ALABA PILOT LEARNING SITE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGRAM DESIGN July 15, 2005 1 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 5 2. FARMING SYSTEMS, CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRIORITIES ......................................................... 6 2.1 Description of Alaba Woreda ............................................................................................... 6 2.2 Priority farming systems..................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Priority crop commodities...................................................................................................13 2.4 Priority livestock commodities............................................................................................ 18 2.5 Natural Resources Conservation....................................................................................... 19 3. INSTITUTIONS ................................................................................................................................. 21 3.1 Marketing ........................................................................................................................... 21 3.2 Input supply........................................................................................................................ 22 3.3 Rural finance...................................................................................................................... 23 3.4 Agricultural extension......................................................................................................... 25 3.5 School, Woreda and Agri net............................................................................................. 27 3.6 Gender and HIV-AIDS service........................................................................................... 28 4. PRIORITY COMMODITY DESCRIPRTION, ANALYSIS AND POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS .... 30 5. OUTLINE OF PROGRAM OF WORK ALABA SPECIAL WOREDA ................................................ 50 5.1 Priority commodities & Natural resource management technologies................................ 50 5.2 PLS Knowledge management –general (RBM Code 100 Series)..................................... 50 5.3 PLS public institutional capacity building ........................................................................... 52 5.4 PLS sustainable livelihood development –general (RBM Code 300 Series)..................... 55 5.4.1 Spices –Pepper (Pepper/Livestock farming system).........................................56 5.4.2 Haricot bean (Teff/Haricot bean/Livestock farming system)..............................58 5.4.3 Wheat (pepper/livestock farming system)..........................................................60 5.4.4 Poultry (Both farming system)............................................................................61 5.4.5 Sheep and Goat (Both farming system) ............................................................63 5.4.6 Dairy (Milk and butter) (Both farming system) ...................................................64 5.4.7 Apiculture (Pepper/livestock farming system)....................................................66 5.5 PLS Developing recommendations on Technology, Institutional and policy priority ......... 69 List of Maps, Tables and Annexes Map 1. Map of Ethiopia with IPMS Pilot Learning Sites (PLS) ............................................................... 5 Map 3. Alaba woreda rainfall map .......................................................................................................... 8 Map 2. Elevation map of Alaba woreda ................................................................................................. 7 Map 4. Alaba woreda soils map.............................................................................................................. 9 Table 1. Land Use type of woreda.......................................................................................................... 9 Table 2. Utilities of major crops in Alaba Special Woreda.................................................................... 14 Table 3. Commodity groups In Alaba Special Woreda ......................................................................... 15 Table 4.-Crop production and area in Alaba Special woreda ............................................................... 15 Table 5. Mean crop yield (qt/ha) (2000-2004) in Alaba Special Woreda.............................................. 17 Table 6. Livestock Population of Alaba Woreda................................................................................... 19 Table 7. Input supply (qt) in Alaba Special Woreda (2001-2004)......................................................... 23 Table 8. Alaba Special Woreda Office of ANRD and Rural Development Coordination Office Staff 25 Table 9. Location of FTCs in Alaba Special Woreda............................................................................ 27 Table 10 Spices- Pepper ................................................................................................ 30 Table 11. Lowland pulse – Haricot bean ................................................................................... 32 Table 12. Teff ................................................................................. 34 Table 13. Wheat ................................................................... 36 Table 14. Vegetables–(Onion, pepper, tomato) ...................................................................... 38 Table 15. Tropical fruits –(Banana, papaya, mango, guava, avocado) ................................................ 40 Table 16. Dairy (Milk and Butter) .................................................... 42 Table 17. Sheep and Goats ..................................................... 44 Table 18. Apiculture (Honey) .................................................................... 45 Table 19. Skin and Hides ...................................... 46 Table 20. Poultry .............................................. 48 Table 21. Project support for PLS knowledge management system.................................................... 51 Table 22. Potential Woreda and Regional staff (Training of Trainers) to be included in the innovative methods training....................................................................................................................... 53 Table 23. Potential Woreda staff to be included in technical training of priority commodities.............. 54 Table 24. Potential Woreda staff to be included in NRM training ......................................................... 54 Table 25. Project support for PLS general capacity building support* ................................................. 55 Table 26. FTCs with potential for priority commodities and NRM technologies in the Teff/haricot bean/livestock system 56 Table 27. FTCs with potential for priority commodities in pepper/livestock system ............................. 56 Table 28. Project support for pepper marketing ................................................................................... 57 Table 29. Project support for pepper input supply................................................................................ 57 Table 30. Project support for pepper production .................................................................................. 58 Table 31. Project support for haricot bean marketing........................................................................... 58 Table 32. Project support for haricot bean input supply ....................................................................... 59 Table 33. Project support for haricot bean production.......................................................................... 59 Table 34. Project support for wheat marketing ..................................................................................... 60 3 Table 35. Project support for wheat input supply.................................................................................. 60 Table 36. Project support for wheat production .................................................................................... 61 Table 37. Project support for poultry marketing.................................................................................... 61 Table 38. Project support for poultry input supply ................................................................................ 62 Table 39. Project support for poultry production................................................................................... 62 Table 40. Project support for marketing goats and sheep.................................................................... 63 Table 41. Project support for goats and sheep input supply ................................................................ 63 Table 42. Project support for goats and sheep production................................................................... 64 Table 43. Project support for dairy marketing....................................................................................... 64 Table 44. Project support for dairy input supply ................................................................................... 65 Table 45. Project support for dairy production...................................................................................... 66 Table 46. Project support for honey marketing....................................................................................