Asamoah Larbi, Sawsan Hassan, and Mohammed Abdullah Presentation to the FAP End of Project Workshop, Luang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010

1. 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 AsamoahLarbi, Sawsan Hassan, and Mohammed Abdullah Presentation to the FAP End of Project Workshop LuangPrabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010 ICARDA

2. Output 1 Mechanisms for strengthening/ establishing multi-stakeholder alliances for scaling-up and scaling-out of fodder technologies MAAR Aga Khan ICARDA

3. 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 MAAR Aga Khan ICARDA

4. Syrian livestock sector contribution

5. Syrian livestock sector contribution Source (Cummins, 2000; Aw-Hassan et al., 2010)

6. Feed gap Source: Yasin (2007)

7. Site/partnership identification process National Provincial District Village

8. Site/partnership identification – national workshop

9. Site identification - provinces MAAR Aga Khan ICARDA

10. Site identification – provincial workshop

11. Site identification – districts and villages Turkey Iraq Lebanon Jordan

12. Site identification – learning sites, villages

14. Partners

15. Market access

17. Alliance building/strengthening - issues 1.1. Diversity - national, private 1.2. Gender aspects 1.3. Involving policy makers MAAR Aga Khan ICARDA

18. Advisory Committee

19. Alliance building mechanisms - discussions

20. Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

21. Alliance building mechanisms – women’s group

22. Alliance building – IFAD development projects IFAD Fodder Project Badiadevelopment NE development Idleb development

23. Alliance building – involving policy makers

24. Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

25. Alliance building mechanisms – joint planning

26. Participating households

27. Site/partnership identification – lessons 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

28. Evaluation of actors, linkages, practices and habits related to fodder innovations 1. Actors 2. Linkages 3. Practices and habits MAAR Aga Khan ICARDA

29. Fodder innovation diagnosis – key actors

30. Innovation diagnosis – actor linkages, Salameih

31. Innovation diagnosis – actor linkages, El-Bab

32. Innovation diagnosis – outcomes 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

33. Development of Geographical Information Systems on Fodder Innovations GPS & production data collected - GIS database & maps

34. Fodder market studies

35. Price variations - barley, El-Bab U$ 1 = 46 SYP

36. Price variations – common vetch, El-Bab U$ 1 = 46 SYP

37. Monthly price variations: legume straw and grain

38. Monthly price variations: cereal straw and grain

39. Conclusions 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

40. Thank you