REGIS-AG, Quarterly Report, FY2017 Quarter 2
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Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel - Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) PROJECT YEAR 3 (FY17) QUARTERLY REPORT (1 JANUARY 2017 – 31 MARCH 2017) 2 1 Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 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. Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth Project Project Year 3 (FY17) Quarterly Report (1 January 2017 – 31 March 2017) USAID Contract No. AID-625-C-14-00001 Implemented by CNFA Submitted to: Patrick Smith COR USAID/Senegal 1 May 2017 3 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. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 PART 1 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 REGIS-AG and the RISE initiative ...................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Goal, Objectives and Expected Results ................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Intervention Areas ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 Implementation Partners........................................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Overview of Value Chain Development Strategy.................................................................................. 7 PART 2 – PROJECT PERFORMANCE – Level of Achievement in Q1of FY17 Expected Outputs ......................... 8 2.1. Component 1: Identify Opportunities through Value Chain and End-Markets Analysis ...................... 8 2.1.1. Carrying out complementary studies ................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2. Refining project strategies .................................................................................................................... 9 2.2. Component 2: Strengthen Linkages and Relationships in Selected Value Chains ............................... 11 2.2.1. Cowpea Value Chain .......................................................................................................................... 11 2.2.2. Small Ruminants Value Chain ............................................................................................................. 16 2.2.3. Poultry Value Chain ............................................................................................................................ 18 2.3. Component 3: Strengthen Input Supply and other Supporting Services and Improve Smallholder and Agro-Pastoralist Access to Interconnected Markets....................................................................................... 24 2.3.1. Cowpea Inputs and Services .............................................................................................................. 25 2.3.2. Animal Inputs and Services ................................................................................................................. 31 2.4. Component 4 - Increase access to finance, innovation and private sector investment ..................... 35 2.4.1. Functional Literacy Capacity Building Activities................................................................................. 35 2.4.2. Access to Finance Facilitation Activities ............................................................................................ 44 2.5. Component 5: Improve the Enabling Environment for Local and Regional Private Investment......... 47 PART 3 - PROJECT PERFORMANCE - Level of Achievements in Q2FY17, Expected Outcomes and Performance Indicators ......................................................................................................................................... 53 3.1. Strengthening of the M&EL system ...................................................................................................... 53 3.1.1. Staff training on the MEL system ........................................................................................................ 53 3.1.2. Recruiting additional staff for project monitoring and evaluations ................................................... 53 iii Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth (REGIS-AG) Contract No. #AID-625-C-14-00001 3.2. Activity implementation monitoring and evaluation ............................................................................ 53 3.2.1. Activity implementation monitoring .................................................................................................. 53 3.2.2. Assessment of the outcomes of fairs and B2B events held in FY15 and FY16 ................................. 54 3.2.3. Baseline survey ................................................................................................................................... 55 3.3. Status of achievement of performance indicators at Q1 in FY17 ....................................................... 56 PART 4 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 65 4.1. Project staff .......................................................................................................................................... 65 4.2. Management activities .......................................................................................................................... 68 4.3. Collaboration with RISE partners ........................................................................................................ 69 4.4. Project Reporting and Public Communication .................................................................................... 70 Annexes ................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Annex 1: Geographic coverage of REGIS-AG POs and their distribution by VC and project partners ........ 71 Annexe 2 : Liste des OP bénéficiaires du crédit warrantage par IMF au Burkina Faso .................................. 72 Annexe 3 : Liste des OP bénéficiaires du crédit warrantage par IMF au Niger .............................................. 76 Annexe 4 : Répartition et composition des nouveaux centres d’alphabétisation au Burkina Faso ................ 77 Annexe 5 : Répartition et composition des nouveaux centres d’alphabétisation au Niger............................ 78 Annexe 6 : Thèmes abordés dans la formation des animateurs et superviseurs au Burkina Faso (alphabetisation) ............................................................................................................................................... 79 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.