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MilkIT India review and update Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel and team MilkIT Final Project Workshop, Lushoto, Tanzania, 9-10 December 2014 Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches

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Presented by Thanammal Ravichandran and Nils Teufel at the MilkIT Final Project Workshop, Lushoto, Tanzania, 9-10 December 2014

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Page 1: MilkIT India review and update

MilkIT India review and update

Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel and team

MilkIT Final Project Workshop, Lushoto, Tanzania, 9-10 December 2014

Enhancing dairy-based livelihoods in India and Tanzania through feed innovation and value chain development approaches

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Contents

• Comp1: Institutional strengthening– Site selection and partners– Actor mapping/development history– Innovation platforms- performance- IP document analysis-sustainability– Micro-business training– Analyse innovation process- knowledge pathway study

• Comp2: Productivity– Constraint analysis FEAST– Prioritization of interventions– Participatory feeding trial– Participatory cost-benefit analysis – Balanced feeding training– Scaling up innovations (feed trough, concentrate feeding etc)

• Comp3: Communication– Advisory council meeting– Links to IFAD– Link to other stakeholders– Synthesis lessons- knowledge pathway study, FEAST repeat

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Institutional strengthening

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Site selection and partners

INHERE

CHIRAG

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Actor mapping

• Interviews with different actors on development activities– Dairy development board (DDB)-Anchal and Mahila

dairy Vikas Prayojna (women’s dairy co-op)– Block development office (BDO)– Agricultural information centre/VPKAS/KVK

(agriculture research)– Animal husbandry department (veterinary clinic)– Forestry department– BAIF-(National NGO for breed improvement)– Other NGOs

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Innovation platforminitial issues

Dairy value chain IP

State dairy co-operative

National NGO (BAIF),

agriculture research institute

IFAD

Producers

Animal husbandry

department

Private

Missing incentives?

Tendency to push technologies

Often bound by rigid rules Confidence to

communicate

Meeting/3 months Follow-up agreed actions

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IPs – initial outcomes

• Bageshwar

– SHG based Jeganath milk co-operative established

– Selling milk in nearby town

– >150 farmers/suppliers

– New employment (10)

– Supported by-NABARD, AH,KVK,ILSP-convergence

– Link with private feed company

• Sult

– Link with state co-operative - 4 new collection centres established

– Relaxation of co-op rules

– Strengthening the quality system (governance)

– Access to input support (feed)

– New employment (6)

– Limited support from AH, ILSP; distance, less voice

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IP meetings, summary

Type meeting Sult

[no. of meetings]

Bageshwar

[no. of meetings]

DVC (IP core) 4 3

Feed (IP core) 2 2

follow up (DVC &

feed)

53 149

Training/exposure

(DVC)

1 3

Institutional (DVC) 0 5

Total 60 162

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IP meeting objectivesSult

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IP meeting objectivesBageshwar

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Follow up activities-Sult

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

[no.] Follow up of agreed actions,Sult [no. of discussion topics]

done partial not done

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Follow up activities-Bageshwar

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

[no.] Follow up of agreed actions, Bageshwar [no. of discussion topics]

done partial

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Participation-institutions

1 14

8

8

4

3

3

0

Institutional participation in IP meetings-Bageshwar [no. of meeting participations]

Anchal (dairy coop)

Agri Dept

AnimHusb Dept

IFAD (ILSP prog)

ILRI

Banks

NABARD (DevBank)

KVK/VPKAS (Agri.Res)

Forest Dept

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Dynamics of participation

1stH2013 2ndH2013 1stH2014 2ndH2014

Non-Farmer 53 41 66 62

Farmer 428 440 206 215

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

No.Dynamics of participation in IP meetings,

Bageshwar

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Dynamics of participation

1stH2013 2ndH2013 1stH2014 2ndH2014

Non-Farmer 70 69 41 43

Farmer 214 438 338 185

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

No.Dynamics of participation in IP meetings,

Sult

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Gender analysis-farmer

1stH2013 2ndH2013 1stH2014 2ndH2014

Men 65 131 69 51

Women 104 306 269 130

0

100

200

300

400

500

No

Dynamic Gender analysis-Farmer participation in IP meetings, Sult

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How many times participated?

