19 April 2012

The imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform holds its fourth meeting

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The fourth imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting

Participants at the fourth imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting held on 15 March 2012 at Manusse, Mozambique

On 15 March 2012, the imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform (IP) held its fourth meeting at Manusse, Mozambique. About 40 participants took part in the meeting, representing producers, community leaders, paraveterinarians, extension officers, researchers, and meat buyers and sellers.

The meeting covered a range of topics, starting with a discussion on information flow from the IP members to the communities and back into the IP meeting. The relevance of feedback was explained and subsequently feedback was given by the IP members on the goat fairs in November and December.

As decided in the third IP meeting, each community would identify communal grazing areas. Therefore, in the fourth IP meeting progress about communal pasture areas in each community was discussed and follow-up actions were defined.

In addition, there was a discussion on the construction of improved kraals by participants and in the coming two months, five farmers will start to construct an improved kraal.

Download the report of the fourth imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting

 

21 February 2012

The imGoats Mozambique national steering committee holds its second meeting

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Vilanculos October 2010 - Mozambique

The imGoats Mozambique national steering committee held its second meeting on 7 February 2012 in Maputo at the Mozambique National Agricultural Research Institute (Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique – IIAM).

The meeting was attended by representatives from IIAM, the Ministry of Agriculture – Animal Production Department, the Inhambane provincial livestock services, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), CARE International and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The country officer of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sent apologies.

The agenda of the meeting was to:

  • review the project activities to date,
  • present and discuss results of the baseline study which was carried out to characterize existing goat production systems and markets, and identify the requirements, risks and environmental threats involved in goat production and marketing;
  • present and discuss results of the goat value chain analysis carried out in southern Mozambique; and
  • review the follow-up activities to be undertaken in the following six months.

Download the report of the second meeting of the imGoats Mozambique National Steering Committee

 

20 February 2012

Paravets imGoats Mozambique finished their training

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Last Saturday (February 18) 15 imGoats paravets finished their training on goat health, treatment and commercialization. The paravets were selected by their community members to participate in the training, resulting in 1 paravet per community in which the project is operating. The training was undertaken over 3 weeks – one week in October, November and February – and included theory as well as practice. The training was given by CARE project officer, Amosse Maheme, and extension officer, Felicio Majesso.

The paravets learnt to identify diseases and to treat diarrhoea, abscesses, wounds and (preventatively) ticks and internal parasites. They also learnt how to calculate treatment doses (see photo). In addition to health treatment, the paravets received training on the commercialization of goats. This included the use of weighing scales, live weight pricing and aggregation of goats in their community.

The training ended with a written exam of 8 questions and a group discussion about the correct answers. Afterwards, each paravet received a certificate. Moreover, each paravet received boots, a calculator and a ‘starter kit’ (green back pack on the photo) to ensure they each had all the required material to operate in the field. The kit included materials such as a weighing scale and medicines. As follow-up, in the field the paravets will be supported by CARE staff with the implementation of their activities and to consolidate the information on which they have been trained in a practical, hands-on manner.

 

7 February 2012

The imGoats project hosts national advisory and steering committees in Mozambique and India

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Vilanculos, Mozambique, October 2010

The imGoats project hosts two key meetings this week in Mozambique and India. On 7 February 2012, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and CARE Mozambique host the second imGoats national steering committee meeting in Maputo.

Participants include representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture at national and provincial level, the national agricultural research institute, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). ILRI will be represented by Birgit Boogaard, Saskia Hendrickx and Siboniso Moyo.

The meeting will discuss updates on the progress of project activities. Preliminary results from the baseline study and the value chain analysis will also be presented.

In addition, the second meeting of the national advisory committee meeting of the imGoats project in India takes place on 10-11 February 2012 in Udaipur.

Expected at this meeting are the Animal Husbandry Commissioner of the Government of India; directors of the Animal Husbandry Departments of the state governments of Rajasthan and Jharkhand; and the director of the Central Institute of Research on Goats.

There will also be participants from the International Goat Association, IFAD India, the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), Tata International, BAIF Development Research Foundation and some local partners. ILRI will be represented by Ranjitha Puskur, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Purvi Mehta and Padmakumar.

Once finalized, the reports of the respective meetings will be uploaded on the Documents page of this blog where you can also find the reports of past meetings.

Tending to her flock in Jharkhand

 

4 January 2012

The imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya Innovation Platform holds its fourth meeting

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Woman and goats in Udaipur, India

The fourth meeting of the Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform was held on 12 December 2011. During the third meeting, participants felt that more representation from the villages was needed to in order to make the meetings more participatory and facilitate flow of information between the innovation platform and the villages.

Goat keepers’ representatives were nominated by the groups in the respective villages to participate in the innovation platform meeting. This increased the number of community members participating in the innovation platform meeting by twelve.

