RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE ARID LANDS ...

RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN

THE ARID LANDS-ACCELERATED GROWTH

FY2015 QUARTER THREE PROGRESS REPORT

JULY 2015

This document was prepared by the Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands – Accelerated Growth project under

AID-623-C-12-00002, generously funded by the American people through the United States Agency for International

Development.

REGAL-AG FY2015 QUARTER THREE REPORT

RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN

THE ARID LANDS-ACCELERATED GROWTH (REGAL-AG)

FY 2015 QIII PROGRESS REPORT

April – June 2015 Award No: AID-623-C-12-00002 Prepared for:

United States Agency for International Development/Kenya C/O American Embassy United Nations Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 629, Village Market 00621 Nairobi, Kenya Prepared by: ACDI/VOCA 50 F Street N.W Suite 1000 Washington D.C 20001

This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of the said items are the sole responsibility of ACDI/VOCA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

REGAL-AG FY2015 QUARTER THREE REPORT ii

CONTENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................. 4

ii. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ................................................. 6

III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS ............................................ 17

IV. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ............. 25

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING ............................ 25

VI. PROGRESS ON GENDER STRATEGY .................. 27

VII. PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL

MITIGATION AND MONITORING ............................ 28

VIII. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER USAID

PROGRAMS .................................................................... 29

IX. COLLABORATION WITH GOK AGENCIES ...... 31

X. USAID FORWARD ................................................... 32

XI. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN ......... 33

XII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ............................... 34

ANNEXES ....................................................................... 45

REGAL-AG FY2015 QUARTER THREE REPORT 3

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

APS Annual Program Statement

CBGCC Community Based Gender Champions of Change

CCF Community Contracting Fund

CFO Chief Finance Officer

CLBs Community Land Boards

COP Chief of Party

COR Contracting Officer Representative

DCOP Deputy Chief of Party

EOI Expression of Interest

ERF Environmental Review Forms

FFA Food for Assets

FY Fiscal year

GIS Geographical Information System

GIZ German International Corporation

GOK Government of Kenya

IEA/EA Initial Environmental Assessment/Environmental Audit

KCA Kenya Camel Association

KLMC Kenya Livestock Marketing Council

LMA Livestock Marketing Association

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MERL Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning

NEMA National Environmental Management Authority

NRT Northern Rangeland Trust

PACIDA Pastoralist Community Initiatives Development Assistance

PERSUAP Pesticide Evaluation Report/ Safe Use Action Plan

REGAL-AG Resilience and Economic Growth in Arid Lands-Accelerated Growth

REGAL-IR Resilience and Economic Growth in Arid Lands-Improved Resilience

SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative Society

ToTs Trainer of Trainers

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WFP World Food Program


I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands-Accelerated Growth (REGAL-AG) is a five-year

project that will increase economic growth in rural communities in Kenya by building a more inclusive

and competitive livestock value chain. Through project activities, REGAL-AG will foster a vibrant

livestock value chain that generates opportunities for those all along it, including pastoralist livestock

keepers. REGAL-AG is encouraging growth by improving market access through Community

Contracting Fund (CCF) business development grants, market constructions, increasing the availability

and affordability of inputs and services needed to benefit from market participation, and working with

livestock keepers to reduce their vulnerability.

This report summarizes the project progress and achievements in the third quarter of FY 2015, covering

the period April-June 2015.

QUALITATIVE IMPACT

Under component 2, for Oldonyiro and Merille markets, it is expected that the revenue opportunities

being created with improved income friendly infrastrucuture will help the market turn from a government

subsidized trading venue into a sustainable business entity able to provide a range of new services both

sellers and buyers. There will be an increasd trade within the markets due to a variety of enhanced

services aimed to facilite trade and improve the overall health of animals being sold. Specific to the grants

program, the Afro Natural grant seeks to increase the pastoralist’s incomes from the sale of quality and

quantity of raw milk supplied to the processing factory by 500-1000 farmers, linking them to a guaranteed

market for their milk. The milk factory will be the first significant value addition facility for milk in the

county. Until now, milk was either sold in raw/low processed form or exported before the value was

added. This will also hold true for many other in process grants that will add value to meat (sausages),

chickens (packaged for sale), and feed products.

In terms of component 3, please refer to the annex containing the success story entitled “REGAL-AG

partners with Animal Health Service Providers to Improve Livestock Productivity”.

QUANTITATIVE IMPACT

REGAL-AG conducted

a mini survey on the

value of incremental sales

and gross margin in order

to establish the trends in

the volumes of livestock

sold in Isiolo and

Marsabit counties in

2011-2014. In general,

there has been an

upward trend in the

total animals sold in the

two counties. Despite

this upward trend, the

numbers sold declined from 356,612 animals in 2011 to 251,400 animals in 2013. This may be attributed

to the 2011 drought that reduced the number of animals per pastoralist family in Northern Kenya. The

numbers have however picked up with a recorded 415,280 animals in 2014. The graph above summarizes

the findings.


CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

As reported previously, the major constraints experienced by REGAL-AG has been the continued

transition of project staff. After the departure of the former REGAL-AG CFO in January, REGAL-AG

is still in the process of finalizing the approval of a new candidate for this position. The gap in this

position has meant that REGAL-AG management/staff have had to fill in any gaps in operations and

finance. In addition, , the project accountant resigned from the project effective April

30, 2015. REGAL-AG quickly identified and hired on a new project accountant, , from

within ACDI VOCA. He was already familiar with ACDI VOCA accounting systems. Two drivers and a

field facilitator either reisgned or were terminated during the period. All have been replaced.

Longer than expected USAID approval processes have also delayed implementation especially in the

areas of approvals related to key personnel approval, construction, and grants.

With the commencement of construction activities in Oldonyiro and Merille, local stakeholders have

increased confidence in the ability of REGAL-AG to deliver on these long discussed commitments to the

livestock value chain in Isiolo and Marsabit counties. This can be seen as an opportunity to maintain the

participation and input of local stakeholders in REGAL-AG programming.

SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S WORK PLAN

REGAL-AG’s upcoming activities are captured in in the FY 2015 work plan. A summary of the project’s

planned activities for July- September 2015 is listed below:

1. Support consultant undertaking REGAL’s impact evaluation in Marsabit County

2. Bid opening, evaluation and selection of contractors in relation to the Turbi (Marsabit) and Duse

(Isiolo) livestock market tenders; the AfroNatural dairy processing plant (Isiolo) and Emmaus

hay barn storage facility (Marsabit)

3. Finalizing the Moyale market design and issuing of the tender (large livestock market) in addition

to design work for new markets assessed and approved in Marsabit County. Additonally, design

and tender the Kipsing market in Isiolo County.

4. Evaluation and selection of winning bidders for the construction of the Moyale livestock market

5. Finalization and submission of the Moyale, Turbi, and Duse EIA reports to the respective

NEMA County offices and submission of ERF/ERR reports for these markets to USAID

6. Continue to monitor the progress of on-going construction of livestock markets in Merille and

Oldonyiro. Start market construction in Korr, Duse, Turbi, Eskot, and Merti.

7. Conducting and finalization of EIAs for business development grantees to include Afro-Natural

Products Ltd, Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprises, and other grantees selected for funding

8. Compliance and technical review conducted for all applications received under the agrovet RFA

and APS02-Round 2 applications

9. Business assessments conducted for successful applicants under the agrovet RFA-01 and APS02-

Round 2 applications

10. Finalization of business planning, design work and grant negotiations for currently selected

grantees including submission of these grant packages to USAID for approval. It is expected

that 4 to 5 grants will be submitted for approval during the quarter.

11. Applicants will selected under APS-02 (Round 2) and agrovet RFA-01


12. Finalization of sub-contract close-outs – PACIDA, RAE Trust and VETAID

13. Work with APHIA PLUS IMARISHA to train groups on fodder commercialization

14. Dissemination of Livestock Market Best Practices manuals to market actors in Marsabit and

Isiolo counties.

