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Scaling-Up of Value Chain Based Commodity Development


 * Hard Talk**

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 * Buzz Groups**

Participants were asked to form small groups to discuss 2 questions:

A. what lessons have you taken away from these 2 days that could be useful for the GTP? B. what unanswered questions do you have about IPMS?


 * A. what lessons have you taken away from these 2 days that could be useful for the GTP?**

> Very much impressed with sexed semen > > Knowledge and agricultural experience, centers should be serving us / Knowledge management lots of institutions are engaged and the major thing that we have overlooked in the past but is very vital > >
 * 1) There are many types of commercialization and ways to do it
 * 2) Marketing is crucial to the success of the growth and transformation plan.
 * 3) The involvement of the private sector is indispensable, with regard to inputs and getting the outputs to market
 * 4) The multi-stakeholder approach to reach all the target groups is having results
 * 5) The proposed synchronized approach to livestock breeding is very promising / The synchronization process is very attractive /The new approach of the artificial multiplication is highly appreciated / Breed improvement: making synchronization – we’re not working very much in the ministry /
 * 1) The value chain approach that IPMS followed is a good approach
 * 2) Proper attention to knowledge management in IPMS is a good practice /Knowledge management, assisting into the marketing is a good experience/ Knowledge management is doing great job and it should be adapted to GTP / Knowledge management should be maximized / The knowledge management and the capacity building, intervention with input supply , insurance and market integration is important for GTP / The existing knowledge centers are useful /
 * 1) Proper attention to knowledge management in IPMS is a good practice /Knowledge management, assisting into the marketing is a good experience/ Knowledge management is doing great job and it should be adapted to GTP / Knowledge management should be maximized / The knowledge management and the capacity building, intervention with input supply , insurance and market integration is important for GTP / The existing knowledge centers are useful /
 * 1) The innovative livestock insurance system is a good experience / Insurance system – from Goma area was a good experience\
 * 1) The innovative livestock insurance system is a good experience / Insurance system – from Goma area was a good experience\
 * 1) About the research and development aspect IPMS problem identification using the existing institutions is a good experience
 * 2) Resource mobilization in terms of finance should be seen
 * 3) The local market is not enough; we should invite the grass root level to improve
 * 4) The value chain development is mentioned in the input supply too.
 * 5) Input to animal feeds and for other problems also seen and serve as experience for scale up and out for GTP
 * 6) When one do want an intervention it has to see the potential of that area weather it is suitable for that commodity
 * 7) The project tries to use the capacity of the farmers / The project is participatory; it brings farmers and different stakeholders in one /Farmer to farmers technology transfer is very important /The project tries to use the capacity of the farmers
 * 8) To scale up, we need to disseminate information
 * 9) How to integrate different projects should have to be seen.
 * 10) To bring agricultural development not only knowledge value chain is important gender is also equally important. / Women should be promoted /Gender is important to maximize the approach
 * 1) To bring agricultural development not only knowledge value chain is important gender is also equally important. / Women should be promoted /Gender is important to maximize the approach
 * 1) Input multiplication for poultry and seeds is a good practice
 * 2) The value chain approach IPMS followed is important for production intervention
 * 3) Activities in IPMS are gender sensitive are important and good experience for GTP
 * 4) We introduced the new technologies, for GTP input supply is a major challenge
 * 5) Commodity based approach, it is a market oriented and demand derive and participatory
 * 6) How to apply the value chain approach in different commodities should be looked at
 * 7) The linkage b/n different actors and extension workers are highly appreciated
 * 8) Resource mobilization in terms of finance
 * 9) VC and input supply, new technologies and input from animal feed for problems much experience can be scaled out for the GTP.
 * 10) The importance of the value chain approach
 * 11) The approach IPMS used for MSc. Student is highly appreciated
 * 12) The special consideration IPMS gave to gender and sustainable supply of input and public partnership should be acknowledged
 * 13) The identification of agricultural business gap should be identified
 * 14) Farmers technology adoption and dissemination is highly appreciated
 * 15) The process of the meeting, displays and the group discussions, the hard talk is highly appreciated
 * 16) There should be adopted productive improvement and linkage
 * 17) The participatory approach is encouraged
 * 18) The output and documentation should be considered for the GTP
 * 19) Learning by doing adaptation is also important
 * 20) Commodities specification should focus on vegetables
 * 21) Crop production is also important and not widely scaled out
 * 22) Soft technologies should be transferred
 * 23) How to target the right person
 * 24) The appropriate technology development
 * 25) Most of students problem solved through IPMS project
 * 26) Good partnership with stake holders
 * 27) Gender issues should address all
 * 28) Commodity target is important the project focused only on few commodities
 * 29) Value chain concept, the very recently introduced to Ethiopia
 * 30) Multipliers we don’t have multiplication centers. People can specialize in this area
 * 31) Cross cutting issues, gender, environment and HIV / AIDS should be focused on
 * 32) Capacity building is highly appreciated
 * 33) Water harvesting was not given attention
 * 34) Forest production – not widely focused


 * B. what unanswered questions do you have about IPMS?**
 * 1) Were impressed with Dr Azage’s presentation but we have not heard whether there are possible side effect that we should know in advance
 * 2) The limited distribution of the pilot sites
 * 3) Animal breeding with AI is fine; what about the potential of tissue culture for plants
 * 4) Sustainability should be addressed
 * 5) The limited distribution of pilot sites are not balanced
 * 6) What strategy is there for scaling up.
 * 7) Capitalizing experiences gained so far should be addressed
 * 8) To what extent the lessons are taken up by partners?
 * 9) Who is going to disseminate the information?
 * 10) Cost benefit analysis, Was it really effective?
 * 11) Low special coverage was not covered?
 * 12) IPMS should answer the challenge of input supply for GTP?
 * 13) The natural balance of men and women is our worries?
 * 14) Will IPMS continue in woredas or.......?
 * 15) Cost benefit analysis was not covered with the sessions?
 * 16) The sustainability issue is not addressed?
 * 17) Who is going to scale up the project?