Considerations and Focuses in Research Planning

Livestock Programs Annual Research Review – 2021/22

Fekede Feyissa (PhD)

Director, Livestock Research, EIAR
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Points

 Progresses and Major Achievements During 2020/21

 Considerations/Focusses in Research Planning
 Ten years perspective plans of MoA & Research (2013 – 2022 EC)
15 years (2016 – 2030 GC) research strategy
 Expected budget availability
 Other emerging issues if any

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1. Progresses & Achievements During 2020/21

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1.1.Execution of Research Activities

No Program No. of Status of Research Activities
projects Total planed Executed Completed Suspended

1 Dairy Cattle 5 54 53 3 1
2 Beef Cattle 1 8 8 5 -
3 Seep 3 29 26 8 3
4 Goats 2 15 15 - -
5 Camel 1 5 4 - 1
6 Poultry 6 36 36 11 -
7 Fishery 6 54 54 10 -
8 Apiculture 4 24 23 6 1
9 Sericulture 1 17 17 1 -
10 Feeds & nutrition 5 75 74 24 1
11 Animal health 5 36 36 11 -
12 Range 3 23 21 4 2
Total 42 376 367 84 9
97.6% activities executed as planned
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1.2. Performance of Planned Deliverables

No Type of Deliverable Unit Total Achieved Performance

planned (%)
1 Technology No 35 31 88.6
2 Information No 61 52 85.3
3 Tech. demonstration No. of beneficiaries 1655 1984 100+
4 Tech. pre-scaling up No. of beneficiaries 3257 3238 99.4
5 Training (tech. users) No. of trainees 5171 6077 100+
6 Staff short-term training No. of trainees 456 765 100+
7 Technology Multiplication
7.1 Different livestock No (`000) 1,502 1,417.9 94.4
breeds/types
7.2 Forage seeds Q 355 368.5 100+
7.3 Forage seedlings No (`000) 5320 6,593.6 100+

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1.3. Quantities of d/t technologies distributed to users in

demonstration & pre-scaling up schemes
No Type of Technology Unit Quantity
1 Improved dairy heifers/cows No 233
2 Improved dairy bulls No 31
3 Selected/improved rams No 177
4 Selected bucks No 25
5 Day-old-chicks No 348,993
6 Fish fingerlings No 849,100
7 Forage seed Q 19.1
8 Forage seedlings No 571,100
9 Sericulture larvae (Laying) No 1,080
10 Castor seed Kg 442
11 Mulberry seedlings No 7,000
12 Bee forage seedlings No 25,000
Number of beneficiaries 5,222

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1.4. Publications

Type Quantity Remark

Journal 64
Proceeding 158 Research Results completed
during 2011 and 2012 EC
Production guideline 2
Book chapter 1
ድምር 225

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Documentation of completed research results (2004-2013 EC)

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Six volumes (324 papers) published during the last 4 years (83% of the total papers)

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Documentation of completed research results

Need for Thinking Beyond Scientific Documentation:-

 Packing the important results and channeling to the extension

system to ensure their wider applications towards impacting
livelihoods???

 Proper communications to various stakeholders & clients

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አገራዊ ፋይዳ ያላቸዉ እና በስፋት ወደ ተጠቃሚዉ እንዲሸጋገሩ የተመረጡ

