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MAAR
Aga Khan
ICARDA
Asamoah Larbi, Sawsan Hassan, and Mohammed Abdullah
Presentation to the FAP End of Project WorkshopLuang Prabang, Laos, 15-19 November 2010
Enhancing livelihoods of poor livestock keepers through increasing use of fodder: Syria Report on Project Output 3:
Enhanced capacity of project partners to experiment with the use of fodder innovations
through effective communication,technical information and training
(IFAD Technical Assistance Grant 853)
MAAR
Aga Khan
ICARDA
Output 3
Enhanced capacity of project partners to experiment with the use
of fodder innovations through effective communication, technical
information and training
MAAR
Aga Khan
ICARDA
Outline
1. Joint learning strategies1. Experimentation2. Effective communication3. Technical information
2. Participation innovations training
3. Capacity building needs assessment
4. Communication material development
• Exchange visits
• On-farm trials/demonstrations
• Group discussions
• Empowering women
• Field days
• Community meetings
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning – empowering women
Barley grazing – farmers’ practice
On-farm trials – barley vrs oats grazing
Joint learning – empowering women
Joint learning strategies – oat grazing
Joint learning strategies
Triticale
Oats
Barley-vetch
Barley-grasspea
Triticale-vetch
Oats-vetch
Barley
Triticale-grasspea
Oats-grasspea
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500
Average forage yield (kg DM/ha)
Joint learning: on-farm grazing, forage yield
Triticale
Triticale-grasspea
Oats-vetch
Triticale-vetch
Barley-vetch
Oats
Barley-grasspea
Oats-grasspea
Barley
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Average daily gain (g/head)
Joint learning: on-farm grazing, lamb growth
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 7040
45
50
55
60
65
Faba bean grain Lentil grain Common vetch grain
Days
Liv
e w
eigh
t (kg
/hea
d)
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 70 7730
35
40
45
50
55
60
Common vetc grain Grasspea grain
Days
Bod
y w
eigh
t (k
g/he
ad)
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
15 25150
200
250
300
Broken lentil Broken faba bean
Level in diet (%)
Dai
ly g
ain
(g/h
ead)
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening
Common vetch Faba bean Lentil30
33
36
39
Ca
rca
ss
we
igh
t (k
g)
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening, carcass
Item aDiet
Common vetch
Narbon vetch
Grasspea SEM
Fat (g/kg) 2.85a 1.13b 1.30b 0.391
Fatty acids (g/100g of total fatty acids)
bSCFA (C4:0-C12:1) 1.62a 2.62a 2.29a 0.595cMCFA (C14:0-C16:1) 6.61a 7.94a 7.91a 3.082dLCFA (C > C18:0) 5.17a 7.41a 6.31a 1.232
aMeans in a row followed by different letter (s) differ (P<0.10).b SCFA: short-chain fatty acids (C4:0-C12:1).c MCFA: medium-chain fatty acids (C14:0-C16:1).d LCFA: long-chain fatty acids (C > C18:0).
Joint learning: on-farm lamb fattening, meat
quality (fatty acid profile Longissimus dorsi)
Joint learning: on-farm milk production
Joint learning strategies
Joint learning: on-farm milk production
3 4 5 6 7 80
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
Week
Milk
off
-tak
e (g
/hea
d)
Joint learning: on-farm milk off-take
Low-cost diet
Medium-ration
Capacity building – innovations diagnosis
Capacity building-needs assessment workshop
• Extension and research staff• Participatory approaches• Data management and presentation• Forage evaluation
• Farmers• Forage seed production• Crop residue use• Ration formulation• Hay making• Forage management.
Capacity building needs
Capacity building – empowering women
Capacity building – training trainers
Capacity building – training trainers
Forage Evaluation
Crop-Livestock Production
Forage Seed Production
Socio-economic Survey Mehtods
Forage and Livestock Production
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Participants
Capacity building – short-courses
Communication materials development
Communication materials development
Communication strategies - media
2008 2009 20100
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
a) Site -Tal Amri
Pla
nte
d f
od
der
(h
a)
2008 2009 20100
100
200
300
400
b) Site - Salamieh
Are
a (h
a)
Outcomes - signs of adoption
• Farm level• Better feeding strategies• New arrangements – farmer-feed processer, El-Bab• Reduced feed gap – triticale, oats, barley, mixtures• Increased meat and milk - income
• Behavioural changes• Farmers – commercial lamb fattening• Farmer-extension-research linkage, Tal-Amri
• Why..???????• Leadership• Policy makers• Build trust
Outcomes
