Pastoralist Areas Resilience Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) Project Funded by the United States Agency for International Development
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Pastoralist Areas Resilience Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) Project Funded by the United States Agency for International Development Year 7, Quarter 1 Report Reporting Period: 1 October 2018 – December 31 2018 Submitted to: Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATION ................................................................................................................... 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 4 II. SUMMARY OF RESULTS TABLE ............................................................................................................. 9 III. CORRELATION TO THE MONITORING PLAN ................................................................................ 12 IV. RESULT BY RESULT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 12 IR 1: IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 IR 2: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................. 22 IR 3: STRENGTHENED ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS FOR HOUSEHOLDS TRANSITIONING OUT OF PASTORALISM (TOPS) ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 IR 4: ENHANCED INNOVATION, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ..................................... 45 IR 5: USE OF NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS ....................................................................................................................... 51 V. CROSS-CUTTING THEMES ................................................................................................................... 58 A. GENDER ................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 B. DISABILITY .............................................................................................................................................................................. 58 VI. FINANCIAL SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... 58 VII. ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................................. 59 1 Acronyms and Abbreviation AC: Afar cluster ACPA: Aged and Children Pastoralists Association AHS: Annual Household Survey AEWs: Agricultural Extension Workers AISDA: Action for Integrated Sustainable Development ARRA: Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs AWD: Acute Watery Diarrhea BCC: Behavior Change Communication DPPB: Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau CAHW: Community Animal Health Worker CE: Cost Extension CHV: Community Health Volunteers DA: Development Agent DPPO: Disaster Preparation and Prevention Bureau EBF: Exclusive Breast Feeding EC: Eastern Cluster ECDD: Ethiopian Center for disability and Development EMDIDI: Ethiopian Meat and Dairy Industry Development Institute ENA: Essential Nutrition Actions ETB/birr: Ethiopian Birr, the currency of Ethiopia. EWICs: Early Warning Information Centers EW: Early Warning FA: Field Agent FMoH: Federal Mistry of Health FSA: Friendship Support Association HEWs: Health Extension Workers HRD: Humanitarian Requirements Document H/WDA: Health/Women Development Army HU: Haramaya University IIF: Investment and Innovation Fund IR: Intermediate Result KHG: Keyhole Gardening LCRDB: Livestock, Crop and Rural Development Bureau LKM: Learning and Knowledge Management MAD: Minimum Acceptable Diet MH: Model Households M2M: Mother to Mother MIYCF: Maternal, Infant and Young Child Feeding MIYCN: Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition NSA: Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural PADO: Pastoral Agriculture Development Office PVP: Private Veterinary Pharmacy PLW: Pregnant and Lactating Woman RL/C: Range Land/Council RLG: Radio Listener Group 2 SC: Southern Cluster SBCC: Social Behavior Change and Communication SME: Small and Micro Enterprises U5: Under Five Children USAID: United States Agency for International Development VSLA: Village Savings and Loan Associations TOT: Training of the Trainers TVET: Technical and Vocational Education and Training WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 3 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PRIME is a five-year, USAID-funded initiative designed to support resilience among pastoralist communities in Ethiopia, and thus enhance prospects for long-term development in Ethiopia’s dryland landscape where the pastoralist livelihood system prevails. Financed through Feed the Future (FTF) and Global Climate Change (GCC) facilities, PRIME was designed to be transformative and innovative, and to achieve scale through market-driven approaches to livestock production and livelihood diversification that simultaneously support dryland communities to adapt to a changing climate. In order to achieve its overall goal of increasing household incomes and enhancing resilience to climate change through market linkages, the program works to meet the following five major objectives (intermediate results): 1) Improve productivity and competitiveness of livestock and livestock products; 2) Enhance pastoralists’ adaptation to climate change; 3) Strengthen alternative livelihoods for households transitioning out of pastoralism; 4) Ensure enhanced innovation, learning and knowledge management; and 5) Improve nutritional status of targeted households through targeted, sustained and evidence- based interventions. Highlights from Quarter 1 of FY 19 This report summarizes the key activities implemented, and the associated accomplishments for PRIME during quarter one of FY2019 which covers between 1 October 2018 and 31 December 2018. Major accomplishments for this quarter include: INTERMEDIATE RESULT 1: IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS: Despite the damage to one of its milk transporting trucks during the violent unrest in Jigjiga on the 4th of August 2018, Berwako Milk processing plant has continued collecting raw milk from milk collecting cooperatives and processing the milk to reach more markets in the Eastern cluster. During the reporting quarter the plant has purchased 58,500 liters of milk from El-gari milk collection center in Babile Somali directly benefiting eighty-nine (89) households. In turn, Berwaqo has processed and produced 108,200 bottles of camel milk (half liter each) and sold them in Jigjiga, Harar, Awaday, and Dire Dawa towns; generating a total revenue of ETB 2,364,000 (=USD 85,963) from the sales. Likewise, milk collection centers in the Southern cluster have provided market access for 3,925 pastoralist households thereby reducing pastoralists’ transaction and other implicit costs. Performance monitoring of those milk collection centers indicated that they have sold a total volume of 73,800 liters of milk and generated revenue amounting ETB 2,377,350 in the reporting quarter. Two new milk-processing factories namely Haldhaa Milk Processing Factory in Jigjiga and Haji Khalif Milk Processing Factory in Degahble (Fafan) are emerging through independent investors may result in a “crowding-in”, with potential prospects of fair competition, better prices, and alternative markets for pastoralists/agro-pastoralists. Haldhaa Milk Processing Factory has started its operation about a week ago and it is already present in the market while Haji Khalif Milk Processing Factory is aiming to start operation within the next three months. 4 Performance monitoring of, PRIME-supported, twenty-seven (27) Private Veterinary Pharmacies operating in Jarar, Fafan and Siti zones in Somali Region has indicated they have served 20,258 households who visited PVPs to buy veterinary drugs and receive services. Accordingly, those PVPs have generated a total revenue of ETB 1,504,930 (=USD 54,724) working through 150 community animal health workers (CAHWs) having established linkage with PVPs and through direct sales of veterinary drugs and services. Similarly, performance monitoring of, PRIME-supported, seven (7) Private Veterinary Pharmacies (PVPs) in the Southern cluster have supplied quality veterinary drugs and services to 8,740 pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households generating total revenue of ETB 2,078,280 (=USD 75,849) during this reporting quarter. This performance has been accomplished through sixty-two (62) CAHWs who have established business partnerships with PVPs and through direct sales of veterinary drugs to remote pastoralist/agro-pastoralist communities through extended outreach services. INTERMEDIATE RESULT 2: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: During the reporting quarter, PRIME continued supporting the ongoing activities and processes under both the Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation. The natural resource management component has been facilitating and supporting rangeland council’ dialogues, restoration of rangelands, endorsement of rangeland management plans and regional rangeland management learning workshops. Two regional