oxfam italy livestock programme (short version)

RESILIENCE BUILDINGMECIS ECONOMIC JUSTICE COMMUNITY 0F PRACTICE LEARNING WORKSHOP

WEST BANK TEAM MARCH 17-20, 2014

LIVESTOCK BASED LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMBRIEFLY EXPLAIN BENEFICIARY NUMBERS (MALE/FEMALE);

LOCATION; STAFF AND PARTNER NAMES; PROJECT DURATION; YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION

• Direct beneficiaries in the West Bank: 4,000 livestock breeder HHs next to 600 women farmers/breeders in small-scale home gardens and dairy production groups

• Key Partners: PLDC, PACU/Livestock, UAWC and PHG

• Staff : OIT (4), PLDC (20), PACU (4), UAWC (4), PHG (3)

• Programme duration: 2006- 2016

• Actual through 5 projects (2013-2016) – ca. 4 million Euro

SECTION I: CONTEXT ANALYSIS• About the country - history , geography, demography,

advantages, disadvantages; country map

Small ruminant Livestock holding is a traditional source of income and food for both Bedouin and non Bedouin communities.(20,000 HHs);

Herds typically are managed by family members, especially by women and children.

Many Bedouin communities in OPT have been expelled from their traditional environment in the Negev (now Israel)

Area: Semi-arid Eastern Slopes and Jordan Valley; mainly Area C.

SECTION I: CONTEXT ANALYSISConstraints:

Restriction on herders’ movement (occupation/closures) and access to resources (rangelands, water); increasing fodder prices and poor livestock services; weak market outlets

Low carrying capacity of rangelands, poor water resources, negative climate change effects

Internal political and social fragmentation weak national policies and vision for the sector and low representativeness and involvement of the stakeholders.

Occupation and donors policies oriented toward an emergency approach to the problems.

high mortality, low twinning rates, high abortions and morbidity rates

number of animals continues to decrease (herders forced to sell stock). putting at risk livelihood security

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SECTION I: CONTEXT ANALYSISPotential

high local market demand for quality meat, dairy and wool products

High community resilience and resistance

Theory of Change

@ enhance access to resources and quality services (PLDC > 4050 members)

@ Enhance women economic empowerment

@ develop value chains, social enterprises, markets

@ develop strong local livestock organizations and cooperatives (CBOs, PLDC and PACU)

@ support them in grass-root based advocacy and policy influencing foster resilience

SECTION II: WHAT DID YOU DO?• Briefly describe the intervention

Since 2006 support to PLDC, a centre for the provision of livestock technical services high quality staff training, veterinarian assistance, artificial insemination (AI) for the flocks; flock productive management

Since 2008 support PLDC in organizing small scale women groups for dairy production, community based fodder centres and expanding the technical quality services to Area C.

Since 2010 services provided to > 1500 small and medium scale Bedouin and other herders HHs located in Area C of five WB Governorates.

And expanding programme to include HH or hamlet sized WWT units for irrigated fodder production, range land management and water conservation ..

From 2013-2016 reaching >3000 herders and Bedouins HHs by DFATD, 2 DGD, MAE projects.

While strengthening community organization, leaderships skills and policy influencing (EU/Regional Bedouin Governance Project)

SECTION III: STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS• Key actors involved from the start of the project

Bedouin and other herder communities (including women groups):

Ministries of Agriculture and Local Government:

Local Institutions (Municipalities, Governorates, Local Councils)

National and International NGOs and FAO:

Private sector (traders, markets)

Donors (EU, ECHO, DFATD, DGD/Belgium, MAE/Italy)

SECTION IV: WHAT DID YOU ACHIEVE?• Project impact on beneficiaries in general and

impact on women. Positive or otherwise.

In last 3 years no decrease in flocks > 70% of the herders. maintaining livelihood security and income

• Change in wider institutions e.g. state, private sector and other stakeholders.

Herders in Area C are part of the national and donors’ agendas

OIT is co-leading with FAO the Livestock TWG within UN FSS

Creation of national and regional livestock

MOA has strengthened its work relations with PLDC.

SECTION IV: WHAT DID YOU ACHIEVE?

• What systems changed? How? Cite examples and explain evidences.

Partly because of HEA study, donors have shifted from emergency funding to developmental funding in SR livestock sector in Area C

Recognition that not food security is the problem but livelihood security because of Israeli occupation and policies.

Better organized network of quality services

More emphasis on value chains and markets for poor

Higher resilience of the system

SECTION V: WHAT WORKED WELL AND WHAT DIDN’T?• What was particularly successful?

Providing quality technical services decrease of costs and increase in livestock productivity

PLDC a credible high quality service provider all over the West Bank

Preserving Palestinian livelihoods in occupied/annexed areas

• What was relatively unsuccessful?

Low participation of and high competition with the MOA (specially veterinary services)

Limited opportunities to develop sustainable activities (emergency focus of donors)

• What were the success factors?

High interest of herder communities to maintain their livelihoods

Committed local partner (PLDC) accountable to its constituency

SECTION V: WHAT WORKED WELL AND WHAT DIDN’T?

• What approaches or factors constrained your ability to achieve wider change?

Severe Israeli restrictions on infrastructure and movement in the intervention area (Area C = 65% of the West Bank)

Emergency funding slowed down long-term sustainable development

• How could you change what you are doing in future?

More gender oriented approach and analysis

More capacity building of the local organizations

More emphasis on marketing activities to create demand at that side of the value chain

More advocacy and policy influencing

SECTION VI: LEARNING AND RECOMMENDATIONS• With the benefit of hindsight, what should you have done

differently?

Emphasize more activities that can lead to sustainability of the sector (too much driven by emergency focus of donors)

• What advice would you give to someone facing a similar situation?

Provide more capacity building to a strategic partner as PLDC in organizational management and governance

To work with local Universities and to create link with international institutions in order to increase organizational capacity and analysis capacities of local actors

Be even more vocal on the root causes that hamper economic development (the Israeli Occupation)

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