MilkITProject Progress Meeting

Almora 27-28/11/12

Activity reviewIndia

Thanammal Ravichandran, Nils Teufel

• Comp1: Institutional strengthening• · Site selection• · Village census• · Actor mapping/development history• · Value chain assessment• · Partner involvement

Component 1Institutional strengthening

• Site selection• Village census• Actor mapping/development history• Innovation platform meetings• Value chain assessment• Partner involvement

Site Selection

• Districts – 2 (IFAD)• Blocks – 1 in each block (IFAD, dairy, partners)• Max clusters – partner long-list (40 vill / block)• Mini clusters – 2-4 villages close together• Mid clusters – 2-3 mini-clusters, field worker, IP• IPs: 2 mid-clusters -> 2 feed IPs -> 1 DVC IP

Site selection-max clusters• 2 blocks selected - Sult (Almora) and Bageshwar

(Bageshwar) (Bhikyasain, Almora as control)• Selection of Max clusters (village domains)

– Difficult to select villages from list of villages from block– Partners proposed long list from their village domains– This will help partners to work efficiently

• Sult- 30 villages (Kuneel, Kunidhar max clusters)• (Bikyasain-12 villages (Naula max cluster))• Bageshwar- 39 villages (Kathpuriachina and Devaldar

max clusters)

Mini clusters, Mid-clusters

• 2-4 villages/settlements grouped into mini clusters• 2-4 mini clusters into mid-clusters- this will help

for the interventions by field facilitators• Sult- 5 mid-clusters identified• (Bikyasain-2 mid clusters (control))• Bageshwar-7 mid-clusters identified• Comparison of mid-clusters for selection of

2 in each block

Selection of mid-cluster

• Village census data used for comparison• Criteria

– Road accessibility (dist_road and town dist)– Dairy animal population– Institutional base (SHG or Federation activity-milk marketing)– Feed availability (cultivated land, grassland, cropping pattern)

• One feed innovation platform for each selected mid-cluster

• One marketing innovation platform in each block for 2 mid-clusters (feed innovation platforms)

Sult mid cluster

Comparison of mid-clusters-Sult

Barkinda Gahnaheet Nailwalpali Titoli Kunidhar0

50

100

150

200

250

Dairy animal population-Sult mid-cluster

Midcluster Dist_Pavedroad [km] Num_SHGs

Barkinda 1 6

Gahnaheet 1 9

Nailwalpali 1 6

Titoli 2 9

Kunidhar 2.5 6

Barkinda Gahnaheet Nailwalpali Titoli Kunidhar0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Households sell milk-Sult mid cluster

Table: Road accessibility and institutions- Sult mid-clusters

Considerations

• Select on near-road and one far-away mid-cluster• Barkinda

– Better road connectivity (<1km)– Favourable to connect formal milk marketing ie Anchal– More dairy animals and more cultivated land

• Titoli– Far-away road (2 km)– More dairy animals, more cultivated land– Farmers selling milk near congregation point

Bageshwar mid-cluster

Chhona Chouganchina Garikhet Chani Saing Khabra Pagna0

20

40

60

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120

140

Households sell milk-Bageshwar mid cluster

Midcluster Dist_Pavedroad[km] Num_SHGs

Chhona 0.1 14

Chouganchina 0.2 16

Garikhet 0.2 9

Chani 0.3 5

Saing 0.5 13

Khabra 1.5 8

Pagna 3.6 8

Table 28: Road accessibility and Institutions - Bageshwar mid-clusters

Midcluster Neighbours[#]

Localshop[#]

townshop/hh[#]

Anchal[#]

SHG/Fed[#]

Chhona 94 15 0 0 7

Chouganchina 71 21 0 0 0

Garikhet 69 17 0 0 0

Chani 32 19 0 0 0

Saing 0 0 0 41 74

Khabra 33 0 0 0 0

Pagna 10 0 5 0 0

Table 27: Households sell milk by type of buyer - Bageshwar mid-clusters

Chhona Chouganchina Garikhet Chani Saing Khabra Pagna0

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200

300

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600

Dairy animal population-Bageshwar mid-cluster

Consideration-Bageshwar

• Pagna excluded (>3.5km distance to road)• Saing included

– Formal milk marketing (Anchal and federation level)– More dairy animals, more cultivated land– Strong institutional set-up (SHG)

• Chhona included– Good base for marketing platform– KVK is in between this two clusters

