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More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor : Improving access to critical animal-source foods

More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor : Improving access to critical animal-source foods. ILRI-Nairobi, 13 February 2013. The challenge. Can research accelerate livestock and aquaculture development to benefit the poor? Mixed record to date Systematic under-investment

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More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor : Improving access to critical animal-source foods

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  1. More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor: Improving access to critical animal-source foods ILRI-Nairobi, 13 February 2013

  2. The challenge • Can research accelerate livestock and aquaculture development to benefit the poor? • Mixed record to date • Systematic under-investment • Also related to our research-for-development model? • Focus on increasing productivity of small-scale production and marketing systems • ‘by the poor’  poverty reduction • ‘for the poor’  food security

  3. An image problem • Animal-source foods are a luxury and bad for health, so should not promote • Small-scale production and marketing systems are disappearing; sector is quickly industrializing • Livestock and aquaculture development will have negative environmental impacts

  4. Our underlying hypothesis • Livestock and Blue Revolutions: accelerating demand in developing countries as urbanization and incomes rise • Industrial systems will provide a large part of the needed increase in supply to cities and the better-off in some places • But the poor will often continue to rely on small-scale production and marketing systems • If able to respond, they could contribute, both increasing supplies and reducing poverty • …and better manage the transition for many smallholder households

  5. Managing a smoother transition out of agriculture • Estimates for smallholders in Africa and Latin America (Wiggins 2012; Dorward 2009) : • Can 2/3 be enabled to develop into commercial producers, accumulate capital and transition out of agriculture? •  deeper rural economic growth •  avoid social disruption • (Johnston et al. 1995)

  6. But productivity gap remains despite investment in livestock development

  7. Aquaculture lagging too Annual growth rate of aquaculture 2007-2015 needed to satisfy demand source: Cai (2011)

  8. Why haven’t we had more impact?Is it the piecemeal nature of our research? Solutions developed for isolated issues in specific settings, but ignoring other constraints in the value chain that discourage uptake ...in Country A ...in Country B ...in Country C Consumers Consumers Consumers Consumers ...in Country D

  9. Our proposition • Increased access to animal-source foods for the poor, especially women and children, can be achieved at scaleby strengthening carefully selected meat, milk and fish value chains in which the poor can capture a significant share of the benefits. Technologies and lessons generated through this focused approach will be applicable in broader regional and global settings. • More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor

  10. Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact • #1: Addressing the whole value chain • #2: Working directly to design and support intervention at scale • #3: In partnership with development actors R4D integrated to transform selected value chains In targeted commodities and countries. Major intervention with development partners Value chain development team + research partners • Strategic L&F CRP Cross-cutting Platforms • Technology Generation • Market Innovation • Targeting & Impact Consumers INTERVENTIONS TO SCALE OUT REGIONALLY GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLIC GOODS

  11. #4 Focus, focus, focus! Working in 8 target value chains  accountability SHEEP & GOATS AQUACULTURE PIGS DAIRY

  12. Approach: Solution-driven R4D to achieve impact • Our engagement in a value chain embodies our impact pathway Relative degree of involvement Along the Impact Pathway Research partners Knowledge partner Experiments Evaluation Evidence Attracting investment Assessment Mobilization Best bets Implementing large-scale interventions Design Piloting Lessons Context Advocacy Dissemination Development partners Year 1  Year 8-12 Program horizon in a target value chain

  13. Intermediate Development Outcomes are changes achieved through anticipated development interventions in our value chains Increased productivity SLO2 Increased food security More supply (qlty & qnty) Evidence base + partnerships to attract investment for intervention More income + employment SLO1 Reduced poverty Actionable Options Process Evidence Higher share for women Methods + capacity to sustain VC development SLO3 Improved nutrition & health More of nutrient gap filled by ASF Lower unit envir’nmt impacts SLO4 Sustainable NRM Supporting policies/investment

  14. Status • Partnership of 4 CGIAR Centers • Officially started January 1st, 2012 • 18 months into implementation • Value Chain Assessments underway • Identifying strategic research & development partners • Consolidating on-going activities

  15. 3-year Budget Envelope by Component TOTAL Approved = US$99.6m

  16. 1/3 Funding Shortfall TOTAL Approved = US$99.6m 2/3 funding secured CG Fund Restricted GAP

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