BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH SOCIAL SAFETY NETS IN SOUTH SOMALIA PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES IN LOWER JUBA: A RAPID VALUE CHAIN AND COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS ASSESSMENT Opportunities for Income Generation Activities in Lower Juba: A Rapid Value Chain and Community Livelihoods Assessment Prepared by: Mohamed M Yussuf and Amir Ibrahim Omar, Kenbridge consulting Limited P.O Box 67906 00200, Nairobi [email protected] October – November 2016 @ African Development Solutions/ Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Disclaimer: The African Development Solutions (ADESO) and Agency Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) commissioned this report. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of ADESO, ACTED or partners. Africa Development Solution – Headquarters Agency Technical Cooperation and Kenya Development P.O. Box 70331-00400, Nairobi, Kenya P.O. Box 21217 - 00505, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0) 208 000 881 Tel: + 254 (0) 707 380 000 I Cell: +254 (0) 723 900 835 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Section 1: Background to the assessment ....................................................................................................................... 9 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Demographics and groups in Lower Juba ................................................................................................................. 9 Livelihoods and vulnerabilities in Lower Juba ........................................................................................................ 11 Section 2: Methodology for the assessment ................................................................................................................. 12 Purpose of the assessment ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Study Approach and Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 12 Data collection methods ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Section 3: Understanding livelihood and value chains that were important for income generation ................... 16 Understanding livelihoods and incomes in Lower Juba ........................................................................................ 16 How households in utilize their livelihoods and community assets for IGAs.............................................. 16 Income generation activities in the region .......................................................................................................... 17 Income generation activtiies and stream interventions..................................................................................... 18 Important value chains in Lower Juba Somalia ...................................................................................................... 19 The livestock related value chains ........................................................................................................................ 19 Livestock value chain ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Relevance of the livestock value chain for the target group .................................................................. 19 Current presence of target population in the value chain ................................................................. 19 Nature of their participation in the value chain .................................................................................. 20 Appropriateness of sector for the poor................................................................................................ 21 Opportunities for sector growth ................................................................................................................ 22 Likelihood for sector growth ................................................................................................................. 22 Scope for improving the target group’s income generation activities ............................................. 22 Feasibility to stimulate change .................................................................................................................... 22 Willing and able market actors ............................................................................................................... 22 Conduciveness of political economy .................................................................................................... 23 Likelihood of distortion .......................................................................................................................... 23 The milk value chain.......................................................................................................................................... 23 Relevance of the value chain for the target group ................................................................................... 23 Current presence of target population in the value chain ................................................................. 23 Nature of their participation in the value chain .................................................................................. 23 Appropriateness of sector for the poor................................................................................................ 24 Opportunities for sector growth ................................................................................................................ 25 Likelihood for sector growth ................................................................................................................. 25 Scope for improving the target group’s income generation activities ............................................. 26 Feasibility to stimulate change .................................................................................................................... 26 Willing and able market actors ............................................................................................................... 26 Conduciveness of political economy .................................................................................................... 26 Likelihood of distortion .......................................................................................................................... 26 Agriculture related (crop) value chains ........................................................................................................... 27 Relevance of the agricultural value chain for the target group .............................................................. 27 Current presence of target population in the value chain ................................................................. 27 Nature of their participation in the value chain .................................................................................. 27 Appropriateness of sector for the poor................................................................................................ 29 Opportunities for sector growth ................................................................................................................ 29 Likelihood for sector growth ................................................................................................................. 29 Scope for improving the target group’s income generation activities ............................................. 30 Feasibility to stimulate change .................................................................................................................... 30 3 Willing and able market actors ............................................................................................................... 30 Conduciveness of political economy .................................................................................................... 31 Likelihood of distortion .......................................................................................................................... 31 Commodity trading ............................................................................................................................................ 31 Relevance of the agricultural value chain for the target group .............................................................. 31 Current presence of target population in the value chain ................................................................. 31 Nature of their participation in the value chain .................................................................................. 31 Appropriateness of sector for the poor................................................................................................ 33 Opportunities for sector growth ................................................................................................................ 33 Likelihood for sector growth ................................................................................................................