Presented by Workneh Ayalew (ATA) at the Ethiopia Small Ruminants Value Chain Strategy and Implementation Planning Workshop, Addis Ababa, 8-9 June 2015

1. Elements of the Second Growth and Transformation
Plan related to small ruminant development in Ethiopia
Workneh Ayalew
Ethiopia small ruminants value chain strategy and implementation planning workshop,
Addis Ababa, 8-9 June 2015

2. 1. The Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTPII)
2. GTPII: the four pillars of the agriculture sector
3. Livestock has got three program areas
4. Related activities:
 Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC)
 Prioritization of on-going and planned livestock genetic gains activities
5. Suggested focus areas on way forward for Small Ruminant VC
development
Outline
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3. The Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTPII)
 Sectorial macro-economic strategic plan, to bring about transformative changes in
all sectors; agriculture is central
 Coherent alignment and coordination
 Timeframe: 2016-2020
 Builds up on gains made and lessons learnt from GTP I : 2011-2015
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4. The GTPII: The agriculture transformation agenda focuses on
four primary pillars
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1) Increase agricultural productivity and production of
both crops and livestock with a focus on strategic crops
(important for food security, as industrial inputs and for
exports) and high value commodities
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2) Ensure sustainability and inclusiveness across the sector,
and ensure food security for all
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3) Establish commercial orientation to increase marketed
agricultural produce and exports
2
4) Increase institutional capacity for implementation4
Vision:
Address
systemic
bottlenecks
within the
agriculture
sector that
would allow
for
accomplish-
ment of
targets in
GTP2

5. 1) Increase agricultural
productivity and
production of both
crops and livestock
with a focus on
strategic crops and
high value
commodities
The livestock component has got three program areas
Vision:
Address
systemic
bottlenecks
within the
agriculture
sector that
would allow
for
accomplish-
ment of
targets in
GTP2
4) Increase institutional capacity for
implementation
Areas to focus systemic changeFour key pillars
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Crops
• Seed
• Fertilizers
• Crop protection and health
• Mechanization
Livestock
• Post-harvest loss
• Breed and genetic improvement
• Animal health
• Feed and feeding
2) Ensure sustainability
and inclusiveness
across the sector, and
ensure food security
for all
3
• Irrigation and watershed
management
• Bio-diversity
• Rural land administration,
management, and utilization
• Soil health
3) Establish commercial orientation to
increase marketed agricultural
produce and exports
2
• Market information,
infrastructure, and linkages
• Food safety, quality, and
traceability
• Aggregation and storage
• Investment promotion
• Value chain development,
including non-farm enterprise
• Organizational and human
resources capacity
• Evidence-based planning
• Data and ICT
Both
• Demand-driven research
• Rural Financial Services
• Agronomic pract. and extension
• Cooperative system
• Private medium and large scale
farming
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1
NRM
Food
security
• Strengthen livelihoods
• Nutrition
• Mitigate disaster risk

6. Increase
agricultural
productivity and
production
Increase institutional
capacity
42 transformational deliverables identified in 30 program areasAgriculture pillars in GTP II
Crops
• Improved seed supply and distribution: 2
• Fertilizer supply and distribution: 1
Livestock
• Livestock breed and genetic improvement: 2
• Livestock health: 2
• Livestock feed and feeding: 2
Ensure
sustainability
and
inclusiveness
• Irrigation and drainage: 2
• Watershed management: 1
• Bio-diversity: 2
• Soil health: 2
• Rural land use and administration: 2
• Climate change adoption and
mitigation: To be mainstreamed
Establish commercial
orientation
• Market services and infrastructure: TBD
• Food safety, quality, assurance and
traceability: TBD
• Aggregation and storage: TBD
• Cooperative system development: 2
• Agro-processing and value
addition: TBD
• Private medium and large-
scale farming development: 3
• Export promotion: TBD
• ICT: 1
• Organizational and human
resources capacity: 2
• Evidence-based planning and
performance management: 2
Crops &
livestock
• Demand-driven research: 2
• Market-oriented extension: 2
• Rural finance: 2
• Mechanization: 1
Natural
Resource
Mgmt.
Food
security
• Nutrition: 1
• Gender equality: To be
mainstreamed
• Disaster prevention &
preparedness: 2
• Targeted livelihood support :
To be mainstreamed
• Crop protection and health: 2
Each deliverable has
3-5 interventions
The GTP II will have 45-50 transformation deliverables
Program area/# of deliverables
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7. The GTP II livestock component: Genetic and Breed
Improvement
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1. Establish a national institution to lead and coordinate livestock genetic evaluation
and improvement schemes:
1.1 Develop customized genetic improvement guidelines and strategies
1.2 Develop strategies for out-and-up scaling of successful CBM-ONB programs
1.3 Customizing hormone synchronization and mass AI service package
1.4 Develop customized extension guidelines for supporting market oriented livestock production
1.5 Benchmark input needs and minimum performance levels of genetically improved livestock
2. Enhancing role of private sector in genetic improvement and input delivery:
2.1 Create an enabling environment for private sector involvement in input delivery and AI services
2.2 Develop and pilot quality based payment systems for priority commodities (milk, red meat, egg,
broiler)
2.3 Develop and promote breeding input tracking system
2.4 Up-scaling dairy herd performance recording for genetic improvement
2.5 Promote establishment of breed societies

