Potential Livestock Research Areas in (LIVES) Project

Azage Tegegne

LIVES Research Planning Workshop

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26-28 March 2013

Why research?

• To create knowledge on project’s livestock interventions

– To feed into the learning activities in the project areas.

– To disseminate the knowledge for scaling out beyond the project areas.

Livestock research focus areas

• Gaps in knowledge in proposed livestock value chain system in the 10 Zones

• Value chain interventions (gender sensitive)

• Extension (knowledge management, capacity development) interventions (gender sensitive)

Potential livestock research categories

• Diagnostic research

• Action research

• Impact research

(all gender sensitive with gender disaggregated data)

Diagnostic dairy research

• Rapid assessment butter market channels and consumers • Assessment on-farm butter processing systems• Assessment fertility management dairy cows• Assessment feeding practices dairy animals in peri-urban

and rural system• Assessment fluid milk/butter quality at different stages of

the value chain• Rapid assessment/action planning communal grazing area

development• Access to knowledge/skills development peri-urban and

rural dairy production for male, female and youth farmers

Action research dairy• Innovation history of dairy value chain development• Cost benefit analysis of selected dairy production

interventions in peri-urban and rural system• Studies on mass insemination program vis a vis other

institutional approaches• Studies on communal grazing area development• Studies on forage seed multiplication system • Different institutional arrangements for dairy processing in

peri-urban fluid milk system/rural butter system• Assessment dairy specific knowledge/capacity interventions,

including dairy platforms

Diagnostic research small/large ruminants

• Rapid assessment supply channels for fattening small and large ruminants

• Assessment small ruminants diseases and mortality• Assessment feeding practices small and large ruminants at

different growth stages• Rapid assessment/action planning communal grazing area

development• Rapid assessment/action planning community based sheep

breeding program• Assessment/action planning meat quality in local butcheries and

abattoirs• Access to knowledge/skills development small/large ruminants

production by male, female and youth

Action research small/large ruminants

• Innovation history of small/large ruminants value chain development

• Cost benefit analysis improved fattening small/large ruminants

• Forage seed multiplication system (FTCs and private) • Studies on effectiveness community based sheep

breeding programs• Studies on effectiveness thermo stable PPR distribution

system• Studies on fattening specific knowledge/capacity

interventions including fattening platforms

Diagnostic research poultry• Rapid assessment egg and poultry market

channels/consumers

• Assessment chicken diseases and mortality

• Assessment feeding practices by peri-urban and rural poultry producers

• Access to knowledge/skills development on poultry production by urban and peri-urban male, female and youth

Action research poultry• Innovation history of poultry value chain

development• Cost benefit analysis poultry production

interventions for peri-urban and rural poultry production

• Studies on different institutional arrangements for pullet production system

• Studies on different institutional arrangement for health service delivery

• Studies on poultry specific knowledge/capacity interventions including poultry platforms

Diagnostic research apiculture

• Rapid assessment of raw and clear honey market channels/consumers

• Assessment bee colony supply channels and acquisition

• Assessment bee feeding/sources over the year• Access to knowledge/skills development

apiculture production by urban and peri-urban male, female and youth

Action research apiculture

• Innovation history of apiculture value chain development

• Cost benefit analysis apiculture production interventions

• Studies on bee colony multiplication system• Studies on different institutional arrangements

small scale honey processing• Studies on apiculture specific knowledge an

capacity interventions, including apiculture platforms

Livestock impact research

• Double difference and other studies – Dairy value chain – Small/large ruminants value chain – Poultry value chain – Apiculture value chain

Research outputs• Location specific and synthesized diagnostic

findings

• Location specific and synthesized livestock interventions

• Location specific and synthesized livestock specific extension interventions

• Location specific and synthesized livestock impact studies

Thank you!

www.lives-ethiopia.org

Prioritization research locations

• Importance of a commodity between zones – based on number HHs involved

• Importance of the commodity within a zone – based on number of HHs involved

• Sites with high scores on both criteria considered first

Ranking of commodities based on number of households across zones

Zone/Commodity Dairy Beef SR Poultry Apiculture

Eastern Tigray 4th - 2nd - 2nd

Central Tigray 3rd - 4th 4th -

West Gojam 2nd 1st - 1st -

North Gonder 1st 2nd - 2nd -

South Wello 5th - 3rd - 3rd

East Shoa 8th 4th - 5th -

West Shoa 7th - 5th - 4th

Jimma - - 1st 3rd 1st

Gamo Gofa - 3rd 7th 7th -

Sidama 6th - 6th 6th -

Ranking commodities based on number of HH within a zone

Zone/Commodity Dairy Beef SR Poultry Apiculture

Eastern Tigray 2nd - 1st - 3rd

Central Tigray 2nd - 3rd 1st -

West Gojam 3rd 2nd - 1st -

North Gonder 3rd 2nd - 1st -

South Wello 2nd - 1st - 3rd

East Shoa 3rd 2nd - 1st -

West Shoa 2nd - 1st - 3rd

Jimma - - 1st 2nd 3rd

Gamo Gofa - 1st 3rd 2nd -

Sidama 2nd - 3rd 1st -