የምርምር ዉጤቶች ማቅረቢያ ቅፅ

 የምርምር ዉጤቱ/ቴክኖሎጂዉ
o ርዕስ
o አጭር መግለጫ/brief background & rationale
o ስለ ቴክኖሎጂዉ/ምክረ-ሃሳቡ ዝርዝር መረጃ (የሚያስገኘዉ ተጨባጭ ጥቅም፤ ልዩ ባህሪያት፤
ዉስንነት፤ የወጣበት ዓመት፤ ወዘተ.)
 ቴክኖሎጂዉ ጥቅም ላይ የሚዉልበት አግባብ
o ሥነ ምህዳር/ተስማሚ አካባቢ ገለጻ
o የምርት ሥርዓት/production system: mixed smallholder, large scale commercial,
pastoral, agro-pastoral
o ድህረ ምርት አያያዝ
 ለአገር ዉስጥ/ለዉጭ ገበያ/ ለአግሮ ኢንዱስትሪ ያለዉ ተፈላጊነት
o ቴክኖሎጂዉ/ምክረ ሀሳቡ ያለበት ሁኔታ
o የተዋወቀበት ደረጃ/demonstration, pre-scaling up
o የተባዛ የመነሻ ቴክኖሎጂ/ዲዛይንና ፕሮቶታይፕ፤ የዘር ትዉልድ፤ የእንስሳት ዝርያ፤ ወዘተ/ እና
መጠን
 ቴክኖሎጂዉን/ምክረ ሀሳቡን ለማስፋት ያሉ መልካም አጋጣሚዎችና
ተግዳሮቶች
 ሌሎች ጠቃሚ መረጃዎች
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1.5. Other initiatives during the year

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Collaborative projects with MoA

No Project Title Budget (Br) Status
1 Crossbred dairy heifers 12 Million from  200 Boran heifers purchased
multiplication (via synchronization LFSDP of MoA and maintained at Adaberga
& use of sexed semen)  About 100 heifers
inseminated

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Collaborative projects with MoA…

No Project Title Budget (Br) Status
2 Model Village Based Improved 178 Million – to  Initial breeder stock multiplication
Family Poultry Production and be implemented under way at DZARC
Job Creation Pilot Project by MoA  DOCs to be supplied to
(MPV) multiplication centers in different
regions

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2. Considerations in subsequent research planning

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2.1. Livestock Sector Dev`t Ten years (2013 – 2022 EC) Targets, MoA

Commodity Unit Base year 2022 EC Expected

(2012 EC) increment (%)
3.70 10.70 189
Milk (all sources) L (Billions)
288 1665 478
Red meat Tons (`000)
1.80 3.90 117
Eggs No (Billions)
75 138 84
Chicken meat Tons (`000)
57.4 137 139
Fish Tons (`000)
58.5 152.4 160
Honey Tons (`000)
29.96 77.70 159
Silk cocoon Tons (`000)

Heavy reliance on technology, knowledge/skill and investment

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2.2. Ten years (2013 – 2022 EC) Targets, EIAR vs Livestock

Deliverable Unit EIAR Livestock Research

Technology No 1528 318

Information No 2503 552

Scaling up/Demos No. of beneficiaries 966714 73002

Stakeholder training No. of trainees 762163 67351

Journal Articles No 2418 505

Initial Technology Multiplications

D/nt livestock breeds No (Millions) 19.8

Forage seeds Q 2109

Forage seedlings No (Millions) 59.2

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2.2.1. Technology Generation (No.)

No Program 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018-2022 Total
1 Dairy cattle 7 7 8 4 5 33 64
2 Beef cattle 1 2 2 2 2 15 24
3 Sheep 5 7 7 4 4 24 51
4 Goats 2 2 4 5 1 12 26
5 Camel 2 1 1 2 1 7 14
6 Poultry 1 3 4 2 3 18 31
7 Fishery 2 3 4 1 2 15 27
8 Apiculture 3 3 3 2 3 8 22
9 Sericulture - - 1 - - 5 6
10 Animal health 3 1 2 - - 8 14
11 Feeds & nutrition 6 4 3 3 3 15 34
12 Range 3 1 1 - - 2 7
Total 33 34 40 25 24 162 318

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2.2.2. Information Generation (No.)

