Presented by Isabelle Baltenweck and Immaculate Omondi at Gender and Market Oriented Agriculture (AgriGender 2011) Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31st January–2nd February 2011

1. Using hubs to increase smallholder farmers’ access to services: Experiences from the East Africa Dairy Development Project Gender and Market Oriented Agriculture (AgriGender 2011) Workshop Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 31st January–2nd February 2011 Isabelle Baltenweck and Immaculate Omondi

3. Cornerstone of the project: the hub approach

5. Transforming Chilling plants to Business Hubs TRANSPORTERS TESTING FARMERS FIELD DAYS FEED SUPPLY AI & EXTENSION VILLAGE BANKS OTHER RELATED MEs HARDWARE SUPPLIERS CHILLING HUB

8. Sampling and Data Collection Consultative Participatory Process Structured Dairy Farmer Household Interviews Criteria obtained from 2008 & 2009 Baseline survey ILRI Existing Hub Advanced - Kipkaren New Hub Starter - Kaptumo 301 Households Non-participating Households Hub participating Households New Hub Emerging - Kabiyet

10. Registration to the Hub Households are encouraged to register at the hub when they deliver milk or access inputs or services. Data are kept by the hub management. The service is free. There are more registered households among male headed households than among female headed households (difference not statistically significant) % Male headed households % Female headed households n % n % Households registered in EADD hubs 143 57 23 46 Households not registered in EADD hubs but have registered in other group (KCC/ self-help groups) 1 <1 1 2 Households not registered in EADD hubs or any other group 107 43 26 52 total 251 100 50 100.00

11. Who is registered? Relatively large proportion of spouse (women) is registered in male headed households, either on her own (26% of the households) or jointly with head (7%).

12. Challenges with group registration Provide more and better information to potential beneficiaries

14. Milk marketing No difference in percentage of male and female headed households selling milk to chilling plants

17. Decision to sell milk to chilling plant or purchase inputs at the hub No significant effect on decision to sell milk or purchase inputs milk marketing use of input & services Variables Coef. P>z Coef. P>z 1 if head is male, 0 if female 0.7 0.14 -0.32 0.68 Education of Head (years of schooling) 0.05 0.36 -0.11 0.17 Household size 0.1 0.36 0.02 0.89 1 if head registered as member of hub, 0 otherwise 1.81** 0.04 1.55 0.11 1 if spouse registered as member of hub, 0 otherwise 1.45 0.15 3.21** 0.01 Value of shares paid in USD (1 USD=Kshs.80) 0.02 0.1 0.07** 0.01 Number of total livestock kept (TLU) 0.21*** 0 0.08 0.35 1 if household keeps exotic cattle, 0 otherwise 1.24 0.17 0.74 0.47 1 if household keeps crossbred cattle, 0 otherwise 1.48 0.09 1.97** 0.05

18. Challenges with Hub Agrovet shop

19. Challenges with Hub AI services