
EIAR ARARI OARI HwU
USD
Institutions
Amount subcontracted (USD), 2014
‘Realizing the underexploited potential of
multi-purpose legumes towards improved
livelihoods and a better environment in
crop-livestock systems in East & Central
Africa’Conception of HOusehold
Innovations for Creating
legume Expansion
Legume CHOICE
3 years, starting 1 April 2014
Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
Legume types
Feed the Future
Innovation Lab for Small-Scale
Irrigation
From Plan to Action
Field Studies and Ex Ante Analysis
Major Elements Small Scale Irrigation Coop Agreement
• Identifying promising, context appropriate, small-scale irrigation interventions, management and practices for poverty reduction and improved nutrition outcomes
• Evaluating production, environmental, economic, nutritional, and gender impacts, trade-offs, and synergies of small scale irrigation technologies and practices
• Identifying key constraints and opportunities to improve access to small scale irrigation technologies and practices
• Capacity Development and Stakeholder Engagement
Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
Examples of some of the AWM technologies
Manual wells
Individual pumps
Small reservoirs
Capture
and store
water
Lift and
use water
ILRI/EMDIDI FeedSeed Project
Piloting climate-adaptive forage seed systems in Ethiopia
Project Status, Achievements, Challenges and Next Steps
6 October, 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
EMDIDI
Climate Adaptive Forage Seeds
– Why Climate Adaptive Forages?- Impact on soil/water conservation- Impact on soil fertility- Greenhouse gas reduction
– Project clients are growing legumes, grasses and multi-purpose trees
– Emphasis on forage seed species adaptable to dry conditions – need help of EIAR in breeding climate adaptive forages and food-feed crops (better residues)
– Project partners working in sustainableland management programs receivingsupport, (e.g. MoA/SLMP, FAO)
A nursery site under establishment – Amhara SLMP
Pigeon pea production by a project client (South Wollo)
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Project Focus on Climate Adaptive Seed
ILRI Genebank
• ILRI hosts a specialized Genebank that conserves more than 19,000 accessions of forages from over 1,000 species.
• The Genebank is the world’s major collection of African grasses and tropical highland forages”.
• Thousands of samples distributed from the genebank and from the seed unit over the past years.
Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa27
Index based livestock Insurance (IBLI)
• Piloted in Northern Kenya from 2010
• Launched in Southern Ethiopia in July 2012 with Oromia Insurance Company
• Monitoring welfare impacts, effects on herd management and natural resources
Influencing
Livestock Master Plan:Roadmaps for Growth and Transformation (2015-2020)In support of the Livestock State Ministry, MOA
Ethiopia Livestock Master Plan (LMP):Origin and GoE Ownership
• MOA State Minister for Agriculture, HE Ato Wondirad asked Jimmy Smith, the DG of ILRI to help create a Livestock Master Plan
• HE Dr Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes became the Livestock State Minister for the Livestock Resources Development Sector, and has guided the development of the Livestock Master Plan
• Livestock Master Plan (LMP) is a value chain investment plan or roadmap (detailed action plan)
• Livestock State Ministry Directors have been fully engaged and own the document
• The LMP team included MOA, EIAR and ILRI staff• LMP work overseen by Technical Advisory Committee
The Core LMP Team – MOA, EIAR & ILRI
Capacity Development
Capacity Development
Dairy Technology
Livestock Systems Research Small Ruminants Production Techniques
Animal Genetic Resources
Capacity Development (cont’d)
Animal NutritionForage Evaluation Techniques
Databanks and Gene Banks
Animal Health and Disease Control
Standardization of Cattle Production and Selection
Community-based Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
ILRI Graduate FellowshipEnd November 2014
• Currently ILRI hosts a total of 227 Graduate Fellows (based in Nairobi + Ethiopia + regions) out of which 57 are
Ethiopians.
M F Total
PhD 12 - 12
MSc 20 6 26
Sub - Total (ILRI GFs) 32 6 38
GFs - Hosted Institutes 13 1 14
Research Fellows 5 - 5
Total 50 7 57
Capacity Building in LIVES
Strengthening capacity public sector staff through PhD/MSc/BSc education
In service training based on TOT/BDS approach: regional –zone/district (eg)
Rapid value chain assessment for potential interventions -teams
Participatory market oriented extension – extension staff
Gender mainstreaming – extension staff
Knowledge management – extension staff
Results based monitoring – specialist staff
Irrigation technologies – specialist staff
Irrigated crop value chain development – specialist staff
Livestock value chain development – specialist staff
Upcoming or recently launched projects/initiatives
Upcoming or recently launched initiatives
• African Chicken Genetic Gains - A platform for testing, delivering, and continuously improving tropically-adapted chickens for productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa (initially in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria- Nov 2014
• A MoA/EIAR/CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Intensification and Climate Change
• EIAR, ILRI and SUST (Sudan University of Science and Technology) will be carrying out trials on large-scale Prosopis removal with funding from PRIME
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Upcoming or recently launched initiatives
• We are discussing with the Pastoral Areas research office at EIAR on mapping, valuing, servicing and protecting livestock corridors –concept note sent to a potential donor.
• ILRI staff, Fiona Flintan is in the Advisory Committee for writing the National Strategy on Prosopis Management together with staff from EIAR and others from the Ministry of Agriculture
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Upcoming or recently launched initiatives
• ILRI together with partners will be conducting an impact study which is focusing on ILRI’s gene-bank/seed unit, more specifically on the effects of the fodder material it has been distributing in Ethiopia and Kenya. – See brochure for more.
• A conceptual framework of a National Dairy Genetic Gain System for selected countries in Eastern Africa to start next year. The initial meeting to define the focus in Ethiopia was held here at EIAR last month. 41
How to strengthen our collaboration?
• Agree on a shared vision and re-commit to
strengthening our partnerships.
• Agree on priority areas that we will work on together
including joint proposal development for fund raising
purposes.
• Let us commit to meet and review progress at strategic
points
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How to strengthen our collaboration?
• Minimize delays in reporting – technical as well as
financial (as this will delay release of subsequent
installments)
• Let us not over commit our staff time from both sides
to the point where we end up too stretched.
• Let us focus on goals and how to achieve these to
conduct good research that will result in impact.
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