Purvi Mehta

Livestock sector development in Bihar: ILRI’s interests and plans

IFC and BMGF Consultation Meeting for Bihar Dairy Sector Development, 23 October 2013

International Livestock research Institute

Mali

Nigeria

Mozambique

Kenya

Ethiopia

India

Sri Lanka

China

Laos

Vietnam

Thailand

CGIAR center dedicated to LS research

Over 700 staff from 43 countries, working on a cross section of LS issues

South-South (Asia-Africa) collaborations

AIPCSISA

GEF Asia

GEF Asia

GEF Asia

MilkIT

IMGoats

ELKS

ACIARCSISA

GET DairyMaize LIVE

ILRI Projects in South Asia

L&F Dairy VC

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

On going Work in Bihar

CGIAR Research program on Livestock and Fish

A4NH program- emphasis on Zoonosis and One health

CSISA project

Strategic CRP 3.7 Cross-cutting Platforms• Technology Generation• Market Innovation• Targeting & Impact

Inputs & Services Production Processing Marketing Consumers

Value chain development team + research partners

GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLIC GOODS

INTERVENTIONS TO SCALE OUT REGIONALLY

Dairy Value Chain Development Through CRP

Major intervention with development partners

Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact

Three platforms for generating productivity

Improved Technologies

Animal genetics

Animal feeds

Animal health

Value Chain

Development

Sectorial and policy

analysis

Value chain assessment

Value chain innovation

Targeting, Gender and Impact

Systems analysis and

targeting

Gender and equity

M&E and impact assessment

Three platforms for generating productivity

Improved Technologies

Animal genetics

Animal feeds

Animal health

Value Chain

Development

Sectorial and policy

analysis

Value chain assessment

Value chain innovation

Targeting, Gender and Impact

Systems analysis and

targeting

Gender and equity

M&E and impact assessment

VC Analysis- on going

Policy interventions

Work on dual purpose crops

Feed practices

1. Food Safety2. Emerging infectious disease 3. Zoonoses 4. Ecohealth/One Health

Agriculture Associated Disease

Cereal System Initiative for South AsiaCSISA

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

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

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?

Thank You