15. Undertake data quality assessment and disseminate findings of indicator mini-survey to REGAL-

AG county teams

16. Undertake outcome survey/mid-term survey

II. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ADMINISTRATION AND CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION

During the quarter, the following administrative activities were undertaken:

REGAL-AG facilitated a team of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee staffers who visited Marsabit

County to assess the level of program implementation success and the milestones achieved in the

program. The visit went well and the staffers were impressed with the level of success and the layering of

activities done by USAID supported projects in Marsabit county including REGAL-AG.

During the quarter, REGAL-AG attended the monthly USAID Partnership for Resilience and Economic

Growth Group (PREG) meetings as follows;

a) In April 2015, the PREG meeting was held at the AHADI offices in Nairobi. The meeting

focused on layering efforts in Turkana County in addition to discussing the drought situation in

Kenya based on a presentation by FEWSNET. Within the counties, REGAL-AG’s Isiolo office

organized the USAID 9-5-2/ PREG team to support a consultant who was undertaking a mid-

term review of the Horn of Africa Joint Planning Cell under the Resilience Learning Project

(RLP). The consultant held consultations with all PREG members and did site visits in

Isiolo. The debriefing meeting was hosted by . The evaluation team also

visited Marsabit County and met PREG members including REGAL-AG. The findings of the

evaluation will inform the PREG learning agenda in future.

b) In June 2015, the PREG meeting was held at the USAID offices in Nairobi. During the meeting,

the group reviewed the mapping tools development progress. From the reviews, it is evident that

the new USAID programs will benefit from the database by seeing who else is working in the

selected sites and being able to figure out how to work together. The meeting also discussed the

PREG learning agenda and agreed to focus on how resilience programs can scale up and improve

county level sequencing, layering and integration, in addition to ways of measuring and

demonstrating what the programs are doing in terms of both process and impact, and finally

what strategic investments are needed to increase resilience (impact) in PREG operations. It was

reported that PREG will be hosting the Joint Planning Cell visit during early October 2015.

REGAL-AG also participated in UNICEF’s Resilience program framework meeting whose focus

was a discussion on how projects can design and implement nutrition-sensitive programs that

contribute to increased resilience among project beneficiaries.


Sections of Market Best Practices Guide

1.2 ANIMAL HEALTH BEST PRACTICES

During the quarter, the program finalized the first draft and of the animal health best practices guide. The

preparation of the document involved peer review by the ACDI/VOCA livestock experts. The draft

document was developed with a focus on the pastoral context in Arid Lands rather than previous animal

health practice guides which have had more of a focus on the dairy set up (more settled communities) in

the highlands of Kenya. The contents of the animal health best pratices toolkit include:

Opportunities for growing animal health services and inputs delivery,

Modernizing animal health and inputs delivery to pastoralists

Agro-dealer product and service diversification

Networks and support institutions for agro-dealers and service providers

Customer-oriented service and input delivery strategies

Achieving excellence in animal health service and inputs provision

Agrovets/animal health service providers best practices

Promoting technologies for improved productivity

Promoting commercial pastoralism and the commercial pastoralism model

Management of livestock for commercial purposes

By the end of the quarter, the draft animal health best practices guide was reviewed by animal health

stakeholders whose feedback further enriched the document. Once completed, the document will be

finalized by the REGAL-AG technical experts and HQ communications staff, and then shared with

USAID for review and approval.


1.3 REVIEW OF POLICY BRIEFS

As part of creating synergy and layering of USAID-supported interventions in Kenya, the DCOP shared

the 2 policy papers developed last year (2014) with the USAID AHADI program in order to explore

opportunities for support they could provide in taking the policy papers to the next stage. In the coming

quarter, AHADI and the REGAL-AG team in Isiolo County will work with the county government of

Isiolo to explore possibility of developing the policy papers into county bills for future legislation.

B. COMPONENT 2: EXPAND MARKETS AND COMMERCIAL

INVESTMENTS

REGAL-AG’s component two is centered on constructing livestock markets, delivering development

grants to livestock sector business, and other catalytic market infrastructure which forms the core of the

project along with other facilitative activities centering on markets and business development. The

Community Contracting Fund is the vehicle used by the project to achieve its objectives under

component 2.

During the quarter, the following was achieved under CCF market construction activities and private

sector/business development activities.

2.1 COMMUNITY GRANT PROCESS

Based on the annual work plan, REGAL-AG was to construct four (4) main livestock markets in Isiolo

and Marsabit in order to improve infrastructure needs necessary to spur growth in livestock trade in the

two Counties. The four markets were Isiolo Town and Oldonyiro in Isiolo County and Merille and

Moyale in Marsabit County. In addition to the main markets, small market infrastructure were to be

constructed in each County to include facilities such as market stalls, veterinary facilities, sales yards etc.

The small markets identified included Eskot, Merti, and Kipsing markets in Isiolo County and Illaut,

Korr, and Turbi markets in Marsabit County. This was to be based on what infrastructure is needed to

attract more business transactions in such markets and addressing actor challenges and constraints in the

market.

During the quarter, the following were achieved in line with the annual work plan targets:

CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN LIVESTOCK MARKETS

a) Oldonyiro and Merille Livestock Markets

In May 2015, REGAL-AG commenced on the construction/upgrading of two main markets i.e.

Oldonyiro livestock market in Isiolo County and Merille livestock market in Marsabit County.

Contractors for the two markets were selected through open-competition and awarded contracts on

approval by USAID; these were for the construction of the Merille market

and for the construction of Oldonyiro market.

As a result of on-going construction activities, a number of job opportunities have been created for both

skilled and unskilled labor, with labor sourced locally to the greatest extent possible and non-local labor in

the absence of skilled labor in the areas under construction. So far, a total of 75 local people have been

employed at the Merille and Oldonyiro construction sites translating into 6 full time equivalents (FTEs)

emlpoyment oppotunities.

b) Moyale Livestock Market

REGAL-AG has been working on the designs and drawings of the Moyale livestock market, one of the


big livestock markets in Marsabit County and will finalize and tender this market in the coming quarter. It

is expected that this market will contribute to employment of local laborers and female food vendors

during construction and increased trade and sales in the Marsabit region once completed.

c) Isiolo Livestock Market

REGAL-AG had planned to construct the Isiolo main market and had even commenced some pre-

construction activities like design work. However, after various consultations with the Isiolo County

Government, the market was re-allocated to the African Development Bank (ADB) and REGAL-AG

requested to invest in other small markets within Isiolo County. Alternative small markets for

infrastructural investment in place of the Isiolo market are still under consideration.

CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE

In addition to the previously mentioned six identified small markets i.e. Merti, Eskot and Kipsing in Isiolo

County and Illaut, Korr and Turbi in Marsabit County, three other markets were selected for

infrastructural development i.e. Duse market in Isiolo and Forole/Debel markets in Marsabit County. All

markets selected were done in consultation with the community and county and an assessment conducted

to identify priority infrastructure needs.

a) Merti, Eskot and Korr markets

REGAL-AG tendered and selected contractors for the three small markets and received approval from

USAID on these contracts. Tendering was done in April 2015 and construction contractors were selected;

Salma Investment Co. Ltd was selected for the construction of Merti and Eskot markets in Isiolo County

while Cato (K) Construction Co. Ltd for the construction of Korr market in Marsabit County.

Construction works for the three markets is expected to commence in July 2015 for a period of four

months.

b) Duse and Turbi markets

In June 2015, REGAL-AG tendered for these markets and in the coming quarter will be selecting and

forwarding for USAID approval contractors selected for this work. It is expected that construction work

will commence in the month of August 2015.

c) Illaut, Debel, and Forole markets

Pre-construction activities will commence in the next quarter for these markets to include preparation of

designs and drawings and tendering for the same (assuming USAID approves the selection of the

markets).

