ELKS Enhancing livelihoods through livestock

knowledge systems

1st KM4Results Workshop for NERGuwahati 7th-9th April 2010

Knowledge Management for ResultsSharing & Learning from Experiences on Livestock Services

Context & Rationale

In the last 20 years livestock sector has been growing faster than other agricultural sectors in India

Livestock rearing is a key risk mitigation strategy for the poorest in rain-fed regions, such as in the NE

Support to livestock rearing contributes significantly to women empowerment at household and village level

FAO, SOFA 2010

TATA-ILRI Partnership Programme on“Livestock Research for Development”

Uttaranchal

Jharkhand

Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal

Himmotthan

CInI

NEI

Dairy

Goatery Piggery

Piggery

SRTT livestock based livelihood programme• On overall approaches,

strategies and policies on livestock based livelihood initiatives

• Conduct applied research, test pilots, carry out field trials, market studies and institutional innovations

• Facilitate stakeholder collaboration and synergy

• Build partner capacities

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and exchange

ILRI Support

Enhancing livelihoods

KM4Results : Orientation

Data + Meaning

Information + Context

Knowledge

Know How

+ Action

Innovation

+ Experiment

Competency

+ Learning

+ Decision making

Results

The Knowledge Ladder : Going Up – Value Adding / Going Down: Strategic Objectives

Demand-based KM:

(Strategic orientation)

Supply- based KM

(Operational orientation)

Knowledge is about the how and why.

Information is about the who, where, what and when;

After K. North, 1991:41

KM4Results : Approach

1. Articulate demand for identifying what topic

matters

2. Identify stakeholders for scanning key

experiences on the topic

3. Identify exemplary cases for comprehensive

analysis of the topic

4. Share cases in a learning workshop for joint understanding of

the topic

5. Develop success factors for consensus on

action (Why & How)

6. Identify ICT solutions for continuous exchanges

7. Develop knowledge products to systematise

experiences

8. Share products with other platforms

interested into the topic at different levels

9. Pilot new ideas for stakeholders’ action-learning & results Learning

Competency

Local solutions

Knowledge use & action

Innovation

Results

KM4Results

Knowledge Products

KM4Results : A Common Framework to Guide Action

ObjectiveSuccess Factor 1.

Success Factor 2.

Success Factor3.

Success Factor 4.

Success Factor 5.

Success Factor X

Implementation guide based on experiences

What it is-what’s for

A way to distill & organise experiences

Holistic, systemic

Organise stakeholders to work in a different way

Open and process oriented

Common Framework: What is each Success Factor about?

For each success factor: XYZ

Outcome: What should be the situation at the end of a successful intervention in this factor?

Key components (or key questions): What are the necessary ingredients to realise the successful situation?

Strategies:What is it that has worked at best in different contexts and should be put into action?

Actors:Who are the different players that can turn the ideal situation into reality? ( public, private , NGOs and others)

Know-how resources: What are the relevant experiences and where can be found?