Irrigated fruits & vegetables value chain for Sidama and Gamo Gofa Zone

Opportunities, constraints and intervention options

Presented to launching workshop

Outline–Targeting processes–What are opportunities?

– Irrigated fruits & Vegetables value chain constraints & intervention options• Production• Irrigation practice• Inputs/ services• Processing and marketing • Linkages

– Gender interventions– Environment intervention

Targeting

• Zones• Districts• PAs• Households• Base line data– To set up bench mark

Commodities approved for two zones Zones Districts Selected commodities

Dairy Beef Small Rumi.

Poultry Honey Irrig. Fruits & veget.

Sidama Arbegona x X X X

Bansa x X X X

Bona Zuria x X X X

G.Gofa Bonke X X X x

A/minch zuria X X X x

Mirab Abaya X X x x

Opportunities

• Market/internal, external• Massive push from government side– Organizational– Institutional– Capacity building– Access to credit/OMF, SMF

• Increased awareness of farmers• Increased awareness of private sectors

Commodities value chain and intervention areas1. Fruits and vegetables production status

– Major fruits:- Banana, mango, avocado, apple ,papaya– Major vegetables:-Tomato, pepper, onion, garlic, cabbage, potato– Intensively produced as cash crop and/or for hh consumption

Major limitations– Knowledge /skill in market focused improved agronomic practices– Productivity/unit area– Marketable varieties and other planting materials– Diseases and pests

Intervention options– Capacity building– Introduction of improved seeds and planting materials from

within and abroad– Integrated/organic disease and pest control

Irrigation practices– Schemes in zones: Sidama 13, Gamo Gofa 40

– In target districts: Sidama 3, Gamo Gofa 9– Numerous artificial dams, hand dug wells, etc

• Water lifting mechanisms in practice– Motorized pumps (2hp-4hp), Rope and

washer, Tridle, manual using bucket• Limitations– Skill and knowledge– Underutilization of schemes/pumps – Malfunctioning of schemes– irrigation scheme management

Irrigation cont….• Intervention options– Capacity building– Assessing current utilization status – Strengthening and/or initiating water users

association– Training WUA leaders in leadership skill

Inputs and services supply system• Inputs – Seeds, seedlings, agrochemicals, pumps,

sprayers– Supplied by both public and private traders– Intensively used by farmers

• Limitations– Timely availability and sustainability of supply– Quality– Trustworthiness– Maintenance and services

Intervention options• Engaging farmer in input supply service/

for seeds, seedlings• Strengthening private suppliers/ for

pumps, sprayers, agrochemicals• Strengthening public regulatory unit with

manpower and facilities• Strengthening private sector/youth groups

in maintenance and service of

Processing and marketing

• Constraints– Focused on local market– Storing and transporting– Value addition – Bargaining power

• Intervention options– Promote collective marketing– Developing certifying capacity – Promoting zone specific brand marketing– better transporting and storing facilities to reduce

losses – Review some NGOs processing experience (ECOPIA,

etc) and scaling out if it sounds feasible

LinkagesConstraints• Less linkage among producers, input suppliers, service

providers and traders at different locations

Intervention options• Facilitate formation of platform for dominant actors• Initiating linkage between farmers and marketing groups

such as wholesealers and retailers at ifferent level• Initiate linkage with private and public sectors seedling

producers with private/public service providers for provision of planting materials, inspection and certification , technical support

Gender intervention• Prioritizing women for services ( capacity

building, access to credit, etc)• Introducing HH work loading reducing

technologies• Engaging women business ( seedling

production, agrochemicals trading, small scale processing, etc)

Environment• Reviewing impact of each intervention on

environment (positive/negative)– Awareness on negative impact of

agrochemicals/proper handling– Salinity due to excessive irrigation– Depletion of underground water if any– Awareness creation on malaria and other

vector disease spread