Spvcd planning sep2012

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Participants

Isabelle Baltenweck	Ben Lukuyu
Iheanacho Okike	Richard Bishop
Delia Grace	Peter Ballantyne
Tezira Lore	Evelyn Katingi
Karen Marshall	Michael Kidoido
Elizabeth Waithanji	Edna Mutua
Danilo Pezo	Emily Ouma
Michel Dione	Alex Tatwangire
Fred Unger	Jane Poole
Jeff Mariner	Phil Toye
Nadhem Mtimet	Derek Baker
Simon Fraval

Outputs

Output of the Workshop - PDF Format / DOC Format

Objectives

• Develop a common understanding of the CRP objectives for the value chain and the proposed approach
• Review and refine the implementation plan for the SPVCD project, including individual roles and responsibilities, and agree on the timetable for 2012 - 2013
• Identify resource mobilization priorities and agree on responsibilities

Agenda

Monday September 24

SETTING THE SCENE

8:30-9:00 Welcome, Objectives, introductions (Delia, Peter, Danilo)

Presentation: More milk, meat and fish by and for the poor (Peter and Acho)

Group discussion on areas that are still unclear and general challenges so far

• Markets in value chains have been glossed over
• Value chain mapping tools miss out on the labour component; assumes that a 'farmer' is a homogenous unit
• How to integrate across value chains
• How to get financial resources
• How the different value chain research activities will translate into overall outcomes
• Resource mobilization is a key driver but remains a challenge
• Integration of cross-cutting aspects e.g. gender
• No clear strategy for engagement with development partners
• Learning across value chains is happening at different rates

9:00-9:30 Quick update on CRP3.7: the concept and planning to date (Acho)

9:30-10:00 Presentation: The Conditions within which the Pig Value Chains Operate in Uganda (Alex)

• Presentation
• Alex's presentation gave an overview of pig production system in Uganda, highlighting issues related to value addition in the smallholder pig value chain and some constraints faced
• Questions/comments:

Query on pig population reported [clarified that one was an earlier estimate and another the recent census figure - this will be updated] Useful to know what proportion of pig production is small-scale; characterization of the pig sector is needed although we know from informal studies that some 90% of pig production in Uganda is in the small-scale sector] It would be useful to quantify the "illegally slaughtered meat" (not slaughtered in licensed slaughterhouse) and the proportion of slaughtered meat consumed at home which may be linked to risks of health hazards due to non-inspection of carcasses.

10:00-10:30 BREAK

10:30-11:30 Mapping existing activities in Uganda

Short presentations on existing research activities in Uganda

Safe Food, Fair Food 2 (SFFF2): Delia

• Three-year project that falls under the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health
• Working on the risk pathway (feed to farm to fork) but focusing on consumers
• The aim is to provide research evidence on risk in the smallholder pig value chain and implications for human health
• Partners include Makerere University and private-sector NGOs involved in pig production
• The project is linked to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish with respect to food safety as an aspect of value chain performance
• Preliminary risk assessment of Wambizzi Abattoir has been carried out this year; next year there are plans to carry out randomized control trials
• Seeking to establish linkages with regional economic communities and veterinary schools in universities in the region to strengthen engagement and set up channels to ensure timely communication
• Capacity strengthening: There are a number of DAAD-sponsored PhD and postdoc students working on brucellosis and mycotoxins.

East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project: Isabelle/Ben

• Phase One Jan 2008 - June 2012; currently planning for phase 2 which will include Tanzania & Ethiopia
• Project sites in Uganda cover Masaka, Jinja, Masindi
• Uses a hub model; integrated access to inputs, information, credit
• ILRI is the knowledge partner; involved in design of baseline surveys, M&E system, documentation of lessons (including on gender and youth related issues)
• Technical support to development of site-specific feed plans

Pilot studies to test interventions; in Uganda the project has tested one dry-season feeding intervention. This has been successful in sustaining milk production during the dry season. Feed plans have been developed for 10 dairy farmers' business associations, mostly in the eastern part of the country

• A study on the concentrate feed supply chains found that there is lack of feed regulation policy thus poor quality feed
• CIP-led SASHA project worked with EADD and investigated use of sweet potato silage as a replacement for commercial feed for pigs (in Kenya); found that up to 45% sweet potato can replace commercial feed without affecting growth. The plan is to upscale these findings to Uganda (currently under development).

Dairy Genetics East Africa: Isabelle

• Project leader is Mwai Okeyo; ILRI's role in the project is aimed at finding out which breed types are best for which farmers, and where.
• There are two project sites in Uganda
• Monitoring of animal productivity (milk productivity data collected on a regular basis)
• Some focus group discussions on farmers' assessment of breeds kept

Smallholder Pig Value Chain Development Project (Danilo)

• Scoping of potential areas (districts) for the project; site selection will be done soon together with partners
• Various project partners have been identified: central government, local government, universities, NGOs and private sector
• Key achievements

Opened an ILRI office in Uganda; hosting agreement with Bioversity Signed contract with IFAD in August 2012 (official start date January 2011; no-cost extension so need to cover 3 years' work in 1.5 years) [project duration: Jan 2011 to Dec 2013] Staffing: Michel (postdoc in animal health), Emily (economist), Kristina (SFFF coordinator); recruitment of driver and admin assistant ongoing Need more work on resource mobilization Strong linkages with SFFF2 Prepared report - Targeting animal production value chains in Uganda