In its construction activities, REGAL-AG has involved community members and the

County/Community Supervisory Committee at different stages from consultations regarding the selection

of market locations, to on-site meetings with the contractors and review of designs/drawings. The CSC

was trained during the quarter on their role in monitoring and overseeing the construction works to be

undertaken by REGAL-AG program. This was done for both Isiolo and Marsabit Counties. REGAL-AG

has also been monitoring the progress of on-going construction activities and will work closely with the

respective community members and the CSC in monitoring the construction of these markets and in

ensuring their efficient use on completion and handover. A monitoring visit was also conducted by

USAID/REGAL-AG COR in the quarter and specifically for the Oldonyiro and Merille markets.

It is expected that with the completion of the identified livestock markets, there will be increased trade

within the markets with increased number of livestock passing through the markets and being traded.


Market LocationContracted Value

USD

Estimated Value

USDStatus Remarks

Isiolo

Oldonyiro 400,000 Contracted Completion estimated September 2015

Kipsing 140,000 Under design To tender in August 2015

Merti 128,000 Contracted Completion estimated November 2015

Eskot 141,000 Contracted Completion estimated November 2015

Duse 132,000 Contract approval to USAID Completion estimated December 2015

Marsabit

Merille 459,000 Contracted Completion estimated September 2015

Moyale 475,000 Tendered To contract in September

Turbi 113,000 Contract approval to USAID Completion estimated November 2015

Korr 92,000 Contracted Completion estimated November 2015

Ferole 80,000 pending To tender in October

Debel 120,000 pending To tender in October

Illaut 120,000 pending To tender in October

Total Isiolo and Marsabit 1,220,000 1,180,000

Total all Markets 2,400,000

Market Budget 2,873,000

Budget Variance 473,000

The chart above provides an estimated cost breakdown by market and county. With the markets

currently selected, there is a projected budget surplus of $473,000 USD. This is due to Isiolo County

transferring implementation of the Isiolo market from REGAL-AG to the African Development Bank.

In the next quarter, REGAL-AG will propose alternatives on where to spend the surplus (assuming the

Isiolo government doesn’t change their minds).

2.2 PROGRESS ON PRIVATE SECTOR GRANTS

Based on the annual work plan, REGAL-AG planned to support a selected group of dedicated

entrepreneurs through the grant process to establish marketing/processing facilities for specific products

close to pastoralist’s communities or markets. REGAL-AG has since issued three solicitation (APS-01,

APS-02 and RFA-01) to identify these dedicated entrepreneurs with one specific to agrovet businesses

(RFA-01).

During the quarter, two selected businesses were provisionally approved by USAID for funding subject

to environmental approvals required as a pre-requisite to construction activities (i.e. Afro-natural &

Emmaus) and one is still waiting USAID approval (Northern Meat Products). These are:

1. Afro-natural Products Ltd (Cattle and Camel milk processing)

Afro-natural Products Ltd is a start-up business based in Isiolo who isproposing to process camel and

cow milk. The business intends to source its input supplies i.e. camel and cow milk from pastoralists

groups, especially women, within Isiolo County. The project seeks to increase the pastoralist’s incomes

from the sale of quality and quantity of raw milk supplied to the processing factory by 500-1000 farmers,

linking them to a guaranteed market for their milk. The project also intends to provide key productivity

enhancing services to their member farmers in production. It is expected that as a result of this funding,

1,000 households will benefit from the projects activities during the life of the project, with an increased

value of incremental sales for milk and other related products relevant to the processing factory. The

business also intends to create employment for at least 15 people as full-time employees working in the

processing plant.


2. Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprise (Hay Production)

Emmaus is a hay producing business operating in Marsabit County with plans to commercialize hay

production within the County. The business, which was initially working under the Tumeamua Self Help

Group, will be sourcing some of its hay for sale from this women’s group and other farmers through

supply contracts, in addition to producing hay for itself for purposes of sales during the dry season. The

business intends to work with livestock market associations and organized livestock traders in the

distribution and sale of hay, thus impacting the hay value chain. It’s anticipated that the project will

benefit 600 households during the life of the project, with incremental sales for bailed hay and harvested

grass seeds. The business intends to create employment for at least 6 people during the life of the project.

3. Northern Meat Products (Camel sausage processing and other camel meat value-added

products)

This is a start-up business operating in Isiolo County proposing to process camel meat sausages and later

to diversify to other camel milk products such as burgers, nyirinyiri, kebabs, and camel nuggets. The

enterprise will exploit the developing awareness that camel meat is healthy. The business intends to

purchase camels from primary producers through negotiable purchase agreements in Isiolo and Marsabit

counties directly and will use trolleys in the marketing of camel meat sausage in Isiolo, Marsabit and

Eastleigh while at the same time involving youth groups in the enterprise activities. Two womens groups

will be involved through the setting up of distribution centers/depots so that women and youth have

increased employment opportunities related to the sales of goods produced by Northern Meat Products.

This is geared towards increasing the livelihood options of women and youths in the respective target

market areas. It is anticipated that the project will benefit about 2,100 households during the life of the

project, with incremental sales for processed meat. The business intends to create employment for at least

22 people during the life of the project.

During the quarter, other grants identified and selected for funding but subject to successful grant

negotiations and USAID approval include:

1. Guleid Farm - Proposing the business of fodder/hay production in Sololo, Marsabit County

2. Darara Poulty Farmers – Proposing the business of poultry farming in Moyale, Marsabit

County

3. Hormata Company Ltd/ Wapendwa Farms – Proposing a feedlot business in Isiolo Central,

Isiolo County

4. Green Meals Feeds – Proposing a feed milling factory in Isiolo Central, Isiolo County

5. Kulamawe Poultry Farm – Proposing a small scale poultry processing plant in Isiolo Central,

Isiolo County

6. Korrkora Supplies – Proposing as small-scale camel and cattle dairy processing plant in Karare,

Marsabit County.

REGAL-AG intends in the next quarter to identify and procure services of a business development

service provider who will provide business development services to the micro, small and medium sized

enterprises/business supported under the program. REGAL-AG will issue the business support services

to the targeted 20-25 businesses supported under the program. The business development services to be

provided are aimed at improving the operational performance of these enterprises, their access to markets

and ability to compete. Some of the business support services to be provided will cover financial

management systems, business operational processes, human resource management, marketing and sales,

governance structures and access to finance.


Negotiations, discussion and signing of fodder supply contract between the Kampi Ya Juu Fodder Group and , a dairy Farmer in Isiolo County

by increasing access to animal feeds, improving herd management and health. During the reporting

quarter, the following progress was made under this component:

3.1 FODDER PRODUCTION

REGAL-AG’s approach to improving animal feed is targeted at rehabilitating pasture—naturally existing

grass—through reseeding degraded land using indigenous grass varieties. In the quarter under review, the

REGAL-AG team continued to work with community groups and pastoralists to demonstrate pasture

rehabilitation at selected sites. Specific progress on fodder activities are summarized below:

In Marsabit County, REGAL-AG supported Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprise (a fodder grantee) to

establish business linkages with 5 Agrovets on commercial fodder supply. The meeting was held in the

REGAL-AG office after the Agrovet training material review meeting. , the proprietor of

Emmaus sixty two General Enterprise, introduced himself to the Agrovets from Sololo, Turbi, Logo,

Korr, and Merille. The pastor explained how the Agrovets can become haysales business contacts for

him. The Agrovet owners were very interested in the fodder business and they took the contact details of

. It was agreed that the pastor will do some follow-up with the Agrovets for potential

business agreements.

In addition to signing supply contracts with Agrovets, the grantee also signed fodder supply agreements

with 8 members of Tumeamua self-help group. In the agreement, the grantee will purchase one bale of

hay at Kshs. 150. The grantee also made business contacts with government agencies (Kenya Prisons,

Kenya Forest Marsabit) and the APHIA Plus Immarisha project for possible fodder supply agreements.

