A Path to Prosperity New Directions for African Livestock

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Understanding the priorities of different actors in the value chain is important if effective marketing and trade policy is to be developed. It was observed that the priorities of farmers commonly differ to those of the veterinary service providers. The use of new technologies particularly mobile phones was advocated. Finally, the idea that contract farming as a key means to improve the profitability and production of small farmers was supported, however the key bottle necks to scaling up contract farming in Sub Saharan Africa do need to be better understood. Again many thanks to you for your attention and your contributions All the best Tim Leyland on behalf of the GALVmed Team A Chris Daborn suggested that given Africa’s large and expanding trade deficit in livestock products it can be argued that both Intensive and Extensive Systems of livestock production are being underserved, most crucially in the field of veterinary services. Initiatives are urgently required to enhance the quality, impact and sustainability of veterinary services delivered by effective public / private / community partnerships. This will require an action plan that combines targeted donor funding with available internal resources to mobilize broad ranging and holistic approaches. The following suggests some interventions that merit consideration within such a plan: Revenue Support: Government to allocate a % of the revenue collected from the livestock sector, eg veterinary fees / livestock marketing / livestock export, for the direct financing of the veterinary services in underserved areas Budget Support: Concerned Ministries through to Local Authorities to make provision in their development and recurrent budgets to support the veterinary services in underserved areas State VS: The Government VS should create an enabling environment for Public / Private / Community partnerships in underserved areas eg by issuing sanitary mandates and enacting inclusive, partnership friendly legal frameworks Private Sector VS: Contracts need to be extended to private sector veterinarians to deliver services in underserved areas. The contracts should stipulate that veterinary para-professionals may be employed but only under proper professional supervision with regular training in procedures appropriate to the given production system Research Activity: Applied livestock field research should be revitalized and resourced to utilise and facilitate veterinary personnel in underserved areas to act as field agents collecting information/taking samples Drug Companies: There are mutually beneficial arrangements that can be developed between drug companies and veterinary para-professionals with professional direction in underserved areas, inclusive of drug efficacy proving trials, drug promotions and marketing. Donor/Int Agencies: For as long as donor and international agencies are to play a role in capacity building and other forms of assistance for livestock development they must remain faithful to and supportive of poverty reduction measures for livestock keepers in underserved areas . The nature of this support will logically change / develop over time but their financial input into the system will for some time to come remain an important if not essential requirement. One element that will remain constant is the need to support capacity building and continuing professional development. Animal Welfare Organisations: Veterinary para-professionals, with appropriate professional direction, can perform valuable functions as front line agents for Animal Welfare Organizations. The provision of training and equipment in appropriate primary animal health care and simple surgical interventions, from which some form of payment will be received from the livestock owners, will contribute to the sustainability of the service. Functioning front-line veterinary personnel can provide vital livestock surveillance information, most easily captured by mobile phone. Veterinary Schools: The curricula followed by the veterinary faculties / training schools needs to embrace and teach systems that work in underserved areas as well as having practical outreach, inclusive of resources, to ensure students have immediate and first-hand experience of best practice systems at work The Impetus Strategy Paper I Page 84
Livestock Producers: Initially a small but with time, an increasing contribution for the work of the veterinary service in underserved areas should come from the livestock producers themselves. Concurrent programmes of support to enable livestock producers realize an increased return from their livestock assets and the acquisition, by veterinary service personnel, of the necessary skills through continuing professional development to support the realization of that return – would have mutually beneficial impacts Training Agents: Veterinary para-professionals can be trained by veterinarians to deliver specific messages to livestock producers, receiving payment to provide / attend the training course and to provide / attend further training and feed-back sessions Income Earning: A range of interventions, inclusive of those given above, are required to improve income earning potential for Veterinary personnel and sustainability of services in underserved areas. Key interventions include the need for training / refresher training with a focus on income earning; provision of materials and equipment to enhance the value of the services offered; transport; cold chain; communications and; security for small loans. The Impetus Strategy Paper I Page 85
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A Path to Prosperity: New Direction
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Contents Executive Summary 5 1 Intr
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Impetus Strategy Paper “All of us
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In terms of livestock trade, the re
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2 Overview 2.1 Agriculture and Food
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2.2 African Livestock Overview The
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2.2.1 Livestock Sector Policy Lives
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An international response to Africa
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3 The Competitiveness of Livestock
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3.1 What Can Be Done to Improve Pro
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3.2 Building on Success In the East
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4 Animal Health 4.1 Animal Health i
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It is difficult to gauge the views
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4.4 Improving Animal Health Service
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4.4.2 Accreditation of Quality Prod
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One of the problematic issues over
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