Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity
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acdi FEED THE FUTURE KENYA LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEMS ACTIVITY Y1Q3 PROGRESS REPORT: APRIL JUNE 2018 1 FEED THE FUTURE KENYA LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEMS ACTIVITY Y1 Q3 PROGRESS REPORT LEADER AWARD PERIOD OF ACTIVITY: OCTOBER 1, 2017–SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AGREEMENT NUMBER: AID-615-L-17-00001 AOR USAID: CHIEF OF PARTY: FEED THE FUTURE LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEMS: Expanding and Diversifying Viable Economic Opportunities in Kenya Award PERIOD OF ACTIVITY: OCTOBER 1, 2017–SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AGREEMENT NUMBER: AID-615-LA-17-00001 AOR USAID: CHIEF OF PARTY: FEED THE FUTURE LIVESTOCK MARKET SYSTEMS: Strengthening the Community Capacities for Resilience and Growth Award PERIOD OF ACTIVITY: OCTOBER 1, 2017–SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AGREEMENT NUMBER: AID-615-LA-17-00002 AOR USAID: CHIEF OF PARTY: DISCLAIMER This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of ACDI/VOCA and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. 2 Cover photo: Community sensitization for small grants at Raya in Garissa county. CONTENTS CONTENTS I ACRONYM LIST V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 LEADER AWARD ACTIVITIES 2 Objective 1 - Effective Management and Quality Assurance 2 Objective 2: Grants Facilities Management 3 Objective 3: PREG Coordination and Backbone Support for Collective Impact and Learning 4 Collaborating, Learning, Adapting (CLA) 4 Objective 4: Central Operational Support Services 4 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) 4 Human Resources | Finance | Procurement | Operations 5 Communications 5 Planned Activities for the Next Quarter 6 EXPANDING & DIVERSIFYING VIABLE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN KENYA (AA1) 8 Objective 1: Expanded and Diversified Viable Economic Opportunities 8 Facilitate more competitive, resilient and inclusive livestock and related market systems to leverage end-market opportunities while insuring inclusion and poverty reduction. 8 Strengthen and diversify productive livelihood opportunities for men, women, and youth 9 Increase secure access to a range of financial products and services to support livelihood diversification, livestock sector development, and individual and household finance needs 16 Improved employability and work readiness skills for young men and women 17 Objective 2: Strengthened Institutions, Systems, and Governance 18 Strengthened policy environment for the development of livestock and other market systems -Pastoralism and Policy 18 County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) 19 Strengthening Local Governance (Ward Development Approach) 19 Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Policy 19 Objective 3: Collaborative Action and Learning for Market Systems Change 20 Strengthened USAID and implementing partners' systems for sequencing, layering, and integration. 20 Shared indicators and learning to support expanded economic opportunities 21 Cross-Cutting Objectives 21 Gender Equity and Female Empowerment 21 Youth 22 Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture 22 WASH 22 Start up, Administration, Planning, and Reporting Deliverables 22 Grants 23 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning 23 Communications 24 Planned Activities for the Next Quarter 24 Grants management 24 objective 1 24 objective 2 24 M&E, PREG, and CLA 25 3 STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY CAPACITIES FOR RESILIENCE AND GROWTH (AA2) 26 Objective 1: Strengthened Institutions, Systems, and Governance 26 Progress of the Ward Development Planning Process by county 29 Strengthened and Sustained Rangeland and Water Management 33 Strengthened Drought Risk Management 34 Strengthened Conflict Management 34 Objective 2: Improved Human Capital 35 Improved and Sustained Health, Nutrition, and Hygiene Practices 35 Improved Literacy, Numeracy, and Life Skills 35 Support county initiatives for improved education 37 Objective 3: Collaborative Action & Learning for Community Empowerment 40 Strengthened USAID and implementing partners systems for Sequencing, Layering, and Integration 40 Shared indicators and learning to support expanded economic opportunities 41 Cross-Cutting Objectives 41 Gender Equity and Female Empowerment 41 Youth 41 Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture 42 Start Up, Administration, Planning, and Reporting Deliverables Start Up, Administration, Planning, and Reporting Deliverables 42 Rapid Start Up and Administration 42 Planning and Reporting Deliverables 43 Grants Management 43 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning 44 Communications 45 Planned Activities for the Next Quarter 45 Grants management 45 ANNEXES 1 Annex 1: Charts Illustrating the Results of the Targeting for Selected Wards in Isiolo County Under Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP). 