Presented by Purvi Mehta at the IFC and BMGF Consultation Meeting for Bihar Dairy Sector Development, 23 October 2013

1. Livestock sector development in Bihar: ILRI’s
interests and plans
Purvi Mehta
IFC and BMGF Consultation Meeting for Bihar Dairy
Sector Development, 23 October 2013

2. International Livestock research Institute
India
 CGIAR center
dedicated to LS
research
Mali
China
 Over 700 staff from
43 countries,
working on a cross
section of LS issues
 South-South (AsiaAfrica) collaborations
Laos
Vietnam
Nigeria
Sri Lanka
Mozambique
Kenya
Thailand
Ethiopia

3. ILRI Projects in South Asia
AIP
GEF Asia
CSISA
MilkIT
Maize LIVE
IMGoats
GET Dairy
L&F Dairy VC
GEF Asia
ELKS
ACIAR
CSISA
GEF Asia

4. ILRI Priorities/Interests in Bihar
Research• Productivity enhancement/efficiency
• Animal Health (Peste des Petits Ruminants, Cysticercosis,
Brucellosis )
• Animal nutrition (addressing feed/fodder shortage, feed
efficiency)
• Small holder dairy development
• Small ruminant sector development
Cross Cutting• Policy
• Gender
• Capacity Development

5. On going Work in Bihar
 CGIAR Research program on Livestock and Fish
 A4NH program- emphasis on Zoonosis and One health
 CSISA project

6. Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact
Dairy Value Chain Development Through CRP
Consumers
Major intervention with development partners
Value chain development team + research partners
Strategic CRP 3.7 Cross-cutting Platforms
• Technology Generation
• Market Innovation
• Targeting & Impact
INTERVENTIONS TO
SCALE OUT REGIONALLY
GLOBAL RESEARCH
PUBLIC GOODS

7. Three platforms for generating productivity
Improved Technologies
Animal genetics
Animal feeds
Animal health
Value Chain
Targeting, Gender and Impact
Development
Systems analysis and
Sectorial and policy
targeting
analysis
Gender and equity
Value chain assessment
M&E and impact assessment
Value chain innovation

8. Three platforms for generating productivity
Improved Technologies
Animal feeds
Animal health
Work on dual purpose
crops
Feed practices
Targeting, Gender and Impact
Development
Systems analysis and
Sectorial and policy
targeting
analysis
Gender and equity
Value chain assessment
Animal genetics
Value Chain
M&E and impact assessment
Value chain innovation
VC Analysis- on going
Policy interventions

9. Agriculture Associated Disease
1.
2.
3.
4.
Food Safety
Emerging infectious disease
Zoonoses
Ecohealth/One Health

10. Cereal System Initiative for South Asia
CSISA
 To improve the crop-livestock farming system for better livelihood of
small and marginalised farmers
 To improve the efficiency use of resources for livestock feed
especially crop residue
 To improve the provision of improved feeds and feed-related
technologies

11. ILRI-CSISA Activity - Bihar
ACTIVITY AREA
 Samastipur, Muzaffarpur – on-going
 Vaishali, Darbhanga, Patna and Begusarai
–planned
PARTNERS
 BAU, Patna , BAIF, Other CG centers,
MAIN ACTIVITIES
 Promoting balance feed, which is
prepared through farmer group
 400 farmer trials in Samastipur in CSISA-I
 200 farmer trials in Samasthipur and
Muzaffarpur in CSISA-II.
 Knowledge exchange through exposure
visit
 Better utilization of under-valued CR
TARGET GROUP
 Focused on women (especially SHGs)
Making concentrate
Training in NDRI

12. Collaborative Ideas
 Combining efforts in data management
 Need for cross sectorial collaboration: Health, Agriculture,
Environment, Trade, Education
 Value chain approach
 Capacity development- training of trainers/critical mass
 Inventory of efforts (individuals and institutions)
 Collective voice for policy interventions
 Bihar LS development platform?

13. Thank You