MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Asamoah Larbi, Sawsan Hassan, and Mohammed Abdullah

Presentation to the FAP End of Project WorkshopLuang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010

Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Syria Report on Project Output 1:

Mechanisms for strengthening and/or establishing multi-stakeholder alliances

that enable scaling up and out of fodder technologies

(IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853)

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Output 1

Mechanisms for strengthening/ establishing multi-stakeholder alliances for scaling-up and

scaling-out of fodder technologies

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Outline

1.1. Syrian livestock sector

1.2. Site identification

1.3. Partnership building mechanisms

1.4. Actors, linkages and habits

1.5. Site GIS development

1.6. Fodder market evaluation

Syrian livestock sector contribution

Item Contribution (%)

Agricultural GDP 30

Agricultural export 18

Population raising livestock1 40

Household income 15 - 100

Syrian livestock sector contribution

Source (Cummins, 2000; Aw-Hassan et al., 2010)

Feed produced Feed required0

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8

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)

Source: Yasin (2007)

Feed gap

National

Provincial

District

Village

Site/partnership identification process

Site/partnership identification – national workshop

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Site identification - provinces

Site identification – provincial workshop

Jord

an

Leba

non

Turkey

Iraq

Site identification – districts and villages

Site identification – learning sites, villages

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Selection criteria – sheep ownership

• Livestock ownership

• Partners

• Market access

• Fodder projects

Selection criteria – annual rainfall

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Alliance building/strengthening - issues

1.1. Diversity - national, private

1.2. Gender aspects

1.3. Involving policy makers

Institute Name

MAAR-Extension Dr M. AbdullahMAAR-GSCAR Dr Y MasriAga Khan Foundation Mr A El-ZeinIFAD Representative Mr N Milhani

ICARDA Dr A Sidahmed

ICARDA Dr A Larbi

Advisory Committee

Alliance building mechanisms - discussions

Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

Alliance building mechanisms – women’s group

Badia development NE development

Idleb development

IFAD Fodder Project

Alliance building – IFAD development projects

Alliance building – involving policy makers

Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

Tal-Amri El-Bab Salameih0

20406080

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Participating households

• Long process• What worked…?????

– Stakeholder participation• Farmers’ interest groups• Government institutions• Non-governmental organization• Gender issues• Policy makers

• What could have been done better….??– Linkages with IFAD development projects– Involvement of Women’s Group

Site/partnership identification – lessons

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Evaluation of actors, linkages, practices and habits related to fodder innovations

1. Actors

2. Linkages

3. Practices and habits

Fodder innovation diagnosis – key actors

       Sites

Actors Salameih El-Bab Tal-AmriFarmers √ √ √Extension agents √ √ √National research staff √ X XIntern. research agennts √ √ XTraders - seed, feed √ √ √NGO staff (Aga Khan) √ X X

√ = Active X = Not active

Innovation diagnosis – actor linkages, Salameih

  Quality of linkage

Actors FAM EXT NAR ICARDA MAK

Farmers (FAM)   3 1 1 2

Extension (EXT)     2 2 1

Nat. research (NAR)       1 1

ICARDA         1

Traders (MAK)          

1= weak, 2= medium, 3= strong

Innovation diagnosis – actor linkages, El-Bab

Quality of linkage

Actors FAM EXT NAR ICARDA MAK

Farmers (FAM)   2 1 2 2

Extension (EXT)     2 2 1

National res.(NAR)       1 1

ICARDA         1

Traders (MAK)          

1= weak, 2= medium, 3= strong

• Behavioural changes

• Aga Khan/Extension, strong linkage• New responsibilities, coordination• Farmers – commercial lamb fattening• Farmer-Extension-Research linkage, El-Bab• Women – freedom of movement, El-Bab

• Why..???????• Leadership• Policy makers• Build trust

Innovation diagnosis – outcomes

Development of Geographical Information Systems on Fodder Innovations

Tal-Amri El-Bab Salameih0

20

40

60

80

100

Fa

rms

GPS & production data collected - GIS database & maps

Fodder market studies

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080

5

10

15

20

25

Straw Grain

Pri

ce (

SY

P/k

g)

U$ 1 = 46 SYP

Price variations - barley, El-Bab

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20080

10

20

30

40

50

Straw GrainP

rice

(S

YP

/kg

)

U$ 1 = 46 SYP

Price variations – common vetch, El-Bab

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

L-Grain L-Straw

Pri

ce (

SY

P/k

g)

Monthly price variations: legume straw and grain

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

C-Grain C-Straw

Pri

ce (

SY

P/k

g)

Monthly price variations: cereal straw and grain

• Site and partner identification lessons

• Strengthening innovation capacity through promotion of actor interactions could result in behavioral changes

• Prices of feed are subject to seasonal and annual changes

Conclusions

Thank you