1 ANNEX 2: Summary Report of Marsabit County Based Business Types, Locations, Performance Indicator and Participants Income Under Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP). 2 ANNEX 3: BOMA Project’s Staff Induction Process Provided Under Rural Entrepreneur Access Project (REAP). 6 ANNEX 4: Turkana County Held Training by Smart Regional Consultants 1 Annex 5. Ward Development Planning Process 3 Annex 6. Data Flow Chart for Aa2 4 Annex 7. GIS Data Collection for Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems 6 Annex 8. Map - Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market Systems 7 4 ACRONYM LIST AA1 Feed the Future Expanding and Diversifying Viable Economic Opportunities in Kenya (Associate Award 1) AA2 Feed the Future Strengthening the Community Capacities for Resilience and Growth (Associate Award 2) AFCWAAW Agriculture Finance Corporation Women Affirmative Access Window AHADI Agile Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions AMEL Activity’s Monitoring, Evaluation, And Learning (AMEL) AMEP Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan AOR Agreement Officer Representative APS Annual Program Statement AVCD Accelerated Value Chain Development Activity BMC Business Model Canvas BRACED Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters CEC Chief Executive Committee CIDPS County Integrated Development Plans CLA Collaborating, Learning, Adapting DFID Department for International Development D-NA Digital-Nation Africa DRM Disaster Risk Management DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EATH East Africa Trade Hub EIA Environment Impact Assessment EWER Early Warning Early Response GFSS Global Food Security Strategy GIRL Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock GIS Geographic Information System GPS Geographic Positioning System GVB Gender-Based Violence 5 K-RAPID Kenya Resilient Arid Lands Partnership for Integrated Development KSh Kenyan Shilling KYES Kenya Youth Employment and Skills Activity LEAP Learning, Evaluating, Adapting Platform LMA Livestock Marketing Association M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MID-P by Merti integrated Development Project MIS Management Information System NDMA National Drought Management Authority NGO Non-Governmental Organization NHPplus Nutrition and Health Program Plus NRM Natural Resources Management ODK Open Source Data Kit OPI Organization Performance Index PPA Participatory Policy Analysis PRA Participatory Rural Appraisals PREG Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth PTT Participant Targeting Tool REAP Rural Entrepreneur Access Activity Project REGAL-AG Resilience and Economic Growth in the Arid Lands – Accelerated Growth RFA Request for Application SLI Sequencing, Layering, and Integration SOLI Standard of Living Index SRC Smart Regional Consultants The Activity Feed the Future Kenya Livestock Market System Activity TOR Terms of Reference USAID United States Agency for International Development WAPC Ward Adaptation and Planning Committee 6 WASDA Wajir South Development Agency WASH Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene WDP Ward Development Plan WDPC Ward Development Plan Committee WFP World Food Programme 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Work implementation gained momentum during this quarter as last quarter much of the focus was on staff onboarding and setting up field offices. The leader award and the two associate awards (together known as the Activity) made significant progress on activities, especially Rural Entrepreneur Access Activity Project (REAP) and Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL) activities under Expanding and Diversifying Viable Economic Opportunities (AA1) and Strengthening Community Capacities for Resilience and Growth (AA2). Activity Progress During this quarter, ACDI/VOCA requested and received USAID approval for Beauchesne to serve as the chief of party (COP) for AA1. Under his leadership, AA1 continued to identify potential leverage points in county specific market systems for interventions against overall LMS goals and objectives, support end market and market actor data collection exercises and map value chain and market system constraints, conduct financial landscape analyses and explore linkages with potential partners to expand their services in LMS counties, understand existing and potential networks, as well as enablers and blockers, and create awareness of grant opportunities by actively engaging with county government officials in Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Turkana, and Wajir counties. The AA1 team also met with several businesses, individuals and groups representing key roles and functions in the livestock market system, exploring business models, innovations and opportunities for growth. Collectively, these were part of the Activity’s efforts to jumpstart growth and address bottlenecks/inefficiencies, was critical in laying the foundation for effecting systemic changes against impact targets for Year 1.