Village census• For characterisation of villages for selection • 30 villages in Sult and 12 villages in Bikyasain• 39 villages in Bageshwar• Information on

– Dairy animals– Land details/feed sources– Accessibility to market– Marketing channels– Institutional base

• Limitations– Asking to one or two key person– Use of existing data by partners

Actor mapping -Development history

• Interviews with different actors for the development activities

• Change of officials over years so they are not aware of previous activities

• Have to ask other actors for history of other activities

Actors-Sult

• Dairy development board (DDB)-Anchal and Mahila dairy Vikas Prayojna

• Block development office (BDO)• Agricultural information centre

(agriculture department• Animal husbandry department (veterinary clinic)• Forestry department• BAIF-(active in neighbouring block)• INHERE

Actors-Bageshwar

• DDB – ULDB?• IFAD - Ajeeveeka• Animal husbandry department• BAIF• Krishi Vikas Kendra (KVK) - VPKAS• BDO

Interventions-INHERES.No Programme Year Activities

1 Integrated watershed management project

Since 1987 Aforestration-plantation of fodder trees and grassPromotion of stall feedingShelter management

2 DASP-World Bank programme 2002-2005 Animal health careTraining paravetsBreed improvement- provision of hybrid bull in villagesDistribution of chaff cutter to prevent feed wastage

3 Marketing innovation programme

1998-2010 Formation of co-operative society with AnchalCollectionof milk from near villagesDemo farm with crossbred animals

4 Livelihood programme-IFAD 2007-2012 Formation of SHGsMini-dairy for extreme poor households

Interventions-ChiragS.No ACTIVITIES RATIONALE SUCCESS

ACHIEVEDINTERVENTION AREAS

1 Artificial Insemination (AI) For breed improvement 54 to 55 per cent

Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

2 Promotion of Improved Bulls For breed improvement 4 nos improved bulls

Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

3 Cattle-Shed Management (chaff cutter, cattle trough, better feeding practices)

For improved productivity during lean season and better management of livestock

250 benificiaries

Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

4 Fodder Management Increased supply of fodder for lean season through silage making, hay stacking

20 beneficiaries

Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

5 Castration Improved efficiency for agriculture

369 nos Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

S.No ACTIVITIES RATIONALE SUCCESS ACHIEVED INTERVENTION AREAS

1 Establishment of Micro-dairy enterprise

Income generation through milk sale

52 litres per day through 21 members

Kasiyalekh

2 Establishment of Cattlefeed production Unit

Income generation through cattlefeed sale

2 tonnes annual production; 225 members

Reetha

3 Establishment of Ayurvedic Medicine Micro-enterprise

Medicine and treatments for livestock

Federation of 9 SHGs

Dhokane

4 Cattle insurance Security to livestock owner in case of accident or disease

250 beneficiaries Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena

5 Improved species of fodder grasses

Increased milk production

Plantation in 200 hectare - Napier, maize, oat, auns, dolni, rye, Italian rye, bimalsia, saumi, brom, guchchi, etc

Reetha, Kasiyalekh, Dhokane, Devaldhar, Kathpuriyacheena, Jangaliyagaon

Interventions-Chirag

Interventions-DDB-since 1996

• Formation of milk producing co-operative society• Collection of milk and marketing after value addition• Subsidy for transportation of milk • Incentive for head-load from remote villages• Credit and subsidy for animal purchase• Supply of feed and subsidy• First aid medicines and training to secretary• Training paravets for insemination• Exposure visit for dairy farmers• Distribution of fodder seeds

Value chain assessment

• Formal– Anchal– Federation level milk co-operative

• Informal– Neighbours– Tea shops in village or near market

VCA Tools

• VCA mapping tool-Derek Baker– Through PRA-Musoli, Sekhuda (sult) and Matela

village– good tool– Not many channels in village– Input service is limited to Anchal– Farmers not aware of c-operative approach in Sult

area but farmers aware in Bageshwar block– Identification of marketing constraints

Tool sent by Alan

• Too long, didn’t shorten• Farmers not interesting, and left after half

sessionConclusionsHave to develop tool mixing all

Participatory VCA-NetMap - Regina Birner

• Visualisation of links/relationships• Entry point for VCA• Third dimension: importance of actors and

their influencing factors• Easy to visualize the power factors• Tried in Gahnaheet village – participants

enjoyed the exercise• Lots of farmer participation

Net map example