> > Thank you Dr Sujit Nayak for your excellent review. > > >> I would like to make one small comment in relation to the >> "African/Mozambique" model. While the model focussed on ND control (in >> response to farmer priorities), the model also makes reference to >> appropriate housing, creep feeding of chicks, marketing and biosecurity. > > >> The ACIAR ND training manual ( http://aciar.gov.au/publication/mn086 ) >> provides an overview of this model. This manual is to be updated over the >> coming 6 months and so we would welcome comments on it. If you could send >> your comments to me at <[log in to unmask]> by the end of >> August, that would be much appreciated. > > >> Kind regards, Robyn > > > On 8 June 2012 21:13, Sujit Nayak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> Dear Coordinators and participants, >> >> I would like to share a few more ideas and experiences on the following >> topics: >> >> >> *Which factors should be taken into account when designing good >> organizational models for sustainable family poultry development?* >> >> ** ** >> >> *·** **What are the experiences from successful projects? >> How can their interventions be replicated or become sustainable and what >> are the challenges of replication in other areas?* >> >> ** ** >> >> Following are some of the interesting models I have come across which >> actually focus on a specific segment (given in the parentheses) as per the >> regional requirements:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> — Bangladesh(BRAC) /Asian model- (extended to Nepal, Philippines, Fiji- >> Self-Help Groups, Micro-financing)**** >> >> — African/ Mozambique model (extended to Kenya, Morocco, Benin, Burkina >> Faso- New Castle Disease vaccine)**** >> >> — Latin American / Cuban model (extended to Nicaragua, Haiti - epizootiological >> monitoring and surveillance program)**** >> >> — DANIDA-Danish Development Agency-Integrated Livestock Programs >> (extension/ training/ farmers field school)**** >> >> — Kegg Farms – a private company (supply chain)**** >> >> — PRADAN(Kesla)s- a social non-govt. organization model (market access >> facilitation)**** >> >> — ICAR model– Indian Council of Agricultural Research(Germplasm flow)*** >> * >> >> — NABARD (techno-economic considerations and credit flow)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Ideal Organizational models should be an amalgamation of various factors >> derived from the above experiences. The model may incorporate:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> a) Research model on improving birds suitable for FP, feed resource >> base etc.**** >> >> b) Inputs supply model and Service delivery models including Health >> services**** >> >> c) Training, skill upgradation, extension model**** >> >> d) Marketing model(where needed) with credit flow and financing**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am sure we can extrapolate and replicate these mutatis mutandis.**** >> >> * *** >> >> *·** **Does working for specific target groups (e.g. women) >> improve the chances of success in working for FP?* >> >> * * >> >> * *Though it is a well-known fact that besides income generation, FP >> provides nutrition supplementation in form of valuable animal protein and >> empowers women as generally the backyard activities are handled by the >> women in rural areas. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> However, it is, at this stage felt better to stick to the objective of >> alleviating the extreme poverty condition using FP as a tool the landless >> and marginal farmers which of course include women (landless farmers constitute >> 32% of the rural poor in India; but distribution of poultry is only to the >> extent of 6.5%).**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The success should be reflected in reduction of extreme poverty – so may >> be the target group should be the most vulnerable group of society – as not >> the spread and production of poultry, but empowered resource-poor humans >> should define the success.** >> >> * * >> >> *·** **Ways of disseminating lessons learned (successes, but >> also failures) from family poultry development projects.* >> >> * * >> >> * *This is really interesting and important. A demo alongwith >> success stories may be shown as a film in clusters where FP programs are >> implemented. Better even, if pictorial flyers/ posters can be distributed. >> The highlighting of ‘failures’ otr ‘What NOT to do’ is all the more >> important. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I often share a picture I had taken of a covered earthen grain storing >> vessels (called mokli in local language- I have attached a picture) which >> was used by some people to keep the birds resulting in mortality- this >> strikes the others who see it immediately that the birds do need >> ventilation in the shelter to breath. It may strike as common sense to us >> but is crucial for the farmer.**** >> >> * * >> >> *·** **Which resources need to be mobilized to make projects >> sustainable?* >> >> * * >> >> * *As a top down approach, the administrators in the Government must >> realize the factors for sustainability of the FP programs and the must be >> convinced- as they often look towards commercial/industrial poultry to be >> the major pillar of development.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Resources need to be mobilized for research **** >> >> a) at input level for development of suitable germplasm**** >> >> b) at field level, participatory research for feedback from Family >> Poultry keepers**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The statistics of target group and FP- especially the production >> from FP, is another important aspect which is required to be recorded >> properly as all financial calculations to mobilize resources will depend on >> that.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> At the bottoms up approach, NGOs and other Organizations should >> mobilize the delivery, marketing and supply chain to enable decentralized >> management.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *·** **Which are the institutions that provide the best >> conditions for promoting a sustainable development and should be >> responsible for it?* >> >> * * >> >> * *I believe that the Government and the NGOs will play an equally >> important role in policy planning and implementation at ground level.**** >> >> * * >> >> *·** **How important are Markets and the economies of scale for >> the success of interventions?* >> >> In a cluster approach having surplus production, development of niche >> market is crucial and with substantial production the costs of logistics, >> cost of inputs and service delivery can be taken care of. **** >> >> It would be interesting to work out the critical number of families >> involved and quantum of production to achieve the same. **** >> >> * * >> >> *·** **What level of public funding is required to support and >> promote FP and for what type of interventions?* >> >> * * >> >> * *This may vary from place to place but initial efforts to give >> fillip requires that this should be funded 100% by the Government. Possible >> tailor-made interventions are already mentioned.**** >> >> * * >> >> *·** **What are promising new **technologies to improve FP?*** >> >> The Information Technology for widespread dissemination of basic >> information as well as for feedback could be explored alongwith charting of >> FP areas on a digital map (if not GPS) may help policy makers to focus on >> the areas of interventions as well as to enable surveillance.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** Regards,** >> >> **** >> >> **Sujit Nayak** >> >> **India** >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the PoultryDevelopment-L list, click the following >> link: >> >> https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?TICKET=NzM0NjkyIHJvYnluLmFsZGVyc0BHTUFJTC5DT00gUE9VTFRSWURFVkVMT1BNRU5ULUwgIIDWquIuqI6%2F&c=SIGNOFF >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Robyn Alders (Tel: +61-2-48402035; Mobile: +61-467-603370) * Director, International Rural Poultry Centre, KYEEMA Foundation. http://www.kyeemafoundation.org * Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia * Adjunct Associate Professor, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, USA. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the PoultryDevelopment-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(PoultryDevelopment-L,SIGNOFF);