REGIS-AG, Quarterly Report, FY2017 Quarter 1
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Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) PROJECT YEAR 3 (FY17) QUARTELY REPORT (1 OCTOBER 2016 – 31 DECEMBER 2016) This quarterly report, submitted for review by the United States Agency for International Development, was prepared by CNFA under USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001, Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth Project. 2 1 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth Project Project Year 3 (FY17) Quarterly Report (1 October 2016 – 31 December 2016) USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001 Implemented by CNFA Submitted to: Patrick Smith COR USAID/Senegal 1 February 2017 DISCLAIMER The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 PART 1 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 5 REGIS-AG and the RISE initiative ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Goal, Objectives and Expected Results ................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Intervention Areas ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3 Implementation Partners........................................................................................................................ 5 1.4 Overview of Value Chain Development Strategy.................................................................................. 6 PART 2 – PROJECT PERFORMANCE – Level of Achievement in Q1of FY17 Expected Outputs ......................... 7 2.1. Component 1: Identify Opportunities through Value Chain and End-Markets Analysis ...................... 7 2.1.1. Carrying out complementary studies ................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2. Refining project strategies .................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. Component 2: Strengthen Linkages and Relationships in Selected Value Chains ............................... 10 2.2.1. Cowpea Value Chain .......................................................................................................................... 10 2.2.2. Small Ruminants Value Chain ............................................................................................................. 15 2.2.3. Poultry Value Chain ............................................................................................................................ 17 2.3. Component 3: Strengthen Input Supply and other Supporting Services and Improve Smallholder and Agro-Pastoralist Access to Interconnected Markets....................................................................................... 23 2.3.1. Cowpea Inputs and Services .............................................................................................................. 23 2.3.2. Animal Inputs and Services ................................................................................................................. 29 2.4. Component 4 - Increase access to finance, innovation and private sector investment ..................... 33 2.5 Component 5: Improve the Enabling Environment for Local and Regional Private Investment......... 35 PART 3 - PROJECT PERFORMANCE - Level of Achievement in Q1 of FY17 Expected Outcomes and Performance Indicators ......................................................................................................................................... 39 3.1 Strengthening of the M&EL system ...................................................................................................... 39 3.1.1. Assessment of the M&EL system ....................................................................................................... 39 3.1.2. Organizing the baseline study ............................................................................................................ 40 3.2 Status of achievement of performance indicators at Q1 in FY17 ....................................................... 41 PART 4 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 50 iii Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 4.1. Project staff .......................................................................................................................................... 50 4.2 Management activities .......................................................................................................................... 51 4.3 Collaboration with RISE partners ........................................................................................................ 51 4.4 Project Reporting and Public Communication .................................................................................... 52 iv Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 ACRONYMS A2N Association Nodde Nooto ADI Association des Distributeurs d’Intrants Agricoles du Niger AE Auxilliaire d’élevage AGRA Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa AGED Association pour la Gestion de l’Environnement et le Développement AGRODIA Association des Grossistes et Détaillants d’Intrants Agricoles du Burkina Faso ANFT National Association of Suppliers, Transformers and Traders of the BVCP ANPB National Association of Livestock Producers AREN Association pour la Redynamisation de l'Elevage au Niger ASCOV Association of Poultry Traders ASPRODEB Association Sénégalaise pour la Promotion des Petits Projets de Développement à la Base BDS Business Development Services BPH Bonnes Pratiques d’Hygiène BOA Bank of Africa CAHW Community Animal Health Workers CNCB Conseil National des Chargeurs du Burkina Faso CNFA Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture CERRA Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique CILSS Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (Comité Permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel) COFENBAVI Confédération des Fédérations Nationales de la Filière Bétail/Viande des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer’s Representative CRA Chambre Régionale d’Agriculture CRS Catholic Relief Services DCA USAID Development Credit Authority DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DDEL Délégation Départementale de l’Elevage DFAP USAID Development Food Aid Program DOPAIR Direction de l’Organisation des Producteurs et de l’Appui aux Institutions Rurales DQA Data Quality Assessment DRE Direction Régionale de l’Elevage DREL Délégation Régionale de l’Elevage DRRAH Direction des Ressources Animales et Halieutiques (Regional Directorate of Animal and Fishery Resources) DSA Direction de la Santé Animale (Directorate of Animal Health) ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States v Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations PO Farmers’ Based Organization FCFA Franc de la Communauté Financière d’Afrique FFP Food for Peace FIARA Foire Internationale de l’Agriculture et des Ressources Animales FODEL Fonds de Développement de l’Elevage GERME Gérer Mieux son Entreprise GRET Groupe de Recherches et d’Echanges Technologiques GIE Groupement d’Intérêt Economique GIP Groupement d’Intérêt Public GPS Global Positioning System GSC Groupement de Service et de Conseil IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development INERA Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles du Burkina Faso INRAN Institut National de Recherche Agricole du Niger IP-BVCP Inter Profession Bétail-Viande Cuirs et Peaux LABOCEL Laboratoire Central de l'Elevage du Niger LAHIA Livelihoods, Agriculture and Health Interventions in Action (DFAP) LOP Life of Project MAGEL Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage MCPSP Ministère du Commerce et de la Promotion du Secteur Privé M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MFI Micro-Finance Institution MICA Ministère de l’Industrie du Commerce et de l’Artisanat MT Metric Ton MOU Memorandum of Understanding MRA Ministère des Ressources Animales MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise NGO Non-Governmental/Non-Profit Organization OCADES Organisation Catholique pour le Développement Economique et Social OHADA Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa ONV-BF Ordre national des Vétérinaires du Burkina Faso ONVN Ordre National des Vétérinaires du Niger OPCV Organisation des Producteurs des Chaînes de Valeur PAS Programme d’Ajustement Structurel PASAM-TAI Program for Support to Household Food Security PDLK Projet d’Appui au Développement Local de la Komandjari PERSUAP Pesticide Evaluation Report