ciat in tanzania progress report

Brigitte L. Maass

Maziwa Zaidi & Steering Committee workshop 8-10 October 2014 at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Outline

Introduction

Progress along MilkIT project objectives

o Institutional strengthening

o Productivity enhancement

o Knowledge sharing

Outlook

Introduction

Title:

o Enhancing Dairy-based Livelihoods in India and the United Republic of Tanzania through Feed Innovation and Value Chain Development Approaches

Purpose:

o To contribute to improved dairy-supported livelihoods in India and Tanzania via intensification of smallholder production focusing on feed enhancement using innovation and value chain approaches.

o Links to IFAD grant policy: innovative technologies and approaches, capacity strengthening, knowledge sharing.

Progress along MilkIT Project components

1. Institutional strengthening

o Innovation platform approach

2. Productivity enhancement

o Feed is a key issue but enhancing feed availability requires a broad approach

Traditionally attempt to introduce or promote improved feed technologies at farm level, but rarely had the intended benefits

o Focusing on feed in a value chain perspective

will necessarily need to consider issues beyond feed including enhancing breed quality and health status of dairy cows

3. Knowledge sharing

o South-South learning (India to Tanzania)

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Component 1. Institutional strengthening

Selection of regions and sites

Sites selected

o In each region, 4 villages selected from 2 districts

o Agreed village Innovation Platform structure 30 participants

Producers (60%) &

Other VC stakeholders (40%)

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TangaRegion

MorogoroRegion

MilkIT action sites

• DVC & FEAST conducted at village level

• FEAST & DVC feedback to villages

• IP sensitization meetings

• IP member election

• IPs agree on their functioning guidelines

• Implement action research

• Implement other interventions

• District CMT sensitization

• Regional Platform meetings to implement agreed actions

Process used in establishing Innovation Platforms

Morogoro

KilosaMvomero

1 2 3 4

Tanga

HandeniLushoto

5 6 7 8

Advances in Morogoro + Tanga Regions

Training on functioning of IPs by a consultant o Identification of specific challenges

o Development of specific village IP workplans

o Development of general guidelines about the functioning of an innovation platform or 'Jukwaa' (in Swahili)

Establishing IPs o Decision on composition + election of leaders

o Establish sub-committees according to identified challenges e.g., feed, land, water, milk price, market, animal husbandry, housing

o Registration at District level, opening bank accounts Some IPs request fees from participants

o Holding regular meetings – partly getting very big (>80 participants, often strong women participation!)

Innovation platform actors at village level

Skin processor group

Input suppliers

Producers

Producer group

Village governance

Village Innovation Platform

Land committee

Livestock extension

Milk processor group

Credit (Village Saccos)

Membership of the innovation platform in Wami Sokoinevillage, Mvomero district, Morogoro region

IP Member

Male

20

15

IP Secretary

Female

10

5 Village Chairman

Village Executive officer

Input Supplier Land Committee

IP treasurer Milk Producer Group Livestock Extension Officer

IP Chairwoman Skin Processor Group Village Sacos

0 Stakeholders

Livestock keepers Value Chain actors Network Partner

Membership of the innovation platform in Wami Sokoine village, Mvomero district, Morogoro region

Drawing by Diep Pham

Issues at village level in Morogoro + Tanga

Some village IPs managed to show a way towards resolving some common challenges within their villages

In some villages, still lack of understanding of the power of collective action

o They wait until they are told to do something

o The project still wants to do further training on IP functioning

IP participation fees

o The level of fees and regulations that non-paying people are not admitted to meetings could hamper the functioning of a pro-poor oriented village IP

o Important to follow up, what the collected funds are being used for - needs monitoring

Institutional strengthening by Innovation Platform approach

At village level

o Overall 8 village Innovation Platforms

At regional level

o Tanga Dairy Platform

o Morogoro Dairy Platform

At national level

o Dairy Development Forum (DDF)