The fourth innovation platform meeting began by orienting the new community members to the innovation platform followed by discussions on the two key action points: collection of faecal samples for analysis at the Animal Husbandry Department in Udaipur, and organizing for sale of animals.

Download the report of the fourth Jhadol-Kanthariya IP meeting.

 

6 December 2011

The imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya Innovation Platform holds its third meeting

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Goats in Udaipur, India

The imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform held its third meeting on 14 October 2011 to review progress made on the action plans related to sale of animals during the Navrata festival and training of goat keepers on how to identify symptoms of disease and worm infection in their goats and collect faecal samples for laboratory analysis.

For each action item, the participants reviewed the results of what was done, what worked well, what didn’t work well and why. Based on the discussions, the priority actions were agreed upon with timelines for completion.

Download the report here.

 

10 November 2011

The imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform holds its third meeting

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The third imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting

Participants at the third imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting, 18 October 2011

On 18 October 2011, the imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform held its third meeting at Chimajane, Mozambique. About 24 participants took part in the meeting, representing producers, community leaders, paraveterinarians, extension officers, researchers, and meat buyers and sellers.

The main objective of the meeting was to follow up on the second innovation platform meeting held in July 2011 and deliberate on concrete actions on fairs and communal pasture areas. This included a reflection on actions that had been conducted in the past two months. Challenges and possible solutions for actions that had not been conducted were identified and on the basis of this, follow-up actions for the coming two months were defined.

Download the report of the third imGoats Inhassoro innovation platform meeting

 

13 October 2011

The imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya Innovation Platform holds its second meeting

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The second imgoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform meeting

Participants at the second imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform meeting, 14 September 2011

The imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya Innovation Platform held its second meeting on 14 September 2011 at Ankur Hall at Jhadol. As a follow-up to the first innovation platform meeting held the previous month, the participants identified two specific issues to tackle in the next couple of months.

There was a notable improvement in the participation of women, with seven women joining in the second meeting in contrast to the first meeting held the previous month where only one woman was present.

In the next two months, the Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform will focus on the sale of animals during the October Navrata Festival and animal health care activities such as deworming and vaccination. These were identified as the most important issues affecting goat value chains, based on current needs.

To read details of the action plans, download the report of the second imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform meeting.

 

7 October 2011

The imGoats India national advisory committee holds its first meeting

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The imGoats India national advisory committee held its first meeting on 17 August 2011 in New Delhi to review the implementation of project activities, challenges and lessons learned; to discuss major challenges and opportunities for upgrading goat value chains; to brainstorm on related initiatives which could benefit from mutual learning; and to agree on the terms of reference for the national advisory committee.

Present at the meeting were representatives of the Government of India Animal Husbandry Departments in Rajasthan and Jharkhand; the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Program (SAPPLPP), BAIF Development Research Foundation and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Download the report of the first meeting of the imGoats India National Advisory Committee

 

28 September 2011

imGoats project announces MSc thesis possibilities for research on goat value chains in India and Mozambique

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imgoats project - Vilanculos October 2010

Are you interested in carrying out MSc research on goat value chains in Mozambique and India? The Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats) project has identified some MSc thesis possibilities under the following topics:

  • Gender analysis
  • Economic analysis (value chains)
  • Sustainable intensification (environmental assessment)
  • Innovation and multi-stakeholder processes
  • Goat housing, reproduction, health and feeding

During the project, new research questions may come up, which give opportunities for other thesis possibilities. In addition, the project is open to students who come up with their own ideas or research proposals which fit within the scope of the project.

About the imGoats project

The imGoats project aims to transform the lives of goat keepers in India and Mozambique by turning their subsistence-level goat production into a viable and profitable enterprise.

The goal of the project is to increase incomes and food security in a sustainable manner by enhancing pro-poor small ruminant value chains in India and Mozambique.

The two objectives of the project are:

  1. to pilot sustainable and replicable organizational and technical models to strengthen goat value chains in India and Mozambique that increase incomes, reduce vulnerability and enhance welfare amongst marginalized groups, including women; and
  2. to document, communicate and promote appropriate evidence-based model(s) for sustainable, pro-poor goat value chains.

What is required?

  • BSc and/or MSc courses in one (or more) of the following areas: agricultural economics, animal production, rural development, innovation studies, rural sociology, animal nutrition, animal health, sustainability assessment, value chains.
  • Basic knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish language is recommended as all field communication in Mozambique is in Portuguese.

What are the conditions?

  • Based in Vilanculos, Mozambique (CARE office); or in Udaipur (Rajasthan) or Deogarh (Jharkhand), India
  • Co-supervision by a researcher from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and your university
  • Financial support for students from developing countries. Students from developed countries depend on personal (or other) funding

Download the PDF document with details of the research questions

Contact: Dr Ranjitha Puskur of ILRI  (r.puskur @ cgiar.org)

 

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