Group discussions

1st Advisory Council MeetingDehradun 01/06/2012

Nils Teufel

MilkIT

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Group discussions1. Innovation platforms:– “How can innovation platforms support development and

dissemination of new technologies for dairy development?”– Himmothan, GBPIHED, Elks, AHD

2. Marketing constraints:– “What are you most interested in for overcoming institutional and

marketing constraints in the dairy sector?”– Aanchal, Ajeeveeka, ULDB, Chirag

3. Feeding constraints:– “What should MilkIT produce to help with improving productivity

of dairy animals among small holders through better feeding, breeding & health?”

– GBPUAT, FD, VPKAS01/06/2012

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Grp 1: Innovation platforms

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M. Chauhan (Himmothan)R.S. Negi (Anim Husb Dep)

R.S. Rawat (GBPIHED) S. Jarial (ILRI – ELKS)R.C. Rajaguru (For Dep)

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Grp1 Innovation platforms• Value of innovation platforms

– Contribute by bringing in technologies, pilot them, scale it up– By creating platform at different levels, knowledge sharing at right levels– By creating awareness, demonstration wider audience, feedback, knowledge

documentation– Difficulties & risk:– Sustainability, ownership, scope – Compendium of successful experiences– Malavika: Ownership for sustainability (who owns)– Negi: What about the costs for maintaining platform– Malavika: which scale?

block level officers/ paravets/ ext. workers don’t talk to each other, maybe that would be useful

– NGOs do talk to each other– Padma: what is the actual income contribution of milk, what can actually be improved

through more milk

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Additional input on innovation platforms (later)

• Padma: expand the innovation platforms to include other actors who work in different fields (e.g. breeding, health, small ruminants etc.). Offer the platform as a useful and efficient approach to get collaboration & knowledge exchange going.

• Malavika: Support communication between local government officials and practitioners. They have only few opportunities for exchange.

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Grp 2: Inst. & mrktng constraints

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Atul Shah(CHIRAG)

Pankaj Kumar (For Dep)

Pawan Kumar(Ajeevika-IFAD)

A.K. Negi(UCDF-Aanchal)

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Grp 2: Institutional constraints• Baseline survey

– Market research (Milk production groups)• demand/supply gap• production, status/potential

Tiwari: consider own consumption requirements (nutritional security)Others: but we are just talking about selling surplus

• Awareness of group formation– Benefits– Approach (evaluation of form of organisational structure)– Business plan (economics of group activities for sustainability)

Malavika: Use federations to market more products.Pawan: Develop a variety of successful business models; MilkIT can bring together knowledge of successful innovations, compendium (specific examples)

– Marketing– Incentives

• Capacity building– NGOS can be roped in

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Grp2: Marketing constraints• Infrastructure

– cold-storage/chain– collection points (suggestions for linking remote villages)

• Value addition (Amul example)(Lepcha: think of cheese as in Sikkim)(Malavika: Minimum amount is so low that any processing is difficult, starting dairies with 50l/d) as soon as area is increased, transport becomes too expensive)

• Pricing (amount, quality)• Identification of markets• Collection process• Standardisation• Up-scaling

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Grp 3: Feed constraints

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V. Padmakumar (ILRI-ELKS)T. Ravichandran (ILRI-MilkIT)

S.T.S. Lepcha (For Dep)T.P. Tiwari (GBPUAT)

J.K. Bisht (VPKAS)

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Grp 3: Feed constraints• Feeding

– Choice of fodder • For lean period (Apr-Jun, Dec-Feb)• Fodder trees (Bhimal, oak)• Perennial grasses (broom, napier, congo)

– Dual purpose crops: wheat, barley, paddy (suitability), depends on area– Use of weeds (Natal grass?)– Improvement of existing feeds

• Urea treatment, UMB, suppl green fodder, concentrates, suppl with area specific minerals– Reduce wastage/feeding– Fodder banks (Negi: GoU is putting fodder banks in each block)

• Breeding– cross-breeding– red. calving interval– red. AFC

• Health– Deworming, ext. parasites– Promotion of EVM (ethnoveterinary system)– Vaccination (FMD, HS) (Negi: cold chain); Negi: improve evidence-based veterinary services, not effectively

targeted, also information links (helpline).

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Chairman’s conclusions

–Milk animals (5l milk/d)

– Tea animals (1l milk/d)

– Dung animals (no milk/d)

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• In livestock development, we should consider the requirements and opportunities of 3 animal types: