Post on 15-Nov-2014
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Promoting family poultry production through a knowledge network and training of key staffs in development projectsOlaf ThiemeFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Animal Production and Health Division
What is Family Poultry?
• A variety of small-scale poultry production systems found in rural, urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries.
• Practised by individual families for food security, income and employment.
• Practiced by >80% of rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• In rural areas it is often almost exclusively women’s activity.
Remote Village
Village with access to rural markets
Peri-urban village with access to urban markets
Food SecurityIncome Generation
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Traditional
Extensive Semi-intensive
Semi-intensiveSmall-scale Intensive
Location Purpose Poultry Production System
Diversity of Family Poultry
Increasing benefits from Family Poultry
• Create opportunities and platforms for knowledge sharing and capacities building;
• Support further adaptation and adoption of technologies and good practices;
• Build the capacity of decision makers, project designers and technical staffs;
• Build the capacity of rural poultry keepers, especially women, youth, indigenous and tribal peoples to adapt and adopt innovative technologies;
• Implement effective poultry development programmes.
INFPD
• International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD)
– document results and disseminate information
– coordinate training programmes for research and development personnel
– identify research and development priorities, funding sources and cooperation opportunities
– develop research and development – > 800 members in 103 countries
Strengthen national expertise
• Educate and motive young staffs for family poultry development.
• Key constraint is to acquire development experience.
• Training programme for Associate Poultry Advisers (APA).– Five weeks theoretical training– 4-5 months assignment to a field
programme
Training programme for APA
• APAs from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Honduras, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania and Swaziland have been trained.
• Field projects were in Tanzania, Mauritania, Swaziland, Egypt, Lao PDR and Haiti.
• Results– Have adapted well into the projects with mutual
benefits– Documented & published their work– Language of APAs and finding projects can be a
constraint
• Training package will be further developed
Material and information sharing
• Improve availability of adapted and effective technologies at a wider scale.
• Improve documentation and dissemination of successful practises and exchange of knowledge and experiences through the INFPD newsletter, its website, through e-conferences and other events.
• A package of decision-making tools to assist project designers.
Mini hatcheries
• Availability of healthy DOC is key for improvement of the system
• In remote locations DOC production may be required on site
• A new „sand model“ has been developed in Bangladesh
e-conferences
• Priorities of topics were identified through survey of INFPD members
– “Opportunities of poultry breeding programmes for family production in developing countries: The bird for the poor”
– “Family Poultry interactions with other production systems: Nutritional opportunities and constraints“
– Implementing appropriate development projects
• Diversity of conditions highlights needs for country and location specific concepts
Support for the INFPD• Consultation with members of the
Network– Members’ survey– Regional meetings
• Strengthening organizational linkages with the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA)
• Need to consider members that are not technical poultry experts
A way forward for family poultry development
• Investing in knowledge sharing and capacity development is an effective tool to promote family poultry.
• Knowledge sharing at global level through a Network also assists with solving location specific issues.
• Monitoring and evaluation components of poultry projects need to be improved to capture important socio-economic data and impact on the livelihood of resource-poor households.
• A comprehensive approach for Family Poultry development is needed.
Thank You
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/en/poultry/home.html
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/en/infpd/home.html