In Isiolo County, the REGAL-AG team supported a business linkage meeting between the Kambi Ya Juu

Fodder Group and a dairy farmer . The meeting was meant to formalize a fodder

supply contract and resulted in the signing of a business agreement between the two parties that specifies

the agreed price per bale, quantities to be supplied, the size of a bale and quality aspects of the fodder.

The Kampi Ya Juu Fodder group delivered 15 bales of hay at the signing of the agreement.

FODDER ON-SITE TRAINING ACTIVITIES

In Marsabit County, the REGAL-AG Fodder specialist trained a total of 45 fodder farmers (34 females,

11 males) on fodder establishment, management and harvesting. The training also involved a discussion

on business opportunities and profitability of fodder production. The training was attended by individuals

from Dirib Gombo Women Group (5 males, 5 females), Huruma Self Help Group (16 females), Waititi

Farmers group (1 male), an individual male famer- (male), Diridima

farmers (5 males, 5 females), and six members of Misa Women group (1 male, 5 females).


In terms of fodder harvesting and baling, fodder groups in Marsabit County baled a total of 230 kilos of

seed valued at kshs. 161,000 in addition to 1,168 bales of hay valued at Ksh. Kshs. 175,000.

During the same period, 5 fodder producers sold a total of 1,830 bales of hay at a cost of Kshs. 297,500.

REGAL-AG, WFP, and World Vision identified one trainee ( ) to be a lead fodder producer

from Nana sub location in Moyale Location. Under the joint efforts of the three partners, s 5

acre plot of pasture will be used to train community members on fodder production. World Vision’s

Moyale team will provide technical support in the areas of water harvesting and conservation within the

fodder plot and labor required will be hired using WFPs food for assets (FFA) program.

From the above results, it’s evident that entering into fodder businesses is beginning to gain acceptance

among the pastoral communities of Marsabit county.

3.2 SCALE AGRO-VET ACTIVITIES

Following the successful assessment of agrovets activities in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties (carried out in

November - December 2014) whose objective was to look into the impact of earlier training and

mentoring support given to Agrovet owners and other livestock value chain actors in the county, the

REGAL-AG team continued to collaborate with lead Agrovets to scale up extension messages and

outreach events to livestock keepers.

During the quarter, a total of 2,022 livestock keepers (1,378 males, 644 females) were reached with

commercial pastoralist, animal health and animal husbandry messages in both Isiolo and Marsabit

Counties. The outreach events were carried out by animal health change agents/Agrovet owners and

Community Field Facilitators.

In Isiolo County, a total of 749 pastoralists (489 males, 260 females) were reached by animal health

change agents and Community Field Facilitators during the quarter. The events were carried out in

Kipsing, Oldonyiro, Eskot, Danyer, Duse, Qura Qone, Kinna, Isiolo livestock market, and Sidai

veterinary store.

In Marsabit County, the Animal Health Change agents reached a total of 1,273 (889 males, 384 females)

pastoralists with commercial and animal health advisory messages. The outreach events were held in

Merille, Laisamis, Loglogo, Korr and Sololo markets.

Commercial pastoralism is the deliberate production of livestock for sale at the market, rather than

keeping them for traditional and social reasons. By doing so, livestock producers are able to earn an

income from selling their animals. Agrovets are trained by REGAL-AG to apply the customer-oriented

service and input model and to proactively reach out to potential clients on market days to promote their

services and products. REGAL-AG’s approach of providing sub-grantsto Agrovets via the grants

mechanism will provide an opportunity for enhancing the commercial pastoralism outreach messages to

livestock keepers.

TRAINING LIVESTOCK KEEPERS ON COMMERCIAL PASTORALISM:

During the quarter, REGAL-AG, in collaboration with local partner PACIDA, developed training

materials that will be used by Agrovets to train pastoralists on commercial pastoralism. The training

materials focused on the different themes including business management, pastoralism as a business,

animal health, record-keeping; pasture production and management, grazing/range management, and hay

establishment.

The training materials were validated in a meeting with 11 Agrovet owners (5 in Marsabit, 6 in Isiolo

Counties). The training manual focuses on Commercial pastoralism, Animal health, Pasture rehabilitation

and Fodder production.


In collaboaration with the 11 Agrovets, PACIDA trained 386 pastoralists (274 males, 112 females) in

Marsabit and Isiolo Counties. Specifically, 170 pastoralists (129 males, 41 females) were trained in

Marsabit while 216 (145 males, 71 females) pastoralists were trained in Isiolo County. It is expected that

more pastoralists will embrace commercial pastoralism and with time livestock keeping will be practiced

as a business in Marsabit and Isiolo counties.

D. COMPONENT 4: PROMOTING THE INCLUSIVENESS OF WOMEN, YOUTH AND LOCAL

GROUPS

REGAL-AG’s component 4 focuses on addressing socio-economic, gender related inequality and

customs that limit women and girls’ opportunities in the livestock value chains. Women and youth’s

efforts towards active engagement in pastoral production systems are hindered by gender inequalities that

are enshrined in customs and traditions in a highly patriarchal society. These structural and cultural

underpinnings are largely driven by the intra-household decision-making that limit women and the

youth’s access and control over productive assets; mainly credit, livestock and land. Women’s social status

has largely been exacerbated by their high illiteracy levels and large workload burdens, presenting them

with limited power to move up value chains or have access to roles in communal leadership. The

combination of these factors has limited the array of opportunities that women and youth can exploit,

forcing them to operate on the margins of the livestock sector, particularly on the lower nodes of each of

the key value chains where returns are minimal. REGAL-AG’s activities reported under component 1-3

above integrated gender in all its aspects including the assessment of business development grants.

During the quarter, the REGAL-AG team in both Marsabit and Isiolo reached out to women and youth-

owned businesses to sensitize them on the need to access REGAL-AG supported business development

grants and the Agrovets RFA. This has resulted in one businesswoman establishing business linkages with

a fodder group as well as two youth-owned businesses (Green Meal Feeds and Kulamawe Poultry Farm)

developing business proposals in an effort to access the REGAL-AG businesses development grants. The

REGAL-AG team will continue to coach and mentor women and youth-led enterprises in order to

position them to take advantage of the grants opportunity.

The implementation of the REGAL-AG gender strategy is described in further detail in Section VI

(Progress On Gender Strategy). Notably, REGAL-AG will dedicate at least 20% of the monetary value of

BDS grants awarded to female-owned businesses.

LESSONS LEARNED

The development of training materials and the review of these materials with Agrovets for the purpose of

training pastoralists on commercial pastoralism is likely to incentivize the Agrovets to explore

opportunities for business ventures and diversification of their businesses.

The establishment of a grants program that focuses in part on agro-dealers will most likely lead to

innovative ways of enhancing animal health service delivery in the counties and can further instill

entrepreneurial approaches in the delivery of animal health services. This has the potential of delivering

extension messages to pastoralists through agrovets as an embedded service in the future.


III. ACTIVITY PROGRESS The following table provides an overview of the quantitative progress for the indicators that are due for

tracking this quarter.


IV. CONSTRAINTS AND

OPPORTUNITIES As reported previously, the major constraints experienced by REGAL-AG has been the continued

transition of project staff. After the departure of the former REGAL-AG CFO in January, REGAL-AG

is still in the process of finalizing the approval of a new candidate for this position. The gap in this

position has meant that REGAL-AG staff have had to fill in any gaps in operations and finance. A new

CFO will help to ensure that REGAL-AG maintains the integrity of its robust finance and operations

systems.In addition, , the project accountant resigned from the project effective April

30, 2015. REGAL-AG quickly identified and hired on a new project accountant, , from

within ACDI VOCA. He was already very familiar with ACDI VOCA accounting systems. REGAL-AG

leadership will continue to review project staffing needs and will fill in gaps accordingly.