No Program 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018-2022 Total
1 Dairy cattle 7 4 4 3 4 20 42
2 Beef cattle 1 1 1 2 2 13 20
3 Sheep 3 4 2 3 3 14 29
4 Goats 2 1 1 2 1 10 17
5 Camel 3 2 2 1 1 10 19
6 Poultry 9 8 10 5 6 31 69
7 Fishery 10 15 8 7 8 38 86
8 Apiculture 2 1 3 2 4 21
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9 Sericulture - 1 4 - - 14 19
10 Animal health 7 10 10 7 9 51 94
11 Feeds & nutrition 15 10 11 8 10 45 99
12 Range 2 3 4 2 1 13 25
Total 61 60 60 42 49 280 552

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2.3. Years Research Strategy (12 programs)

 Identified Strategic Interventions
 Short-term (1st five years)
 Medium-term (2nd five years)
 Long-term (3rd five years)

 About 54 mega projects have been generated from

the strategy documents (44 projects under implementation
currently)

 Required refinements should focus on medium & long-

term interventions in the coming 8-9 years

 Any emerging issues should also be accounted for by

the respective programs
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Other consideration:

Budget Availability

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Consideration 2.3:
Budget allocation to livestock research during the last 7 years (Million Birr)

80
70.9
70 66.4 65.5
60.3 60.5 61.8
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50 49.2 No improvement may be

expected
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 Balance b/n completed and
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new plans
 More focus outreach
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activities in the new plans
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

NB:- About 40% of the budget used for maintaining research animals (mainly
feed & labour)

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Summary of On going Livestock Research Plans (2014 EC)

No Program Existing (2014 EC) Plan for 2015 EC (Known after the
program level review)
Projects Activities Projects Activities
1 Dairy 5 65 ? ?
2 Feeds & Nutrition 6 75 ? ?
3 Animal health 5 41 ? ?
4 Beef 2 6 ? ?
5 Sheep 3 26 ? ?
6 Goats 2 16 ? ?
7 Camel 1 7 ? ?
8 Poultry 6 37 ? ?
9 Fishery 6 55 ? ?
10 Apiculture 4 30 ? ?
11 Sericulture 1 16 ? ?
12 Range 3 26 ? ?
Total 44 400 ? ?

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Reminder – full write-ups of research activities

completed during 2013 EC
No Program Expected Draft submitted Remaining
1 Fishery 10 8 2
2 Poultry 11 8 3
3 Sericulture 1 2 --
4 Apiculture 6 7 --
5 Dairy 3 3 3
6 Beef 6 3 3
7 Camel -- -- --
8 Sheep 8 7 1
9 Goats 1 1 --
10 Animal health 12 6 6
11 Feeds & nutrition 24 11 13
12 Range 4 -- 4
Total 86 56 35??

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Final Remark
 Important review stage where final technical decision will be made
 Minutes should be strictly captured, summarized and submitted
to the program leaders within a week after the review
(Rapporteurs)
 All presentation slides should be submitted to the program
leaders immediately
Full write-ups of new activities should be submitted to the program
leaders right during the review – other wise will not be
considered for budgeting

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Final Remark…
Proper time management (chairpersons & presenters)

 Key findings of completed activities (brief summary/table)

 Brief highlights on progresses of on-going activities

 Summarized details of new activities – alignment with strategic

issues, gap of knowledge (relevance), possibility to implement with

available capacity (technical feasibility), etc
 Tangible reasons - for modified, re-initiated, extended, suspended

and terminated activities if any

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Final Remark…
 Support to emerging centers to ensure their proper
integration into the system

 Wolkite
 Abobo
 Ambo (Ginchi sub-center)
 Debre-Markos

 Student Thesis Research Works – currently about 35 livestock

researchers on long-term training- most of them on thesis
research work

 More than 1 Million Birr being invested on student thesis research

works in 2014 EC alone – allocated by the concerned programs
 Thesis research activities should be part of research directories of
the concerned programs, properly monitored, and reported
accordingly including in the completed research forum
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Final Remark…
Among points of general discussion:

 Balance of planned activities (on-station vs on-farm/demonstration,

pre-scaling up; source technology multiplication)

 Reporting – quality and timeliness (Including financial for non-EIAR

centers)
 Full write-ups of completed activities – quality and timeliness

 Packing & communication of applicable research results for

development use
 etc

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Thank you

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