8. The GTP II livestock component: Animal Health
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1.Develop a system for reducing adult and young stock mortality (YASM):
1.1 Benchmark YASM levels for priority production systems
1.2 Targeted interventions for managing YASM
1.3 Strategies for driving higher off-takes
1.4 Develop and support rollout of legislated chain of command in control of TADS
1.5 Develop veterinary services delivery system for pastoral production environment
2.Develop and pilot an innovative animal health input supply, maintenance and
funding system :
2.1 Develop and pilot innovative funding mechanisms for disease control programs
2.2 Develop and pilot innovative input supply system for field-based animal health services
2.3 Develop and pilot laboratory input supply and equipment maintenance system
2.4 Promoting veterinary services rationalization roadmap

9. The GTP II livestock component: Feed and Feeding
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1. Create Enabling environment for supply of quality and affordable feeds and fodder:
1.1 Investment incentives for the feed industry
1.2 Review of the tax burden on the feed industry
1.3 Development and implementation of a strategy for sustainable forage seed production/marketing
1.4 Business incubation on innovative feed production and marketing
1.5 Scalable aggregation and value addition on major feed resources
2. Mainstreaming feed and fodder quality control and certification:
2.1 Fast-track feed quality control and regulation activities of VDFACA
2.2 Roll out of feed certification processes at Region level
2.3 Support for expansion of private feed analysis laboratories
2.4 Develop strategies for regulation of commercial hay and fodder production
2.5 Integrating forage seeds in crop seed regulation system

10. Related activities: Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (1)
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• Designed to strengthen prioritization and focus, and
provide strategic platform to effectively execute multiple
integrated interventions for commercializing agriculture
• Clustering of Woredas to support rapid enhancement of priority
crops, horticulture and livestock and value chain through
proximity of actors
• Ultimate focus on processing and value addition to ensure
specialization, diversification and sustained growth
• Staged approach to value chain development
Background
Approach
and main
features

11. Related activities: Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (2)
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Prioritization of value chains
and geographic areas
Crop production, aggregation
and value chain linkage
interventions
Prioritization of
infrastructure investments
around prioritized value
chains and geographic areas
• Limited number of commodity value chains and
geographic areas to be prioritized, and meet the needs of
all strategies
• Prioritization to be driven by market-oriented criteria to
ensure commercial viability, with final ownership by
Regions
• Must leverage past learnings and existing work including
the interventions that are part of Transformation Agenda
to strengthen extension, cooperatives, contract farming
and Rural Financial Services (RFS)
• Existing infrastructure investments and plans to be
revisited to align with prioritized geographic areas and
commodity value chains
• New investments to focus on promoting processing, value
addition and market linkages

12. Prioritization of regional livestock genetic gains activities: sheep
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Tigray South Amhara
• Atsbi CBM • Bonga CBM • Menz CBM
• Begait breed improvement
scheme (on-station)
• Adillo (Doyo Gana)
CBM
• Crossbreeding with
Awassi rams
(Terminal?)
• Ille (Raya-Afar interbred)
improvement scheme
• Gumer (in Gurage)
CBM
• Washera sheep
improvement)
• Crossbreeding with Dorper
rams (Atsbi, Abergelle) -
Terminal
• Crossbreeding with
Dorper rams
(TERMINAL CROSSING
ONLY)
• Gumz sheep
improvement
scheme (ONS) - plan

13. Prioritization of regional livestock genetic gains activities: goats
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Tigray South Amhara
• Abergelle goat CBM • Boar crossbreeding scheme
(KeyAfer research centre)-
collaboration with
Langston University
• Abergelle goat CBM:
• Begait breed
improvement
• Woyo-Guji CBM • Central Highland breed
CBM:
• Abergelle - Boar
crossbreeding scheme
• Konso CBM • Crossbreeding with the
Boar breed:
• Planned CBM on Bati
(Central Highland?) goat
by EIAR around Bati

14. Suggested focus areas on way forward for Small Ruminant VC
development
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 Market linkages for CBM schemes (=commercialization, incentives):
- Domestic market (seasonal!)
- Live animal exports
- Export abattoirs
 Breeding objectives: moving averages and targets
 Management of the breeding schemes: links with (on-station, on-farm) research
 Institutionalization of CBM: breed societies?

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