61%

31%

6% 2%

How many times farmer members participated in IP meetings, Bageshwar

once

2-5 times

6-10 times

>10 tims

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Micro-business training

• Exposure visits

• Entrepreneurship training (Pant Nagar university)

• Balanced feeding training

Feed type Fresh

offered

DM

intake

Feeding

cost/kg

Feeding

cost

total

Green

fodder

35 8.75 3 105

Concen-

trates

1.5 1.35 16 24

Total 10.1 129

Buffalo, ND, 400 BWT, 7 litres milk

Cost Benefit

Milk yield: 7 kg/d

Milk price: 30 INR/kg

Income, milk sale: 7*30= 210 INR/d

% feeding cost= 129/210*100=

61.4%

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Analysis of innovation process

• Knowledge/outcome pathway study

• 24 selected and 24 control settlements

• 4 HHs (2 men/2 women) in each settlement

• Capture changes in income through linking to markets

• Changes in the marketing systems through IP efforts

• Investigate history of centre closures (Aanchal)

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Income through sale of milk in 1yr

Household income from milk sales [INR/y]

cluster Mean N SE

control 1222 96 297

selected 6019 96 924

Total 3621 192 514

• Higher income from sale of milk in selected clusters (5 x)

• How far is this due to intervention?• Test through comparison of data sources

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Dairy income through interventions?

Intervention Mean N SE

control 2.36 96 0.22

selected 3.74 96 0.35

Total 3.05 192 0.21

BlockID BlockName Intervention NTotProdMean

TotProdSE

SaleMean

SaleSE

108Sult control 243 1.40 0.12 0.18 0.04

108Sult selected 327 2.20 0.16 0.16 0.03

201Bageshwar control 376 0.71 0.04 0.12 0.04

201Bageshwar selected 290 0.95 0.07 0.23 0.04

From household census data (Dec 2012)

Total milk production [lts]-KP study

Intervention Mean N SE

control 0.29 96 0.07

selected 1.36 96 0.31

Total 0.83 192 0.16

Sale of milk [lts]-KP study

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Aanchal Study-Reasons for closure of collection centres

In addition: very few services provided (credit, AI, health)

Village Name Why Dairy Closed

Bauli water scarcity, low milk price compared to market

Sainmanura water scarcity, fewer animals

Kunidhar low milk price

Khanulia low milk price

Sakar khola (I) low milk price

Dangola low milk price

Rikwasi low milk price, decreased livestock population

Adera Distance from road head and low price for milk

Minar low milk price, animals decreased, better price in market

Dheona Head load problem, low milk price, no secretary

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Contents

• Comp1: Institutional strengthening– Site selection and partners– Actor mapping/development history– Innovation platforms- performance- IP document analysis-sustainability– Micro-business training– Analyse innovation process- knowledge pathway study

• Comp2: Productivity– Constraint analysis FEAST– Prioritization of interventions– Participatory feeding trial– Participatory cost-benefit analysis – Balanced feeding training– Scaling up innovations (feed trough, concentrate feeding etc)

• Comp3: Communication– Advisory council meeting– Links to IFAD– Link to other stakeholders– Synthesis lessons- knowledge pathway study, FEAST repeat

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Productivity

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Feeding constraintsFEAST - PRA

• Sult– Shortage of green fodder in summer, especially in May and June– Lack of quality veterinary services and breeding services– Lack of access to concentrate feed– Fodder wastage during feeding

• Bageshwar– Shortage of green fodder in summer (May, June) and winter

(December and January)– Fodder wastage during feeding– Lack of feeding knowledge for dairy animals– Limited AI service, especially for buffalo– Less grass-land and low quality of grass – High feed cost due to purchase of grass from other areas (Chhona)– Limited concentrate feeding

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Feed innovationsfrom Feed IPs

• Feed troughs -

– wastage of fodder is main issue- ILSP support Sult

• Dual purpose crops

• Fodder grasses-

– difficulty to avail seeds, quality of seeds

• Chaff cutters

– Difficulty of Mechanised wheeled model -labour problem- only women left in home due to migration

– Smaller, labor friendly model

• Concentrate feed linked with cross bred cows/ awareness

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Participatory feeding trials

• Feeding troughs and chaffing fodder

• To prevent fodder wastage while feeding

• 118 farmers participated from 7 villages

• Fast adoption of feed troughs and chaff cutter

• Perception of farmers– Less fodder wastage

– Clean fodder for animals

– Labor saved

Feed trough

Mean wastage %

N SE

No 22 872 0.3

Yes 11 1234 0.1

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Cost-benefit analysis (feed trial) -Feed trough and chaffing

Cost benefit analysis for Chaffing with feeding trough

INR/ year

CostFeed trough, construction cost 625

Feed chopper 225

Maintenance, trough and chopper 300

Labour cost for chaffing 1916

Opportunity cost of waste as compost/fertilizer for land 1825

BenefitAdditional fodder gained through less wastage 3285

Labour saved for arranging the fodder around animal 1272

Reduction health expenses 600

Increase production 273

Total benefit 5430

Net profit for first year 839

Net profit for consecutive years 1389

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Adoption of feed trough- KP study

