FTF-MLTS) Annual Report 2019 Feed the Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS) Annual Report 2019
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Feed The Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS) Annual report 2019 Feed The Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS) Annual report 2019 May 2020 Disclaimer This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Feed the Future (FTF) initiative. The contents are the responsibility of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government. USAID/Kenya contact: Mary Onsongo, activity manager, ILRI contact: Office of Economic Growth Romano Kiome, program manager Tel: (+254) 20 8622504 Tel: (+254) 20 422 3207 Email: [email protected]. 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Patron: Professor Peter C Doherty AC, FAA, FRS Animal scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996 Box 30709, Nairobi 00100 Kenya ilri.org Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Phone +254 20 422 3000 better lives through livestock Phone +251 11 617 2000 Fax +254 20 422 3001 Fax +251 11 667 6923 Email [email protected] ILRI is a CGIAR research centre Email [email protected] ILRI has offices in East Africa • South Asia • Southeast and East Asia • Southern Africa • West Africa Contents Figures vi Tables vii Acronyms and abbreviations viii Executive summary 1 Background 3 Progress during the reporting period 4 Program management, monitoring and evaluation 4 Objective 1. Promote innovative animal health delivery systems and best health interventions to reduce disease burden in ruminant livestock 4 Objective 2. Increase the availability of quality feed biomass, improve feed utilization and husbandry practices and promote development of feed and fodder value chains 11 Objective 3. To leverage USAID-led livestock market development and policy initiatives in support of the up scaling of ruminant livestock productivity- enhancing technologies 17 USAID Mali partnership declaration 23 Gender related achievements and how gender is mainstreamed into the activities 23 Synergic activities with other partners 24 Lessons learned 24 Environmental risks mitigation activities 24 Success stories 24 Annual report 2019 v Figures Figure 1. Number of target and vaccinated livestock in 31 communes during FY19 7 Figure 2. Number of producers mobilized for fodder crops production 12 Figure 3. Quantity of seeds distributed 14 Figure 4. Planted ha of Bourgou in the ZOI of the project 14 vi Annual report 2019 Tables Table 1. List of implementing partners and their geographical focus 3 Table 2. Vaccination coverage rates during 2018–19 campaigns in the project ZOI 7 Table 3. Vaccination targets and achievements 7 Table 4. CBPP and PPR vaccinations during FY19 in project ZOI covered by COVEM 8 Table 5: Participants to the training workshops targeting agents of financial institutions 22 Annual report 2019 vii Acronyms and abbreviations AMEDD Association Malienne d’Eveil et de Développement Durable ANAVEM Association Nationale des Veterinaires Mandataires AVSF Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières AU-PANVAC African Union – Pan African Vaccine Centre CAHP Community animal health platform CAHW community animal health worker CBPP contagious bovine pleuropneumonia CNASA Centre National d’Appui à la Santé Animale COVEM Collectif des Vétérinaires Mandataires CRS Catholic Relief Services DD due diligence DNPIA Direction Nationale des Productions et Industries Animales DNSV Direction Nationale des Services Vétérinaires EMMP Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan FEAST Feed Assessment Tool FEBEVIM Fédération Nationale des Groupements Interprofessionnels de la Filière Bétail Viande au Mali FFSWE Finance for Food Security and Women Entrepreneurs FTF Feed the Future FY fiscal year XOF West African CFA Franc ha hectare HBL Hester Biosciences Limited ICRISAT International Center for Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IER Institut d’Economie Rurale IESC International Executive Service Corps ILRI International Livestock Research Institute viii Annual report 2019 IVR Interactive Voice Response kg kilogram L4G Livestock for Growth LCV Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire LMIS livestock market information system MEL Monitoring Evaluation and Learning MLTS Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program MNFB multi-nutrient feed blocks NGO nongovernmental organization OMA Observatoire des Marchés Agricoles PANVAC Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre of the African Union PPR peste des petits ruminants PM program manager PMO program management officer PMP performance management plan PMU program management unit SNV Netherlands Development Organization t tonne USAID United States Agency for International Development USD US dollar ZOI zone of influence Annual report 2019 ix Executive summary Feed The Future Mali Livestock Technology Scaling Program (FTF-MLTS) is aligned to the USAID Mali FTF program and more specifically to the Mali FTF livestock value chain component initiated to boost the growth of Mali’s livestock sector. The primary goal of FTF-MLTS is to contribute to inclusive growth in ruminant livestock value chains for increased income, food and nutrition security for 61,000 smallholder farmers in the regions of Mopti, Tombouctou and Sikasso. In addition, FTF-MLTS is set out to (1) bridge ruminant livestock productivity gaps through a wide- scale dissemination of proven livestock technologies and best practices and (2) facilitate farmers’ access to more well-off livestock markets. This report underlines interventions, achievements, challenges and lessons learned over fiscal year 2019 (FY19). His Excellency Dennis B. Hankins, Ambassador of the United States to Mali visited Ifola, one of the project’s sites. His Excellency Dennis B. Hankins, along with the USAID Mali’s interim director and a strong delegation, visited the village of Ifola to witness several achievements of the project on 25 July 2019. Ifola is a village in the commune of Farakala, Sikasso region. During the visit, the beneficiaries engaged in a dialogue with the ambassador and his delegation on the project activities and their impacts on their food and nutrition security and livelihoods. Key project achievements in FY19: 1. 129,886 beneficiaries 2. 37,099 small farmers trained 3. 75,000 farmers applied improved management practices or technologies 4. 8,885 hectares (ha) under improved technologies 5. 6,883 full-time equivalent jobs created 6. 4 million US dollars (USD): value of smallholder annual sales 7. USD1.5 million: value of smallholder incremental sales Program management, monitoring and evaluation ILRI pursued its contractual arrangements with the consortium partners to ensure successful implementation of FTF-MLTS. In FY19, eight collaborative agreements were renewed with main implementing partners through amendments of their sub-awards. Community engagement General meetings were held in 92 villages in the zones of influence (ZOIs) of the project. They brought together about 4,692 producers, including 1,477 women producers (31.69%). Twelve communal consultations gathered 1,288 producers, including 553 women producers. These communal consultations were introduced to 3,404 farmers, including 934 women farmers at village level. Animal health through prevention and innovative animal health delivery systems Significant progress was made in the production and deployment of the thermo-tolerant vaccines against Peste des Petit Ruminants (PPR). ILRI and Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire (LCV) produced Annual report 2019 1 three batches of PPR vaccines (LCV-Xerovac, ILRI and conventional protocols). Thermo-stability tests proved that the two vaccines (ILRI and Xerovac protocols) were thermostable. The ILRI and LCV-Xerovac vaccines are planned to be deployed on the ground in early 2020. During the first quarter of FY19, Innovation Platforms in collaboration with private veterinarians’ organizations, launched vaccination campaigns