Transcript Livestock production is a major contributory to Sudan`s

Support to Livestock Production
and Marketing in Traditional
Rainfed Farming Areas
August, 28 – MDTF N OC Meeting
Initial Project Proposal
GNU Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries
Livestock production is a major contributory to
Sudan’s economy
- 20% of GDP & 50 % of Agricultural GDP.
- Second export commodity (25% of non oil
exports).
- Contribute to national food security.
- Livestock mostly in traditional rainfed farming
areas (Western, Central and Eastern Sudan).
- Three systems: nomadic, transhumance (agro
pastoralism), sedentary agriculture.
- An important capital asset (mitigate impact of
drought ,crop failure, finance….).
However, major constraints
impede sector development
- Marketing arrangements are inadequate:
• no transparent sales system (no auction, no
grading, regulations…)
• large distances travelled by animals on the hoof.
• heavy taxation on the way to main markets.
• Exporters deterred by adverse marketing
arrangements and unfavorable exchange rate.
Lack of incentives for producers (subsistence
production) to sell their animals = Livestock
off take low.
Other main constraints:
- Conflicting land rights: source of civil
tension/ strife between pastoralists and crop
farmers ( grazing lands legally not entitled /
specified).
- Water: shortage, costly + conflict over water
resources.
- Disease: limited capacity of the government
to control diseases / inadequate service
delivery by private sector.
Strategy
MARF strategy:
to provide livestock producers with :
1/ adequate services and grazing rights.
2/ improved market infrastructure,
3/ better marketing arrangements =efficiency.
Objectives:
1/ promote better integration of livestock and crop farming.
2/ give more incentives to producers to sell their animals.
which would result in
Higher livestock off-take percentage, increased incomes
and reduced environmental degradation and conflicts.
with MDTF support, MARF intends to:
- Focus on key issues, limit geographical focus to
maximise impact ($20 M project, 4 years).
- Develop an approach that could replicated.
- Cooperate with Southern Sudan and create synergies
with other interventions (IFAD, EC/FAO…)
Two Areas identified:
• North Kordofan (Impacted by IDPs from neighboring
Darfur, sheep producing area).
• Blue Nile, Sinnar, White Nile (important South / North
cattle trade corridor, conflict prone area).
Project Components:
Component I: Rehabilitation of stock routes
/rangelands though community-based
interventions.
- rehabilitation work (demarcation, rangeland, water points);
- training and equipping of Community Animal Health
Workers (CAHWs).
Component II: Support to livestock marketing
development
- development of auction systems (with market price
information, grading) at secondary markets;
- training of producer and trader associations,
- support to the private sector to develop abattoirs
Component III. Support to animal disease
control and surveillance
- reinforcement of animal disease surveillance control
system (training and equipment);
- strengthened the CAHW network.
Component IV. Technical Assistance
- study on land rights (should support the National and
State Land Commissions);
- study the sector’s marketing arrangements and propose
marketing reform interventions;
- conduct a livestock population estimate/ census (NORTH
AND SOUTH).
Preparation of the Project Proposal
- Draft IPP discussed with technical agencies, line
institutions and donors.
- FPP preparation started with the support of FAO
first mission in July/August.
Points to be addressed carefully during the
preparation process:
- Involvement of communities and role of
agriculture; how to consult and involve all
concerned communities in a balanced
manner?
- Litigation and security: How to assist the
native administration ?
- Need to set up an implementation structure
that:
• Respects the decentralised nature of Sudan
• Allows rapid implementation while building
public and civil society capacity.
Final Project Proposal to be prepared by the
end of the year