Feed the Future Performance Evaluation of the Livestock for Growth (L4G) Activity in Evaluation Summary

Goal: Promote inclusive competitive economic Implementation Period: Sept. 2014 - Sept. 2019 growth of the livestock value chain in Mali by Budget: $14,489,448 strengthening support services and improving Value chains: Cattle and small ruminants (sheep, goats) access to veterinary services, livestock fattening, and water.

Key Findings

The Private Proximity Fattening Training Water Access Veterinary Services Program

Vaccination rates were low, L4G established 45 Farmer Drilled or rehabilitated six so L4G launched Services Field Schools (FFS), a boreholes with solar powered Vétérinaires Privés cascading train-the-trainers pumps and water storage tower de Proximité in 2015. model, which were in six locations in Bankass and This activity put three intended to be Koro circles in accredited private co-located with and installed a solar veterinarians and 76 veterinary services. powered pump and veterinary auxiliaries water tower in the (VAs) in the field. Participants Koro district central learned about... market. 663,134 Improved water access total vaccinations Market delivery

Sheep/Goat Pasteurollosis 328,747 Buyer preferences Five of the six locations benefited Contagious Cattle Innovative marketing Pneumonia 203,957 from completed, operational plans to sell their pumps. (Vandalism prevented Cattle 130,430 Pasteurollosis animals at peak price completion of one water point.) periods Producer Organization (PO) “L4G has rehabilitated the members take vaccinations more “I told the agents that they water point in the cattle park, and I must admit that it has seriously. had nothing to teach us because this is an activity we relieved us. It is a total relief for “We now vaccinate our already know. But after some the town hall, the farmers, in animals normally, even if they sessions, I realized that I had a short everyone.” do not show signs of sickness lot to learn.” (Mayor, Water point user) symptoms.” (PO member, Djenné circle) (PO member) The Private Proximity Fattening Training Water Access Veterinary Services Program

More animals were vaccinated: Most valuable techniques Greater convenience 22% between 2016 and 2018, learned according to compared to 8% in 2014 in Koro participants: Decreased wait and travel times and Bankass circles. • How to grow and improve Animals vaccinated 25% fodder 22% • Fattening techniques (i.e., timing of fattening) 8% • Ability to fatten more heads 0% • Estimating weight of animals Before After • Marketing techniques and The primary challenge to vaccinating contracts more animals was violent extremism and intercommunity conflict. • Calculating profits L4G-supported water point in Mali. Koro Center, . Recommendations

To increase vaccination rates, VAs Training sites should be Provide technical assistance need cold storage (refrigerators, expanded to more circles and to water point committees freezers, medicines, and thermo- regions. around financial oversight tolerant vaccines) and and planning, including site State services start-up funds (to acquire maintenance and repairs/ supplies and support should be replacement. transportation). integrated. Collect public feedback at new Improve cascade training There was a significant attrition water points. sessions by developing a rate among VAs; only 23 of the stronger system of financial 76 VAs remained active. Use a participatory support, transportation To improve sustainability process to select allowance, training in a larger and avoid favoritism, both water management number of villages, and training the SVPP vets and state committee members to with more representatives veterinary services should promote transparency and public from each producer be involved in VA selection. confidence in management organization. decisions. To further improve the impact, VAs should be assisted with Restore the one non- start-up funds to acquire their functional water point. first stock of suppliesand transportation. Methodology: ME&A evaluators used a mixed methods approach.

regions visited 199 20 + 22 + 10 + 1 + 2 total key informant focus documents performance Mopti (Koro, Bankass, , Mopti, respondents interviews groups reviewed monitoring and and Djenné circles) survey analyzed Timbuktu (Diré, Goundam, and Niafunké circles) Read the full evaluation report at https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00WPHQ.pdf