0

20

40

60

80

100

Contol Selected

No. of feeding troughs; Control vs SelectedKP study

No Yes

• More feeding troughs through intervention/ convergence support

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Fodder plantation -No. days fed, KP study

Clusters Mean N SE

control 11 96 4

selected 50 96 8

Total 31 192 5

No. of days fed with planted fodder (improved grasses)

• Intervention sites - more days fed with fodder planted• More convergence of development actors

- fodder seeds availed through feed IP

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Concentrate feed

• Bageshwar: Jeganath cooperative established collaboration with private feed company to reduce transaction costs

• Sult: not much improvement(Aanchal concentrate not very successful)

Knowledge Pathway (KP) study

Concentrate use

Cluster

control selected

no 24 5

yes 72 91

Concentrate, source control selected

AaNCHAL 0 3

Jeganath cooperative 3 2

Local market 4 6

Own farm 65 80

No conc feed 24 5

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Breed improvement

• AI and credit for mini dairy with crossbred cows

KP study:

0

50

100

150

Control Selected

Composition of breed in control/selected HHs [%share]

Crossbred Local

• Crossbred cows more in selected clusters due to convergence schemes• Bageshwar: CHIRAG/BAIF/AH active for AI services

0

10

20

30

Control Selected

Changed Breeding from NS to AI[No. of farmers]

Bageshwar Sult

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Contents

• Comp1: Institutional strengthening– Site selection and partners– Actor mapping/development history– Innovation platforms- performance- IP document analysis-sustainability– Micro-business training– Analyse innovation process- knowledge pathway study

• Comp2: Productivity– Constraint analysis FEAST– Prioritization of interventions– Participatory feeding trial– Participatory cost-benefit analysis – Balanced feeding training– Scaling up innovations (feed trough, concentrate feeding etc)

• Comp3: Communication– Advisory council meeting– Links to IFAD– Link to other stakeholders– Synthesis lessons- knowledge pathway study, FEAST repeat

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Knowledge sharing

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Ways to share experiences & knowledge

• Advisory council meetings (development actors)

• Links to IFAD/Ajeeveka/ILSP

• District-level stakeholder meetings (CDO)

• Staff meetings between partners –experience sharing

• Capacity-building of partner staff (nutrition)

• Exposure visits with farmers (Gujrat)

• Documentation & Communication (GoogleDrive)

• IP sensitization meeting (Dehradun)

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Advisory council meetingparticipation

first second third fourth fifth

ILRI 4 2 2 2 3

UCDF, Aanchal, Haldwani 1 1 1 1 3Animal Husbandry department/ULDB 2 1 0 3 4

IFAD program 1 2 3 3 3

GBPantAgriUniversity 1 0 0 1 1

GBPantInstHimalayanEnvtDevt 1 1 1 0 1

VPKAS (Agri.Res) 1 1 1 1 2

CHIRAG 1 2 6 1 2

INHERE 1 2 3 1 2

Himmothan 1 0 0 1 2

Forest Dept 4 1 0 1 5

District admin 0 1 0 0 0

BAIF 0 0 1 0 1

NABARD 0 0 0 0 2

• More actor diversity at last meeting• Aanchal/VPKAS/IFAD attended regularly

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Communication tools

• Feed leaflets by ILRI and IFAD

– feeding trough

– concentrates

• IP briefs in Hindi

• Videos

– Fodder conservation / hay making

– IP role play

– Market innovations

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Regional collaboration

• Stakeholder meeting (November 2014):Almora dairy development actors - arranged by CDO and ILSP team

• Periodic meeting planned for dairy development and collaboration of all actors in one platform

• Plan for Aanchal and ILSP collaboration- proposal in progress for 25 new collection centre in Almora and 3 further districts

• Replacement of milk testing equipment (Gerber method to Automatic milk analyzer) with ILSP –Milk IT project piloting in 5 centres this month.

• AH dept. and ILSP collaboration development in fodder development and buffalo breed centre- proposal in progress

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Sustainability of IPs

• Regional platform is in progress for Almora district, initiated

• Collaboration of Aanchal with ILSP for taking over the activities in Almora district for 5 blocks

• Bageshwar: NABARD collaborates with CHIRAG for expansion of the IPs to nearby clusters for scale up - proposed by NABARD

• CHIRAG is trying to establish the DVC IPs in new project (Munsyari) - one staff from Bageshwar has moved there

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Thank you