With the commencement of construction activities in Oldonyiro and Merille, local stakeholders have

increased confidence in the ability of REGAL-AG to deliver on these long discussed commitments to the

livestock value chain in Isiolo and Marsabit counties. This can be seen as an opportunity to maintain the

participation and input of local stakeholders in REGAL-AG programming.

V. PERFORMANCE MONITORING During this quarter, the following project monitoring activities were undertaken by project staff and

partners:

Early in Quarter two, REGAL-AG conducted a mini survey on two indicators: 1) Value of incremental

sales and 2) Gross margin. The survey involved key informant interviews, a document review of LMA

records from 12 livestock markets, interviews with traders (dealing with live animals, milk, red meat,

fodder and hides and skins), livestock producers’, county government staff, and NGO staff in Marsabit

and Isiolo counties. The gross margin of live animals in Isiolo and Marsabit countiesare summarized in

the following table.

Table 2: Gross margin of live animals in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties

Product Purchases Sales volume Total sales Gross margin (Kes)

Gross margin (USD)

Camel 1912 1912 113,456,000 18,531.36 205.90

Cattle 3614 3614 187,277,000 6,914.22 78.82

Goat 80,127 65,269 460,859,047.33 473.15 5.26

Female sheep 3,023 3,149 10,092,650 -40.57 -0.45

Male sheep 12,244 12,214 45,743,000 149.11 1.66

Total 100,920 86,158 817,427,697.33 1,342.35 14.92

Notes: 1 US$=Kshs.97

The findings established that the mean gross margin for camel and cattle is U.S. $205.9 and U.S. $76.82

respectively whereas the gross margin of goats was found out to be U.S. $5.26. Interestingly, the gross

margin for sheep showed some great variance based on sex of the animal. The male sheep recorded a


gross margin of U.S. $1.66 while the female sheep recorded a negative gross margin of U.S. $(-0.045).

The difference between goats and sheep gross margin is a factor of price and demand. Goats fetch higher

prices compared to sheep and at the same time the demand for goats is high. This reveals the need to

separate goats from sheep and avoid the practice in the market where sheep and goats are lumped

together as shoats as if they share similar attributes.

The survey also sought to establish the trends in the volumes of livestock sold in Isiolo and Marsabit counties in 2011-2014 period. In general, there has been an upward trend in the total animals sold in the two counties. Despite this upward trend, the numbers sold declined from 356,612 animals in 2011 to 251,400 animals in 2013. This may be attributed to the 2011 drought that reduced the number of animals per pastoralist family in Northern Kenya. The numbers have however picked up with a recorded 415,280 animals in 2014. The graph below summarizes the findings.

Trends of livestock volume of sales for Isiolo and Marsabit Counties

The following graph (figure 6) shows the number of cattle sold between 2011 and 2014 in Isiolo and Marsabit counties.

Number of cattle sold in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties

From the graph, it is evident that there has been some increase in the number of cattle over time. Isiolo county recorded some steady increase while some fluctuation was noted in Marsabit county, especially in 2012 when the number fell to 18,132 animals from the previous 19,575 animals in 2011. This can be


The main environmental monitoring and mitigation activities conducted in the quarter are summarized as

follows:

Environmental Impact Assessments

During the quarter, environmental impact assessments were conducted for Moyale and Turbi markets in

Marsabit County. The EIA reports will be submitted for NEMA approval in the coming quarter.

Other reports submitted for NEMA approval in the quarter are for the Korr market in Marsabit County

and Merti and Eskot markets in Isiolo County. REGAL-AG has since received NEMA approval for

Merti and Eskot markets and is awaiting approval for the Korr market.

USAID Environmental Review Form and Report (ERF and ERR)

During the quarter, REGAL-AG submitted for USAID approval, environmental review forms and

reports (ERF/ERR) for three markets i.e. Moyale, Turbi and Duse market and two business development

grants i.e. Afro-natural Products Ltd and Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprises. The reports are

currently under review.

REGAL-AG Environmental Policy

During the quarter, REGAL-AG developed an environmental policy that was developed and shared with

all staff and contractors (already contracted) aimed at raising awareness of important environmental

issues for consideration in relation to our construction activities.

A summary of these activities and others is summarized in Annex 2 as per the current and approved

REGAL-AG EMMP.

VIII. COLLABORATION WITH

OTHER USAID PROGRAMS Within the reporting period, the following joint activities with other USAID partners were undertaken:

In Isiolo County, REGAL-AG’s team undertook the following collaborative activities:

a) Collaboration with REGAL-IR – In embracing the 9.5.2 Partnership for Resilience and

Economic Group layering, REGAL-IR requested REGAL-AG to assess the poultry groups that

they are already working with to ascertain if there are any that can be scaled up through the

Business Development Grants. This was done for 1 group (Ekeru Women Poultry Group with

20 members) with plans to assess the others. The preliminary findings indicate that the group has

gaps in entrepreneurial skills and group dynamics as they are currently involved in livelihood

activities with little focus on poultry keeping as a business.

b) The REGAL-AG Isiolo office hosted the first 9.5.2 Partnership for Resilience and Economic

Group meeting to discuss coordination activities in Isiolo County. Issues discussed included:

i. Communication and information sharing

ii. Knowledge management and learning agenda

iii. Joint planning, design, and implementation


iv. Adherence to development and resilience principles

c) REGAL-AG’s Isiolo office coordinated the monthly 9-5-2 PREG meeting that was hosted by

the World Food Programme Isiolo field office.

d) REGAL-AG’s Isiolo office organized the USAID 9-5-2/ PREG team to support a consultant

who was undertaking a mid-term review of the Horn of Africa Joint Planning Cell under the

Resilience Learning Project (RLP). The consultant held consultations with all 9-5-2 PREG

members and did site visits in Isiolo. The debriefing meeting was hosted by .

e) The REGAL-AG Isiolo office participated in the monthly Partnership for Resilience and

Economic Growth Group (PREG) meeting that was hosted by APHIA Plus Imarisha’s Isiolo

office. On the coordination role of the PREG in Isiolo, REGAL-AG in Isiolo reached out and

invited a new member of the PREG, AHADI, to make a presentation during the group’s

monthly meeting.

f) In collaboration with SNV and PACDEP, REGAL-AG’s Isiolo team visited the Kipsing

Community to engage the community in identifying the preferred livestock market site based on

given criteria which included accessibility to all actors, security (good for all business

considerations), potential for future expansion, meeting requisite environmental concerns,

availability of and appropriate water flow, proximity to community settlement areas, and land

ownership.

In Marsabit County, the following coordination activities took place during the quarter:

a) REGAL-AG and REGAL-IR technical teams (attended by the REGAL-IR value chain advisor

from Garissa County) held a discussion revolving around challenges surrounding fodder

production in Marsabit County which include communal land tenure that allows uncontrolled

grazing and behavior change which make the adoption of fodder production very slow. The two

organizations agreed to work together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

in establishing a 100 acre demo plot in Jaldesa.

b) The Marsabit team attended one PREG/9-5-2 meeting that took place at the REGAL-AG

office. Minutes of the meeting were shared with all members’ including Nairobi PREG partners.

c) The REGA-AL team worked with Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth Group

(PREG) member, Aphia Plus Imarisha, to train the Huruma group and re-seed a 2 acre plot.

d) Two USAID consultants visited Marsabit to meet PREG team members while on an evaluation

of USAID’s Regional Learning Project

e) On 9th June 2015, REGAL-AG participated in a meeting organized by GIZ on feasibility study

aimed at gathering information to inform their future programming and expansion plan. The

objective of the meeting was to gather views from the stakeholders on the appropriate targets for

the study. The organizers (GIZ) of the meeting also wanted to get views from the stakeholders

on existing development gaps in the county.


