livestock data in sub saharan africa: availability and issues
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Presented by Derek Baker (ILRI), Ibrahim Ahmed (AU-IBAR), Ugo Pica-Ciamarra (FAO) to the 12th Inter-Agency Donor Group Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, 10-13 May 2011TRANSCRIPT
Joint project of the World Bank, FAO, AU-IBAR, ILRI with support from the Gates Foundation
Livestock data in Sub Saharan Africa
availability and issues Derek Baker (ILRI), Ibrahim Ahmed (AU-IBAR), Ugo Pica-Ciamarra (FAO)
12th Inter-Agency Donor Group MeetingNairobi
10-13 May 2011
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Outline
1. Problem statement
2. Sources of livestock-related data
3. Livestock data issues
4. Responses:• Livestock Data Innovation Project• AU-IBAR’s ARIS2
5. Entry points
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Problem statement
1. Agriculture in development ...and recognition of livestock in
development2. Information as a constraint to
• improving animal and human health• combating other negative aspects of
livestock• investment in livestock (public /
private / public-private / donors)
3. Intervention for improvement
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Agricultural / livestock censuses- All reference pop. – few questions – status of sector
Living standards measur. surveys (LSMS)- Representative sample - many questions - poverty
Service delivery surveys (LSMS)- Representative sample – few questions - services
Administrative records / monitoring- All reference pop. – few questions – provision of services
Project-based and commercial efforts
Other- Focus group – rapid appraisal – Univ research
Current sources of livestock data
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Survey of stakeholders on LS data
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Survey of stakeholders on LS data
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Quality issue 1: availability
No national databases available with ‘cleaned’ data / indicators- Some scattered data from Stats Offices / Ministry of Agri-
Livestock- Reports (regular?)
Some international databases with selected data / indicators- FAOSTAT / CountryStat (prod / cons. / trade)- WAHID (Oie) (health / disease)- World Bank (productivity)- GLiPHA (production / health) - ... ... ...
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Quality issue 2: comparability
HH vs farm vs livestock data- e.g. household surveys vs administrative / monitoring
records
HH vs district vs regional vs national data- e.g. household surveys vs CountryStat
HHs at different points in value chains - e.g. farmers may be traders may be retailers may be vets may be fertilizer sellers may be… farmers…. and consumers
Quality as a variableAnnual vs quarterly vs monthly vs weekly data
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Livestock data: the response
• WB-FAO-ILRI Livestock data innovation projectwww.africalivestockdata.org
• AU-IBAR data improvement efforts
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Livestock Data Innovation Project
• 3-year project (2010-2012) sponsored by BMGF and implemented by WB-ILRI-FAO, in collaboration with AU-IBAR
• Objective: ‘improve the quality of livestock data and promote pro-poor investments in the livestock sector’
• Pilots in Uganda, Tanzania, Niger
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Livestock Data Innovation Project
• Selected commodities
• HH survey data (mainly)
• Working with Ministries of Livestock / Statistical Offices
• Identification of KEY LIVESTOCK INDICATORS needed by stakeholders
• Identification of priorities to improve systems of livestock data collection
• Sourcebook
• Advocacy
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Objective:- Support data needs of MS, RECs, IBAR and International organisations for the purpose of Policy formulation etc
Approach:- Develop web-based Information system that is flexible and easily adaptable to different situations
• Regular programme within AUC
• Low cost approach – open source software
• Wide scope (AH, Production, Marketing & trade, Fisheries, Wildlife, Standards etc)
• Interoperable and collaborative
Coverage:- All AU MS, RECs and IBAR hqtrs
AU-IBAR – ARIS 2 Project
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• Expansion of Data Sources• Intermediaries and other non-formal (trade related) sources
• Participatory methods
• Other Novel and other non-conventional methods
• Bridge Gap/disconnect between National Bureau of Stats and Agriculture/Livestock Depts
• Data exchange capacity with various data sources
• Input for possible expansion of ARIS modules – improving its relevance
• Opportunity for convergence and complementarity
• Opportunity for more research in data collection methods
ARIS 2 – Opportunities for Collaboration
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AU-IBAR / Ls Data Innovation Project: some entry point opportunities
ARIS 2Livestock
Data Project
- Scaling up support- Technical assistance to collection, processing, storage, dissemination- Rationalization of parallel processes / multiple users/uses- Scaling out to new countries, new commodities, service sector- Partnership with private sector data initiatives- Combination with work on standards
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Data usersData
suppliersPRIVATE --------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC
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AdvocacySourcebook
Joint project of the World Bank, FAO, AU-IBAR, ILRI with support from the Gates Foundation
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