Model of interaction between different platform levels: Tanga

District District

Village IP

Regional Dairy Platform

Village IP

Village IP

Village IP

Action research

Inter-vention

Action research

Inter-vention

Tanzania DDF

District Council

Management Team

MilkIT Tanzania

Tanga Dairy Platform

Founded in December 2008 by a group of dairy enthusiasts and facilitated by the British NGO Research Into Use (RIU)

o Development of the platform documented by Cadilhon et al. (2014)

o Some video clips – Tanzanian Dairy Film – developed by IRLI around the functioning and actions of the Platform

o MilkIT project is a platform participant

Purpose: To better use the income opportunities in the dairy sector through enhancing production, processing and marketing of milk in the smallholder sector in Tanga (farmers and pastoralists)

TANGA DAIRY PLATFORM – JUKWAA

Private Transporters

Min. of Finance, Min. of Livestock, Dairy Board, City Council, TAMPA and TAMPRODA, Min. of Trade

Tanga Fresh, Ammy

Brothers, Ian

Dairies, Moran

Tanzania

SACCOS, Farm friends, Tanzania, CRDB, NMB, NIC, Insurance Company, CXIM Bank, PASS

Establish and strengthening farmer groups/organizations which can ensure a

continuous and reliable quantity at least 500 l/d

and coding facilities

Provision of reliable transport services to

collect the milk

Processing units able to process milk into diversified products all

the year round and reliable

Marketing and consumer awareness

raising to enhance the culture of milk drinking

Feeding regimes which ensure constant supply of feeds all year round

Advisory services and drugs for animal health,

production and insemination

Reliable supply of infrastructure, utilities

like electricity and water

Provision of credit facilities matching the risks involved in dairy

and livestock

Tax regimes that favor and promote

milk processing

Secure land ownership that encourages investment by

livestock farmers

Strengthening apex institutions of pro-cessors and producers coordinating internally

members and providing services internally and

externally

How to use the income opportunities in the dairy sector through enhancing

production, processing and marketing of milk in the smallholder sector in

Tanga (Farmers and Pastoralists)

TAMPRODA, TAMPA and Cooperative Union,

Tanzania Dairy Board, Heifer Project in Tanzania

TAMPA, TAMPRODA, TDCU, LGA, LEAT BUHURI, SINGIDA

Min. of Livestock, Min. of Land, City Council, LGA

LGAs, agricare, farmer center, mkwakwani, Holland Dairy, Sustainable rural agriculture and TAN Veterinary

Buhuri livestock centers, Holland dairies, Mwafaka, Vikuge, Tanga Dairy

Dairy board, TAMPA, TAMPRODA, ADVERT companies, consumers representative

TANESCO, REX solar, TFA, UWASA, SIDO, PROMACO

Morogoro Dairy Platform

Stakeholder meeting in April 2013

Launched in April 2014 o Facilitation by a consultant

o Identification of main challenges and training onfunctioning of an innovation platform (IP)

Platform meeting in June 2014 o Facilitation from within the

platform

o Sub-committees formed along identified challenges

Platform meeting upcoming in October 2014

Facilitators from within Regional IP

RESEARCH:SUA, TALIRI, CIAT/ILRI

POLICY MAKERS: Regional + District Governments

PRODUCERS: Dairy farmers + farmer groups (village-IPs)

INPUT & SERVICE PROVIDERS: Agro dealers

NGOs & CBOs: HPI, SNV, HiMWA, …

MILK TRADERS/ PROCESSORS: Shambani Milk

COMMUNICATION:Radio

CREDIT & FINANCE: ???

TRAINING & EXTENSION: LITA,

Meeting June 2014

Model of interaction between different platform levels: Morogoro

District District

Village IP

Regional Dairy Platform

Village IP

Village IP

Village IP

Action research

Inter-vention

Action research

Inter-vention

Tanzania DDF

District Council

Management Team

MilkIT Tanzania

Component 2. Productivity enhancement

Feed assessment

o Training on FEAST tool in Morogoro & Tanga regions 26 participants were trained

o FEAST surveys in all 8 villages 104 Farmers for individual interviews

306 Farmers in FGDs

o FEAST reports compiled from 4 districts Challenges identified and solutions

proposed are possible entry points and mark the pillars for IP functioning

Individual interview

Focus Group Discussion

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Productivity enhancementFEAST key results

