Presented at the 19th Ethiopian Society of Animal

production Annual Conference

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-17 December 2011

Poultry value chain development

based on experiences of IPMS

and partners

Ketema Yilma

Poultry project locations

Main diagnosis

• Market potential of poultry recognized by farmers, local traders and

restaurants. News of Avian Flu was major reason for delay in

development at project start.

• Inadequate knowledge and skills on commercial poultry production

systems among value chain actors.

• Poultry rearing and selling of products was mostly done by women.

• Egg production of local poultry systems was poor

• Input supply system poorly developed

• Local producers had very few linkages with other value chain actors.

Extension: Training & K-

management

Target women /entrepreneurial

Training is mainly participatory

Participants are consulted to identify venue &

time of training

Build on their indigenous K,

Impart new info & K through

theoretical/practical training, study tours, and

farmers field days

Training environment

Cordial environment

Introduce new technology

Handover the stick

Learning by visiting

Practical hand-on training

Training and skill transfer to WoA staff

Agri-portal

Generate K through graduate

studies

Production interventions

Introduction of semi-intensive farms (50-400

egg laying units

Credit

Feed, vaccination and drug use

Housing

Introduction of semi-intensive units

Larger chicken units in peri-urban areas

Input intervention

Testing of small scale incubators (Chinese water hatching

technology, Tegene metal box hatchery (produced in

Addis)and finally fully automated model)

Development of community based pullet production (5

Group/clusters 10-20 women with 50 day-old chickens in

Dale )

Credit service:

Community based vaccination

Linkage with feed suppliers plus

Hay box brooders

Linkages of agro feed processors with egg producers

/input supply shops (Credit)

Community based pullet production

Day old chicks in hay box

Pullets in runner after 20 weeks

Community based pullets production

Supply of day-old chicks

Pullets raised for sell

Pullets sold to egg producers

Women in groups/cluster

Feed and vaccination

Linking producers

Marketing and processing

Direct supply to shops/restaurants Linking producers to bulkers

Processing!

What do U do with egg layers that have

finished their production cycle?

Identify customers and,

Learn skills for slaughtering & packaging

Egg production results

Monthly egg production pattern of Gudeta Buli PLC /

380 chicks

222

1925

6527

87599251

8288

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1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Months

No

of

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gs

Community based pullet raising

80 women managed to raise 3733 (of which

3376 pullets were sold while 357 was kept by

women).

Pullets were sold to urban farmers in Y. Alem,

Awassa and Boricha woreda, Safety net

program

Survival was 93.3% (mortality 6.7%)

The average net return per member was Birr

812 (with a range of 2400 at the highest and

Birr 500 the lowest)

PLW level impact

HHS engaged by gender/year/PLWs

Egg production and market participation

Egg production/year

Total number of hhs producing

eggs

Male, 11541

Female, 5585

Total, 17126

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1000012000140001600018000

2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Year of production

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of

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gs

Total number of hhs producing commodity

Egg production per year in all PLWs

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Lessons

• Knowledge sharing, trainings, follow up of interventions, and partner linkages

contribute to improving the skills & knowledge of value chain actors and service

providers, including women.

• Rapid market assessments are helpful in identifying potential markets.

• Village level egg hatching has not resulted in a viable and sustainable system.

• Farmers can profitably produce pullets from day old chicks, for own use or sale if

appropriate linkages with veterinary services and feed suppliers are established.

• Farmers with larger number of birds easily took up advanced production

practices including housing, feeding and disease control.

• Farmers (including women) can administer vaccines. However, sustainability of

the supply will depend on establishment of dealerships linked to vaccine

producers.

• Improved feed supply can be initiated through collective action, cooperatives, or

ago dealerships.

• Credit availability to establish medium sized poultry enterprises

• Integration of dairy with poultry

Breed improvement system

Local/exotic

Egg vis broiler production

Village level multiplication

Hatchery

Pullet production

Feed

Disease control with thermo-stable vaccines

Challenges

Breed improvement :Indigenous !

Go commercial (egg/meat)

Meat type

Feed quality issue!

Egg production pattern for Fekegna Gudina PLC / 30 chiks

162

285

437

548

344393

621

715751

647

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Octo. Nov Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul.

Months

No

of e

gg

s

Egg production pattern of Nardos farm/ 30 chicks

95

305

451 439

288

403

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450477

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Months

No

of

eg

gs

This is the culprit!

Making available thermo-stable vaccines

Where are we in providing smaller dose of

vaccines (how small?)

Option for small scale hatchery!?

Village level distribution of chickens