eiar experience on potential interventions in livestock value chains development
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Presented by Getnet Assefa at the LIVES Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop, Addis Ababa, 21–24 January 2013TRANSCRIPT
EIAR Experience on Potential Interventions in
Livestock Value Chains Development
Getnet Assefa
LIVES Commodity Value Chain Development Inception Workshop
Addis Ababa, 21–24 January 2013
General
• EIAR’s mission is to conduct research that will
provide market competitive agricultural
technologies that will contribute to increased
agricultural productivity and sustainable food
security, economic development, and
conservation of the integrity of natural resources
and the environment.
• This presentation highlights the general efforts
done in technology generation of livestock value
chains, demonstration and related activities by
EIAR
Livestock commodities
- Cattle - Dairy and Beef
- Sheep and Goats
- Camel
- Fishery
- Aquaculture
Ruminants
Poultry
- Layers
- Broilers
- Dual Purpose Fishery
Livestock commodities
- Honey
- Beeswax
- Silk
Apiculture
Feed Resources
- Roughages
- Concentrates
- Others Sericulture
Rangelands
National Coordination
• Partners
– Regional Agricultural Research Institutes
– Bureau of Agricultures/ Livestock Agencies
– Higher Learning Institutes
– Ministry of Agriculture
– Different local and international organizations like ILRI, ASRECA, etc
Genetic improvement
Dairy cattle
Sheep and goats
Poultry, Silk worms
Nutrition & feeding
systems
Animal health Epidemiology, control
and prevention
Processing Dairy, meat, honey,
fish, feed
Feed
production and
management
Range
management
Draught power
Newly started
Biotechnology
and food science
Socio-economics
Extension,
Gender, marketing
Climate change
Livestock
Research
Thematic areas
Achievements
Dairy cattle
Improved crossbred dairy cattle
(Frisian & Jersey)
- F1 (50%)
- High grade (>75%)
With different production
packages
Dairy
- Feeding strategies to the different areas and feed resource types
- Forage production
- Milk processing
- Animal health
- Cooperatives and marketing
Beef cattle
Feeding management
practice with available
feed resources in the
different agro ecologies
Characterization of
selected breeds in
Ethiopia for beef
production
Animal power
• Evaluation on the use of
male indigenous and
crossbred cattle for draft
power
• Use of crossbred cows as
dual purpose animals: as
dairy and traction
• Evaluation of different,
improved power farm
implements and harness
used in animal traction
– Improved management of local breeds
– Cross breeding
• Dorper sheep
• Bore Goats
– Feeding packages for the different production systems using locally available feed resources
Small Ruminants
– Adaptation of commercial
breeds (Many breeds recommended
for the different systems)
• Broilers
• Layers
• Dual purpose
– Health management
recommendations
– Feeding system
recommendations with
locally available resources
– General management practice
Poultry
– Most of the water bodies
are characterized
– Recommended aquaculture
practice are available
– Fingerling production
systems available
– Recommended fishing gear
technologies
– Preservation practice
Fishery
– Different types of beehives
are developed
– Bee disease and pest
control mechanisms are
established
– Bee forage
– Small and large scale
honey and beeswax
processing technologies
Apiculture
– Suitable silkworm
races identified
– Silk worm forages
varieties and
management production
practice established
– Cocoon production
management production
available
Sericulture
• Forage crops suitable for different agro-ecologies and production strategies are identified
– 11 registered forage species/varieties – More than 25 other recommended species – Various agronomic, conservation and utilization
technologies
• Recommended practice in the Improvement and utilization of crop residues and agro-industrial by products are established
• Demonstrations are going on in the different agro-ecologies and production systems
Feed production & management
– Socio economic information in the
different target areas
– Marketing studies
– Various information to support policy
decisions
Socio-economics and extension
• EIAR has a team that works on climate
It mainstream climate in most of research activities including livestock research to generate climate resilient technologies suitable to our farming systems
Climate change
– Training
– Technology
demonstration (poultry,
dairy)
- Women’s cooperatives
- etc
Gender
– Technologies for demonstration
• Dairy cattle (AI)
• Poultry, Sheep and goats
• Fish, Forage seeds
• Various implements, etc
– For multipliers
– Very limited progress for various
reasons
Technology multiplication
– Very huge demand
– Successful experience
in different parts of
Ethiopia in most of the
commodities
– Dairy
– Poultry
– Fish
– Small ruminantes
– Feed technologies
Pre-scaling up demonstration
• Currently
– Dairy - Demonstration is planned through AI
– Poultry – Extremely huge demand
• Construction of multiplication facilities
• National scaling up plans for semi-intensive commercial poultry production is designed
– Fishery and aquaculture
• High demand (Integrated systems)
• Fingerling production capacity construction almost to be finalized
– Forage seeds - significant high amount of forage seeds of different forage crops are under multiplication
Pre-scaling up demonstration
Newly started
• Animal biotechnology
– Reproductive biotechnology
– Animal health
– Animal nutrition
• Food science
Major Challenges
• Inadequate capacity
– Physical capacity
– Human power capacity
• Very limited technology multiplication for pre scaling up demonstration
• Socioeconomic constraints
• Technical constraints