• Ongoing activities

Situation analysis Scoping studies on project sites Adapting value chain analysis tools

Epidemiology of ASF: a prerequisite to control (Richard)

• AusAID-CSIRO funded project
• Available but limited capacity to diagnose the disease in Kenya and Uganda
• A lot of ignorance on the disease that calls for raising awareness among farmers
• Key awareness messages developed and distributed
• Presentation

WORK PLANNING

12:00-12:45 Overview of the planning process and components

• Intro to the planning process

• The generic value chain engagement-to-intervention strategy (Acho)

How to move from objectives to outcomes? Individual project deliverables need to be mapped into CRP deliverables

• How it might work in Uganda: 'Presentation on conceptual framework for pig value chain analysis in Uganda (Emily)'

The upcoming workshop in October will involve site selection and initial Outcome Mapping activities Value chain analysis tools will need to be developed Upgrading (designing for competitiveness) Pilot interventions Monitoring performance and assessing impact Out- and up-scaling Time frame: 1.5 year

12:45-14:00 Lunch (Pool side)

14:15 - 17:00 Adapting the generic approach to the Uganda context and translating it into a country work plan

• VCD elements.components recap
• Site selection
• Partners and actors landscape scoping
• Stakeholder engagement
• Methods and tools for VC assessment
• Country review of intervention strategies, successes/failures
• Country situation analysis
• Rapid value chain assessment

Animal health Food safety Genetics Feeds Market assessment Gender Farming systems Innovation/Knowledge systems In-depth VC Assessment Best bet interventions Resource Mobilization Communication, knowledge sharing and advocacy

Tuesday September 25

8:30-9:00 Recap day agenda; outputs for the day

Group Discussions

Discussion 1: Capacity Building

	Whose capacities do we need?	What are these capacities?	How could we do these?
	Various actors in the value chain	breeding / feeding / options, disease control detection,animal husbandry practices, compare marketing information and access to marketing information, strengthening capacity of those that manage abattoir, engage food processors	Farm level: extension and training, farmer field days market: stake holder workshop, organised workshop, leaflets
input	farmers, agricultural extension officers, credit, strengthening national capacities	feeding capacities, negotiating capacities
Action research capacity	NGOs, universities		collaborative projects
	policy, farmers, local government	develop a richer knowledge, best bets	radio, leaflets, workshops, learning by doing
Pig value chain	Pig producer	To make a decision using a diagnostic tool on AH issues (treat/ vaccinate/ slaughter)	Provide farmers with well packaged information on AH challenges
	Input and service producers, extension service, traders and retailers	-AH agents have the information about assay kits and know how to access them -Extension agents have increased capacity to disseminate the information	-Develop affordable assay kits and create linkages for them to be made available -Understand the various extension methods use and assess their effectiveness and efficiency
	Traders and retailers	Traders are able to decide/ screen what pigs to buy (to prevent diseases transmission)	Provide traders with information through private sector, using research outputs

Notes: Workshops look good but really don't deliver outputs

Discussion 2: Gender

What are the key gender aspects to focus on?	How could we do this?
-income, -participation of women in marketing -access to services like credit and extension	-increase awareness, more involvement of women gendered value chain analysis -increased labour for women / best bet labour saving technologies -targeting young women in pig production
-allocation of input and assets -access to credit	-involvement of husband in the decision making -merry go round / group micro finance -balance in the involvement of men and women in groups -well though out targeting so avoid family conflicts
-allocation of gender in the household -role of the group in decision making	-generate evidence -awareness by training
-active participation of women in all levels -equitable distribution of benefits including: income control, assets	-partnership and women mobilization -proper targeting of women -working with women extension workers

Discussion 3: Partnership

What expertise do we need?	Who might have it?	Pitfalls to avoid!
1. mobilization and working with groups 2. Ability to do consumer research	1.producers, traders, processors service providers (work with existing one) 2. consumers (existing market research cos) 3. research components (NARs and universities)	- careful that we leave useful structures in place - sustainable groups -shared vision / buy in with the partnership -invest in strategic partnership with influence for political reasons -start with a few organisations
development research eg field support discpline specific research project expansion facilitation to do research capacity building	NARs, private sector, other research org eg universities	-are those selecetd partners the right ones? -poor mngt of expecation of partners -lack of clear responsibilities -lack of a shared agenda - challenges in delivery of results
	ministry, extension offices research partners universities e.g. makere private sector for implementation development partners	-appropriate inclusion of partners in the process -managing expectation -partnership sensitivity - religious and cultural issues -changing priorities -getting the value of research

Coordination

Focal people in the value chain (to be confirmed) Pig value chain coordinator in Uganda – Danilo Gender and learning - Kathy Colverson Breeding - Karen Marshall Feeds - Ben Lukuyu Targeting - An Notenbaert Health - Phil Toye Monitoring and Evaluation - Michael Kidoido & Jane Poole

Closing Remarks by Danila

• Thanks for the face to face interaction
• Team should continue with the communication
• The Uganda team is now complete and looking forward to working with the rest of the ILRI team
• The project is looking forward to accomplish what it promised with the contribution of the team and the establishment of other local links and partners
• Future interactions are encouraged