IX. COLLABORATION WITH GOK

AGENCIES REGAL-AG has continued to engage with the government of Kenya both at the county and national

level. In Marsabit County, REGAL-AG staff actively participated in all planned county steering group

meetings as well as attending other relevant sector forums and meetings as summarized below:

In Marsabit County, the following County Coordination activities took place during the quarter:

i. The program held the first County Supervisory Committee (CSC) meeting on market construction

on 13th April 2015 in the REGAL-AG office. Discussions took place about the roles and

responsibility of the committee. Topics of discussion included the establishment of capacity gaps

within the County Supervisory Committee. The meeting also deliberated on the need for the

committee to provide support for market launch events. Out of 9 members expected to participate in

the meeting, 8 people attended while one (county public works engineer) was absent. The

participants in attendance included the following: 4 from the community (Korr, Merille, Turbi, &

Moyale markets) while another 4 were from the county government. The county representatives were

Chief Officer Livestock & Fisheries Development, Director and Assistant Director Livestock,

Director Veterinary Services and County Livestock Marketing Council chairperson. After some

deliberation, the committee members unanimously elected the Chief Officer of Livestock to be the

chairperson of the committee while the REGAL-AG Regional Manager was elected as the secretary

to the committee. The elections were done by show of hands on a simple majority basis.

ii. REGAL-AG staff attended a stakeholder’s workshop organized by the Department of Land to

prepare a strategic/master plan at . The Department of Lands is in the process of

developing a five year strategic plan for the years 2013-18. The main topics were legal land rights and

institutional framework of land rights in Kenya.

iii. The REGAL-AG technical team held discussions with the Chief Officer and Deputy Director of the

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The discussions revolved around working together

in pasture reseeding. The ministry has identified 100 acres for community demonstration on

reseeding and commercial fodder production. The Chief Officer in charge of Livestock and Fisheries

informed the REGAL-AG team that the land has been fenced and ploughed and is now ready for

next season’s planting.

iv. REGAL-AG participated in the County Food Security Stakeholders meeting held at

The Department of Agriculture organized a meeting with the objective of sharing specific

food security interventions by several stakeholders, brainstorm, and adopt a suitable and common

beneficiary reporting format, and explore ways of revitalizing the County Food Security Technical

Working Group. The next steps discussed were for WFP to share the information of their

registration of beneficiaries for 50 centers. The Ministry of Agriculture will lead the technical team

and seek consultations from WFP, World Vision, NDMA, and Kenya Red Cross.

v. REGAL-AG participated in the Saku sub-county steering group meeting which was held on 12th

June 2015. This was the second sub-county steering group meeting for Saku sub-county since the

commencement of the new system of devolved government. The objective of the meeting was to

obtain an overview of development activities that the development agencies in the county are

carrying out. The other objective was to obtain activity plans from the various development

organizations that are working in the county.


vi. REGAL-AG participated in a workshop organized by the Department of Lands and Urban

Development on 23rd June 2015. The workshop was organized to validate Marsabit County Lands

and Urban Development Strategic Plan.

In Isiolo County, the following County Coordination activities took place during the quarter:

i. The REGAL-AG Isiolo office participated in a stakeholders meeting called by the National Drought

Management Authority to discuss individual member preparedness for drought response and shared

the short Rains Assessment Reports and seasonal forecast.

ii. REGAL-AG was identified by the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project funded by the

World Bank through the National Government as the NGO representative in the Isiolo County

Steering Group that would review their activities and budgets for consent. The first meeting occurred

during the reporting period and the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project presented their

activity plans and budgets to the County Steering Group. Feedback was provided on areas of

synergies with other NGOs operating within the county.

iii. Other county level engagements by the Isiolo team during the quarter included:

a. Attending the Livestock Stakeholders meeting to discuss different partner’s

interventions for mapping

b. Participation in the Kenya Market Trust meeting to discuss inputs into a TOR for a

consultant to study the Gaps, Threats and Recommendations on a report done by

REGAL-AG on Operationalization of the Isiolo Abattoir covering Business Planning,

Operations and Regulatory Compliance

c. Participation in the launch of the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project

funded by the World Bank through the National Government

X. USAID FORWARD REGAL-AG has continued to work with and build the capacity of local partners. Due to changes in the

REGAL-AG program design which will now mainly focus on the implementation of market construction

and private sector grants under the CCF, a scaling down of program activities was determined to be

necessary. During the quarter, PACIDA, a local Marsabit NGO who received a new fixed price contract

for eight (8) months with the following main deliverables:

a. Roll out and implement the REGAL-AG 2014-2015 work plan training schedule for beneficiaries

drawn from both Marsabit and Isiolo Counties.

b. Mobilize and sensitize actors on behavior change that is required to effectively create efficient and

competitive livestock markets.

c. Build capacity of livestock market management for Merille, Moyale, Illaut, Korr, Dabel and Turbi

based on actors’ choice of market management model to be able to increase business in the markets.

d. Undertake project monitoring and evaluation of REGAL-AG supported projects in Marsabit.

It is expected that continued partnership between REGAL-AG project, local partners e.g. PACIDA, the

LMA members implementing market construction projects, lead Agrovets and business development

grant beneficiaries will greatly contribute to enhanced capacities in line with the USAID FORWARD

strategy.


XI. SUBSEQUENT QUARTER’S

WORK PLAN REGAL-AG’s upcoming activities are captured in in the FY 2015 work plan. A summary of the project’s

planned activities for July- September 2015 is listed below:

1. Support consultant undertaking REGAL’s impact evaluation in Marsabit County

2. Bid opening, evaluation and selection of contractors in relation to the Turbi (Marsabit) and Duse

(Isiolo) livestock market tenders; the AfroNatural dairy processing plant (Isiolo) and Emmaus

hay barn storage facility (Marsabit)

3. Finalizing on the Moyale design and issuing of the Moyale market tender (large livestock market)

in addition to design work for new markets assessed and approved in Marsabit County

4. Evaluation and selection of winning bidders for the construction of the Moyale livestock market

5. Finalization and submission of the Moyale and Duse EIA reports to the respective NEMA

County offices and submission of ERF/ERR reports for these markets to USAID

6. Continue to monitor the progress of on-going construction of livestock markets in Merille and

Oldonyiro

7. Conducting and finalization of EIAs for business development grantees to include Afro-Natural

Products Ltd, Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprises, and other grantees selected for funding

8. Compliance and technical review conducted for all applications received under the agrovet RFA

and APS02-Round 2 applications

9. Business assessments conducted for successful applicants under the agrovet RFA-01 and APS02-

Round 2 applications

10. Letters-of-regret to be communicated to all BDG applicants under APS-02 (Round 2) and RFA-

01 that will not pass the compliance and technical review stage

11. Finalization of business planning, design work and grant negotiations for currently selected

grantees including submission of these grant packages to USAID for approval

12. Applicants selected under APS-02 (Round 2) and agrovet RFA-01

13. Finalization of sub-contract close-outs – PACIDA, RAE Trust and VETAID

14. Work with APHIA PLUS IMARISHA to train groups on fodder commercialization

15. Dissemination of Livestock Market Best Practices manuals to market actors in Marsabit and

Isiolo counties.

16. Undertake data quality assessment and disseminate findings of indicator mini-survey to REGAL-

AG county teams

17. Undertake outcome survey and mid-term survey and evaluation


TABLE 4: NEW SUB-AWARD DETAILS

There have been no new sub-awards during this reporting quarter. Sub-grants are being issued under the

upcoming Market Construction and APS grants.

