MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Asamoah Larbi, Sawsan Hassan, and Mohammed Abdullah

Presentation to the FAP End of Project WorkshopLuang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010

Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Syria Report on Project Output 2:

Options for effective delivery systems including innovative communication strategies

and on-farm fodder interventionsto improve fodder supply

(IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853)

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Output 2

Options for effective delivery systems including innovative

communication strategies and on-farm fodder interventions to

improve fodder supply

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Outline

1.1. Assessing year-round feed availability

1.2. Baseline data collection

1.3. Fodder seed delivery systems

1.4. Improving on-farm feed supply

MAAR

Aga Khan

ICARDA

Assessing year-round feed supply

1. Approaches

2. Assessing household feed supply

National

Provincial

District

Household

Feed Gap/Deficit Feed Required Feed Available

Feed gap assessment

Site Village/community

Farmers’ name Flock size

Feed gap period Coping strategies

Winter Spring Summer Autumn

System Feed D J F M A M J J A S O N

Proportion (%) or amount (kg) fed

Indoor Cereal

Legume

Outdoor Residues

Total ,% 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Assessing household feed supply

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Winter Spring Summer Autumn

Assessing household feed supply – El-Bab

Cereal residues Legume residuse Concentrate Crop residues grazing Range land grazing Others

Winter Spring

SummerAutumn

Seasonal feed inventory, Salameih

Winter Spring

Summer

Autumn

Crop residues Legume residuse Concentrate Grazing crop residues

Grazing range land Others

Seasonal feed inventory, El-Bab

Baseline data collection

Tal-Amri El-Bab Salameih0

50

100

150

200Fa

rm-fa

mili

es

Baseline data collection

Sheep Goats Cattle0

20

40

60

80

100

120

ElBab (n=69) Salam (n=155) TalAmri (n=22)

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ho

use

ho

ldBaseline data – livestock ownership

Total land Irrigated land0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

ElBab (n=22) Salam (n=155) TalAmri (n=22)

Land

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Baseline data – land ownership

• Multi-sectoral – national, private, partners

• Linkages with national seed systems• General Organization of Seed (GOS)

• Promotion of informal seed systems• Contract farmers• Volunteer farmers• Traders

• Farmer-to-farmer dissemination• Training of trainers – ICARDA’s Seed Unit

Seed delivery options

Contract farmers – seed multiplication

Volunteer farmers – seed multiplication

2007/08 2008/090

3000

6000

9000

12000

15000T

ota

l se

ed

(kg

)Seed multiplication

2007/08 2008/090

20

40

60

80

100

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(h

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Seed multiplication

Seed multiplication – demonstration plots

Knowledge Exchange – Common Vetch

Narbon vetch

Grasspea

Common vetch

Barley

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Fodder seed (tonnes)

Seeds for multiplication

Seed multiplication – field visits

Seed multiplication – field visits

Seed multiplication – field visits

Seed multiplication – field visits

• Farm level

• Changes in seed/fodder production practices.• Increased quality seed production – El-Bab.• Farmer-to-farmer dissemination – El-Bab• Better seed production initiatives – El-Bab, Salameih• Institutional arrangements – Salameih

• Why..???????• Policy makers• Build trust• Market

Outcomes

Thank you