Mieso Pilot Learning Site Diagnosis and Program Design
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MIESO PILOT LEARNING SITE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGRAM DESIGN July 2005 1 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................... 5 2. FARMING SYSTEM, CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRIORITIES................................ 6 2.1 Description of Mieso Woreda ..................................................................................................6 2.2 Priority farming systems.........................................................................................................10 2.3 Priority crop commodities.......................................................................................................12 2.4 Priority livestock commodities ...............................................................................................15 2.5 Natural Resources Conservation..........................................................................................17 3. Institutions ............................................................................................................ 18 3.1. Marketing.................................................................................................................................18 3.2. Input Supply ............................................................................................................................19 3.3. Rural Finance..........................................................................................................................20 3.4. Agricultural Extension Services ...........................................................................................20 3.5. Gender and HIV/AIDS Services...........................................................................................21 4. PRIORITY COMMODITY DESCRIPRTION, ANALYSIS AND POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS .................................................................................................... 23 5.Outline of Program of work for Mieso PLS ............................................................ 38 5.1 Priority Commodities and Natural Resource Management Technologies......................38 5.2. Knowledge management-general /RBM code 100 series/ ..............................................38 5.3. PLS Public institutional capacity building /RBM code 200 series/..................................39 5.4. PLS Sustainable Livelihood development/RBM code series 300/..................................42 5.4.1. Sesame (Mixed crop-livestock farming system).............................................. 43 5.4.2. Haricot bean (Mixed crop-livestock farming system)....................................... 45 5.4.3. Chick pea (Mixed crop-livestock farming system)........................................... 47 5.4.4. Goat (both farming system)............................................................................. 50 5.4.5. Cattle Fattening (Mixed crop/livestock system)............................................... 52 5.4.6. Cattle milk (Mixed crop/livestock farming system) .......................................... 54 5.4.7. Poultry (Mixed crop/livestock farming system)................................................ 57 5.5. Recommendations on innovative technology /practices/ and institutional innovations/400 series/ .................................................................................................................59 List of Maps, Tables and Annexes Map 1. Map of Ethiopia with IPMS Pilot Learning Sites (PLS) ................................... 5 Map 2. Mieso woreda elevation map.......................................................................... 7 Map 3. Mieso woreda rainfall map ............................................................................. 8 Map 4. Mieso woreda soils map................................................................................. 9 Table 1. Land use and land cover type of Mieso woreda ........................................... 9 Table 2.-Type of crop, area and production from 2002-2004 seasons, Mieso ......... 14 Table 3. Mean crop yield (qt/ha) in Mieso woreda, mean of 5 years (2002-2004).... 15 Table 4. Livestock Population of Mieso Woreda ...................................................... 17 Table 5. Number of staff and educational level of the key woreda OoPRD.............. 21 Table 6. Sesame 23 Table 7. Haricot bean 26 Table 8. Chickpea 28 Table 9. Goat (Meat) .......................... 29 Table 10. Cattle fattening ............................................ 32 Table 11. Cattle Milk ............................................... 33 Table 12. Poultry ............................................... 36 Table 13. Project Support for PLS Knowledge Management System ...................... 39 Table 14. Potential woreda and Regional staff/Training of Trainers/to be included in the innovative methods training................................................................................ 40 Table 15. Potential woreda staff to be included in technical training of priority commodities ............................................................................................................. 40 Table 16. Potential woreda staff to be included in NRM training .............................. 41 Table 17. Project support for PLS general capacity building support*...................... 42 Table 18. FTCs with potential for priority commodities and NRM technologies 42 Table 19. Project Support for improving Sesame marketing .................................... 43 Table 20. Project support for sesame input supply .................................................. 44 Table 21. Project support for the production of sesame........................................... 44 Table 22. Project Support for improving haricot bean marketing.............................. 45 Table 23. Project support for haricot bean input supply ........................................... 46 Table 24. Project support for haricot bean production.............................................. 47 Table 25. Project Support for improving chickpea marketing ................................... 47 Table 26. Project support for chick pea input supply................................................ 48 Table 27. Project support for chick pea production .................................................. 49 Table 28. Project support for goat marketing ........................................................... 50 Table 29. Project support for goat input supply ........................................................ 51 Table 30. Project support for goat production .......................................................... 51 3 Table 31. Project support for fattened cattle marketing........................................... 52 Table 32. Project support for cattle fattening input supply........................................ 53 Table 33. Project support for beef production (cattle fattening)................................ 54 Table 34. Project support for cattle milk marketing .................................................. 55 Table 35. Project support for cattle milk input supply system................................... 55 Table 36. Project support for cattle milk production ................................................. 56 Table 37. Project support for poultry marketing........................................................ 57 Table 38. Project support for poultry input supply .................................................... 58 Table 39. Project support for poultry production....................................................... 58 Annex 1. Summary of Knowledge-Gaps Analysis in relations to the priority commodities in Mieso PLS ....................................................................................... 60 Annex 2: Summary of demonstration materials identified as required for the priority commodities ............................................................................................................. 61 Annex 3: Peasant associations visited and held discussion with ............................. 62 Annex 4. List of Mieso Planning Workshop participants........................................... 63 Annex 5. List of P As, population by sex in both farming system in Mieso Woreda .67 Annex 6. Name of FTCs and the farming system they are found............................. 69 Annex 7. List of Mieso WALC members and their address ...................................... 70 Annex 8. Mieso PLS planning workshop program, May 30-31, 2004....................... 71 4 Mieso Pilot Learning Site diagnosis and program design By IPMS team (names) 1. INTRODUCTION The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) initiated a 5 year project in June 2004 with the financial assistance from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The project, entitled: “Improving productivity and market success” (IPMS) of Ethiopian farmers, aims at contributing to a reduction in poverty of the rural poor through market oriented agricultural development. The IPMS project will assist by bringing knowledge on technologies generated by International and National Research Institutes as well as from other sources to the attention of the technology transfer agents and the farming community. It will also facilitate the feedback on these technologies. Such assistance will be provided to 10 pilot learning sites (PLS) across the country; (See map 1). Mieso district (woreda) is one of the 10 sites selected. To further enhance the utilization of such