37 RESILIENCE AND GROWTH IN THE ARID LAND –ACCELERATED GROWTH FY2015 QUARTER THREE REPORT

TABLE 9: GPS INFORMATION

Implementing Mechanism/

Task Activity Name

Implementin

g Partne

r

Sub-Awardee

Amount

Start Date

End Date

Nationwid

e

Location

Admin 1(County)

Longitude Latitude Precision Code

Admin 2

(Constituenc

y)

Admin 3

(Location)

Ad

min 4 (Sub location)

Admin 5

(Town/Village) Activity

REGAL-AG

Training of Huruma women Group on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No E38.384110

N3.29531

St. Stephen Training center

REGAL-AG

Training of Dirib Gombo Women group on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No Grande Hotel

REGAL-AG

Training of Waititi Farmers group on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No E039.29229

N3.41197

County headquarters

REGAL-AG

On-site training of Abdikadir Huqo Guleid on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No E038.64775

N 3.55855

Turbi

Turbi

REGAL-AG

Fodder Supply business linkages between Kampi ya Juu fodder group and Farmer

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No Isiolo

ISIOLO

37.5947 0.355

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

Bula Pesa

Kampi ya Juu


REGAL-AG

On-site training of Abdow Abke on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A E 039.235050

E 039.235050

REGAL-AG

On-site training of Diridima Farmers on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A E 039.20317

E 039.20317

REGAL-AG

On-site training of Misa Women Group on commercial Fodder production

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A E 039.217350

E 039.217350

REGAL-AG

Fodder distribution business linkages between Emmaus Enterprises and Sololo Agrovet

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A

REGAL-AG

Fodder distribution business linkages between Emmaus Enterprises and Turbi Agrovet

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A

REGAL-AG

Fodder distribution business linkages between Emmaus Enterprises and Loglogo

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A


Agrovet

REGAL-AG

Fodder distribution business linkages between Emmaus Enterprises and Korr Agrovet

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A

REGAL-AG

Fodder distribution business linkages between Emmaus Enterprises and Merille Agrovet

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

N/A

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Kipsing

Livelihood (Livestock)

ACDI/VOCA

NA No Kipsing

ISIOLO

37.2466 0.6041 Exact location

Isiolo North

Kipsing

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Oldonyiro


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Oldonyiro

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Eskot


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO


Isiolo South

Garbatulla

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO

38.2948 0.756

Near exact location

Isiolo South

Garbatulla


messaging outreach event in Danyer

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Qura Qone


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO

38.2948 0.756

Near exact location

Isiolo South

Garbatulla

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Isiolo Livestock Market


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Central

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Sidai SuperCenter, Isiolo


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Central

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Elhamd Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Merti

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Shani Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA No ISIOLO

37.582 0.349

Near exact location

Isiolo North

Central


REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Merille Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Laisamis Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Loglogo Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Korr Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA

REGAL-AG

Animal Health and Commercial pastoralist messaging outreach event in Sololo Agrovet


ACDI/VOCA

NA

REGAL-AG

Training of Commercial pastoralists in Isiolo County


ACDI/VOCA

PACIDA

Apr-15 Jun-15 No Isiolo

ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Central

Kulamawe


REGAL-AG

Training of Commercial pastoralists in Marsabit County


ACDI/VOCA

PACIDA

Apr-15 Jun-15 No

Countywide

MARSABIT

37.9834 2.3506

Second order administrative division

SAKU Township

Township

Dirib Gombo

REGAL-AG

Review of Animal Health Best practices guide


ACDI/VOCA

NA No

Isiolo town

ISIOLO

37.5947 0.355

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

Wabera

REGAL-AG

REGAL-AG

Livestock market construction work in Merille

Infrastructure(Markets)

ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

REGAL-AG

Livestock market construction work in Oldonyiro


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

ISIOLO


Isiolo North

Oldonyiro

REGAL-AG

Design of Livestock market in Moyale


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

REGAL-AG

Livestock market construction work in Merille


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Merti livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No ISIOLO

38.668184 1.069371 Exact location

Isiolo North

Merti

REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Eskot Livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No ISIOLO

38.2948 0.756

Exact location

Isiolo South

Garbatulla

REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Illaut livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No


REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Korr livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No Korr

MARSABIT

37.5061 2.0008

Near exact location

LAISAMIS

Korr Korr

Korr

REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Turbi livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

REGAL-AG

Tendering and contractor selection for Korr livestock market


ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No Korr

MARSABIT

37.5061 2.0008

Near exact location

LAISAMIS

Korr Korr

Korr

REGAL-AG

Support to Emmaus Sixty Two General Enterprise develop business plan

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

Milima Mitatu

MARSABIT


SAKU Jirime

Milima Tatu

Milima Mitatu

REGAL-AG

Grant award for Afro Natural Products Ltd

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

Isiolo Town

ISIOLO

37.5947 0.355

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

Wabera

Grantee Offices

REGAL-AG

Support business plan development and grant packages for Northern Meat Ltd

Livelihood (Other)

ACDI/VOCA

NA Apr-15 Jun-15 No

Isiolo Town

ISIOLO

37.5947 0.355

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

Wabera

REGAL-AG

Support business plan development for Guleid Fodder Buisness

Kipsing

REGAL-AG

Support business plan development for Hormata Company Ltd

Livelihood (Other)

No ISIOLO

37.551838 0.267536

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central


REGAL-AG

Support business plan development for Green Meals Feeds

Livelihood (Other)

No ISIOLO

37.569027 0.333406

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

REGAL-AG

Support business plan development for Kulamawe Poultry Farmers

Livelihood (Other)

No ISIOLO

37.576958 0.337572

Near exact location

ISIOLO NORTH

Central

REGAL-AG

Support business plan development for Korrkora Supplies


, an animal

health service provider who

operates an Agrovet shop in

Laisamis. After learning about

the project’s customer-

oriented model, he started

providing mobile Agrovet

services during market days at

Korr.

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1: SUCCESS STORY

Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands –

Accelerated Growth partners with Animal Health Service Providers to Improve Livestock Productivity

Operating an Agrovet business in Kenya’s arid lands can be fraught with challenges, due to harsh climatic conditions and a scattered population of pastoralists. However, a group of dedicated animal health service providers who have partnered with REGAL-AG since 2013 took up the challenge. The fruits of their hard work have started to show, when it was announced in May 2015 that they were eligible to receive animal health business development grants.

The grants target 115 animal health service providers who received training on the project’s customer-oriented model, and 10 who went on an exposure tour in Oldonyiro and Kipsing. The aim of issuing the grants is to support pastoralists to access quality and affordable veterinary services and inputs, in order to improve the health of their livestock.

is a Marsabit County-based animal health service provider who operates an Agrovet shop in Laisamis. In 2014, he was among 10 animal health service providers from Isiolo and Marsabit Counties who went on an exposure tour that was facilitated by the project’s to learn from two Agrovet shop operators who were piloting the project’s customer-oriented model. The model involves reaching out to pastoralists during market days by pitching a tent that acts as a mobile Agrovet shop (for ease of storage and display of products, as well as providing a good shade for keeping the drugs cool). This model is also useful for disseminating animal health and commercial pastoralism messages, by using a public address system and leaflets.

“After the exposure tour, I started operating a mobile Agrovet shop in Korr during market days where I make more money compared to when I sell from my shop,” said. “This has enabled me to build a good relationship with pastoralists because I go to them, and now I have many satisfied and repeat customers, as they have seen the improvement of their livestock’s health”.

The animal health business development grants which the project will issue in-kind, cater for the procurement of tents (small size and easy to set up), public address systems, cold chain installations (fridge or freezer—complete with solar panels), and cooler boxes (for storage of vaccines while on transit).


Providing these equipment will enable Agrovet shop operators to scale up their activities and improve livestock productivity. Improved livestock productivity leads to an increase in quantity and quality of animals and animal-products being sold in the market, which in turn contributes to economic growth in the two counties.

To date, successful applicants from the first two rounds of calls for applications are in the final assessment process before being awarded grants. Meanwhile, a new call for business development grants has been issued, running from February–December 2015. In total, 25 grants valued at $30,000 to $150,000 are expected to be issued during the five-year period of the project, which ends in 2017.

While addressing participants during the Isiolo conference, , livestock officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, thanked the Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands – Accelerated Growth project for partnering with the Isiolo county government to elevate the lives of pastoralists.

“Because our ministry has limited resources, we appreciate the support provided by USAID, and I urge those who participated in this conference to take advantage of the opportunity, by applying for the grants”, said . “The information shared today has enlightened each one of us, especially in the area of available opportunities within the livestock value chain.”

The Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands – Accelerated Growth project creates an enabling environment, expands market opportunities, improves livestock productivity, and enhances inclusivity to increase economic growth. Learn more at http://www.usaid.gov/kenya/fact-sheets/resilience-and-economic-growth-arid-lands-%E2%80%93-accelerated-growth.


Annex 2: Summary of EMMP Mitigation Status

Mitigation Measure from EMMP Status of Mitigation

Measure

Outstanding

Issues related to

Mitigation

Measures

Remarks

Component 1: Improving the Enabling Environment

Outcome 1.1: Secure land use rights and mobility of pastoral communities are protected

REGAL-AG shall incorporate information on

environmental impact mitigation in TA and training to

develop land use policy and to implement policies.

Market best practices

guide incorporated

environmental issues


environmental impact mitigation in trainings on

sustainable land use practices for newly created CLBs.

This is no longer

applicable due to delay

in passing the

community land bill to

allow for establishment

of county land boards.

Outcome 1.2: Improve enabling environment for livestock marketing


environmental impact mitigation in TA and training

provided in support of master plan development.

Environmental

considerations were

integrated in the review

of Isiolo County

livestock sector strategy


environmental impact mitigation when providing TA to

develop policies and legislation and when developing

marketing plans.

Animal Health best

practice guide

incorporated

environmental issues

during analysis stage

Ensure stakeholder

consideration of

environmental concerns

during public debate

Component 2: Expanding End Market Opportunities and Catalyzing Commercial Investments

Outcome 2.1: Improved access to markets via infrastructure development

Business development grant applications to the CCF shall

be screened using the Africa Bureau Environmental

Review Form (ERF), which may be revised as applicable

for the specific types of REGAL-AG sub-grants expected

to be funded.

-Selected market

construction activities

screened or undergoing

screening

-Activities under

APS/private sector

grants undergoing

screening during the

technical evaluation

- The following market


have been screened and

received

COR/MEO/REO

approval: Oldonyiro and

Merille market in Isiolo

and Marsabit respectively

for large markets, and for

small markets, Eskot and

Merti in Isiolo County

and Korr in Marsabit

County. Other large and

small markets for



Measure

Outstanding

Issues related to

Mitigation

Measures

Remarks

Currently undergoing

environmental

assessments or audits as

appropriate for

construction.

- Private sector grants

undergoing screening at

evaluation stage and on

selection these will

undergo environmental

assessments.

REGAL-AG shall ensure that when using the ERF,

applicants incorporate appropriate mitigation measures to

minimize adverse impacts of their proposals (See

illustrative measures in Annex B, which are from the

Environmental Guidelines for Small-Scale Activities in

Africa, construction chapter and water and sanitation

chapter: http://www.encapafrica.org/egssaa.htm.)

REGAL-AG submitted

and received USAIDs

approval, ERF and

ERR reports for six

proposed market


Mitigation measures to

be monitored and

reported during

implementation

REGAL-AG shall ensure that any CCF-supported project

engaged in the provision of potable water conducts water

quality testing for arsenic and ensures it is within

acceptable limits prior to providing potable water. This

shall be included as a requirement in all applicable ERFs.

Not applicable Currently there are no

CCF projects engaged in

this kind of activity

REGAL-AG shall ensure that any CCF-supported project

engaged in the provision of potable water develops a water

quality testing plan in compliance with Government of

Kenya (GoK) requirements prior to providing potable

water.

Not applicable Currently there are no

CCF projects engaged in

this kind of activity

REGAL-AG shall ensure that Mission Environmental

Officer (MEO) approve each ERF prior to providing

support to the applicant.

ERFs submitted for the

six selected market sites

were forwarded to the

MEO and approved by

MEO, COR and REO.

Outcome 2.3: Increased commercialization of camel dairy


environmental considerations as part of capacity

strengthening in camel milk processing.

Construction designs

and project EIA report

for Afro Natural Foods

Ltd. will capture

environmental

mitigation plans for the

business supported

Follow up for

implementation of the

business environmental

mitigation plan by the

grantee



Measure

Outstanding

Issues related to

Mitigation

Measures

Remarks

Outcome 2.4: Improved quality of hides and skins for commercialization


environmental considerations as part of TA in hides and

skins processing.

Based on USAID’s

recommendations,

decision was

undertaken not to fund

any hides and skins

related grants.

Hides and skins business

is now considered an

ineligible activity under

the CCF grants and this

was communicated to all

prospective applicants

during the business

development grants

applicant conference

held in the quarter and

through the Q&A

document circulated to

all prospective

applicants.

Component 3: Improving Livestock Productivity

Outcome 3.1: Improved access to animal feed

REGAL-AG shall ensure that only native, non-invasive

seed is used for fodder production, and that seed is

appropriate for the agro-climatic zone in which it is being

used.

All the three species

grown as fodder

(Cenchrus Ciliaris,

Enteropogon

Macrostachyus, and

Eragrostis Superba) are

native, non-invasive

and appropriate for

Marsabit and Isiolo

agroclimatic zones

REGAL-AG shall avoid providing or promoting

genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

No GMO was used in

project activity

REGAL-AG shall ensure that promotion of fodder

productions has no effect on protected areas (PA), and PA

vegetation and wildlife; an adequate buffer shall be

established between fodder production sites and PAs.

Considerations made

when selecting fodder

plots for project

support

REGAL-AG shall not promote the conversion of natural

ecosystems to fodder production.

Complied by project’s

supported fodder

groups

REGAL-AG shall promote water conservation measures

in conjunction with fodder production.

Fodder production and

harvesting of fodder

incorporated water

conservation



Measure

Outstanding

Issues related to

Mitigation

Measures

Remarks

If pesticides will be recommended for fodder production,

REGAL-AG shall prepare a PERSUAP, approved by

USAID, prior to purchasing, using, or handling pesticides.

An approved

PERSUAP for

REGAL-AG is already

in place

REGAL-AG shall ensure that when providing TA or

training (including at demo sites) in fodder production,

provisions of the USAID Africa Bureau Fertilizer Fact

Sheet are incorporated.

Fodder production

doesn’t involve use of

in-organic fertilizer

USAID Africa Bureau

Fertilizer Fact Sheet to

be distributed to fodder

producers for

information purposes

Outcome 3.2: Improved animal health and husbandry

REGAL-AG shall ensure that during training of animal

health care providers, provisions from the Safer Use

Action Plan (SUAP) in the REGAL-AG PERSUAP

(covering pesticides for livestock disease prevention) are

implemented (see Annex E for SUAP requirements).

REGAL-AG animal

health specialists

reminded training

participants ( including

grant applicants) of the

provisions of Annex E

of SUAP requirements

and the need for

compliance

REGAL-AG shall ensure that animal health care providers

supported by the project comply with the provisions of the

Safer Use Action Plan (SUAP) in the REGAL-AG

PERSUAP (covering pesticides for livestock disease

prevention). See Annex E for SUAP requirements.

Supported animal

health service providers

monitored for

compliance

Outcome 3.3: Improved financial access

REGAL-AG shall not provide assistance to procure loans

for any of the items listed in Annex A of PERSUAP.

Not applicable

CROSS-CUTTING

REGAL-AG shall ensure that appropriate environmental

review is conducted for construction, processing, and

other activities in accordance with GoK and local

government provisions.

This is being

implemented for all

proposed market

construction and

private sector

construction and

processing activities.

This is on-going.

Annually, at the time of WP preparation, REGAL-AG

shall screen WP activities against the governing IEE; if any

activities are not included, REGAL-AG shall immediately

notify the COR.

Based on approved year

3 work plan, REGAL-

AG will plan to

undertake a screening

of all the work plan

Pending – to be

undertaken.



Measure

Outstanding

Issues related to

Mitigation

Measures

Remarks

activities against the

governing IEE.


ANNEX 3: PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TABLE

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