Seasonality of feed results in seasonal milk production

Grazing is main feed source in extensive system; higher diversity of feed stuffs in semi-intensive/ intensive system

FEAST participants did not perceive feeds or feeding as key constraints

Principle constraints identified were land, water and markets for livestock and milk; genetic potential of cattle and livestock diseases; lack of knowledge on animal husbandry

Seasonal feed availability in Twatwatwavillage, Kilosa District, and Manyinga village, Mvomero District, Morogoro Region

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Identification of intervention strategies emerging from dairy value chain analysis

Constraints from past feed interventionso Limited number of

adopted feed technologies

o High resource costs of technologies in terms of labour and accessibility

o Proper packaging and dissemination of technologies is needed

o Mostly limited to intensive smallholder dairy production

Identified technical interventions at MilkITsites o Pasture establishment &

management

o Demonstration plots

o Pasture seed supply

o Forage conservation

o Training on feeds and feeding

o Feeding routine

o General cattle husbandry

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Planting forages in MorogoroPlanting forages in Tanga

Introduction of improved forages: issues

Forage seeds and planting materials

o Availability very limited, both in terms of quantity and quality

Weather conditions are challenging

o Pasture areas depend on rainfall only

o Forage establishment in pastoral areas partly poor due to effects of planting material, soil condition (e.g. water logging) and irregular rainfall

Need for optimizing techniques

Other interventions

Training on o Forage husbandry and utilization

o Forage conservation

o Animal feeding, nutrition and husbandry, housing

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Some highlights after technical training

Mbuzii village/Lushoto

o Some farmers have applied manure to the grasses

o Two farmers have prepared silage on their own – in plastic bags as they were instructed during the previous technical training

Farmers from Lushoto appreciated new Napier grass cultivars (a hybrid and Kakamega II) as compared to their traditional variety

o They liked the new ones better because of faster growth, higher tiller number, more leafiness as well as broader and softer leaves when ready to harvest

Farmers discussing issues at Ubiriforage demo plot

Photo © W. Mangesho

Farmers discussing issues at Mbuzii demo plot


Ubiri farmers appreciating hay made by their fellow Mbuzii

farmers Photo © W. Mangesho

Farmers from Ubiri and Mbuziivisiting the milk processing at

Tanga Fresh Ltd.


Organizational interventions

Rehabilitation of water sources in Kibaya village

Decision for milk bulking in Kibaya village

Establishing land registry office in Twatwatwa as a step to solve land issues.

Removal of Acacia trees within individual Olalili to solve the issue of encroachment in Twatwatwa village

Farmers self-trainings and livestock records (population, deaths and births) in Manyinga village

Farmers self-trainings and exchange visits in Ubiri and Mbuzii villages

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Component 3. Knowledge sharing

MilkIT integration with other actors under Maziwa Zaidi

Tanga & Morogoro dairy platformso Participating in regular meetings

DDF – Tanzania Dairy Development Forum

o Emphasis on feeds/forages + feeding

Tanzanian fairs & exhibitions o Maziwa week exhibition

o Nanenane agricultural exhibition

Joint steering committee with MoreMilkiT project

TangaPlatform

Maziwa week

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Knowledge sharing – contd.

Sharing of common tools with MilkIT in India

Shared MilkIT Wiki: http://milkit.wikispaces.com/

o Space to share process with partners and interested ‘outsiders’

o Online database for our reports

o Partners are encouraged to use

Annual regional review and planning meetings across MilkIT project – India & Tanzania

Scientific presentations at conferences

o Planned articles for international journals

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http://milkit.wikispaces.com/

Outlook for 2014 and beyond

Planning a project synthesis meeting in December 8-12 December

Lessons learned!

Village IP sustainability? Action research implemented in villages

Further interventions identified and initiated

Attached students conducting research

Regional platforms Morogoro

Research opportunity? Scaling up IP model vs. hubs?

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Acknowledgement of funds coming from IFAD

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