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ENHANCING INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE TRYPANOSOMOSIS CONTROL IN GHIBE VALLEY, SOUTH WEST ETHIOPIA ILRI INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE Prepared by: Anteneh Girma, Ranjitha Puskur and Woudyalew Mulatu Does this research deal with livestock goods and bads and if so how? Who are the “next users” of the research and how will they use the findings? The research aims to developing improved livestock health services delivery, to enhance the contribution of livestock for poverty reduction in the valley. On the other hand, the research could lead to change in ecology due to increased settlement and bush clearance for crop production using draught power The results and lessons could be used by animal health departments of governments and, NARS to scale out community based tryps control to all tryps affected areas in Ethiopia and beyond HISTORICAL CONTEXT 1986-1989 Research on productivity levels of trypano-sensitive animals and efficiency of available trypanocidals 1990-2003 Research On how to control trypanosomosis in an area of high drug resistance 2003-2006 Research on how to translate the successful control trial into a sustainable mechanism for improved livestock health control Current Phase: 2007-2011 Action research using the Asset based Community Development (ABCD) and the Innovation Systems (IS) approaches to derive lessons on 1. how to bring about sustainable improvements in livestock health service delivery in the project site 2. how to translate improved livestock health into increased productivity and incomes Purpose: To strengthen local capacity for innovation in animal health systems in the Ghibe Valley IS ABCD Analytical Elements 1. Triggers of innovation 2. Actors, Competences & Diversity of Functions 3. The underlying institutional context - Policies/Policy competences - Habits and Practices - Pattern of Interaction 4. Complementary research and knowledge inputs 5. Complementary support and services 6. Characteristics of innovations that 1) to 5) lead to and the usefulness of existing innovation activity 1. History of positive examples/successes of community-driven/own development initiatives 2. Skill inventory & gap analysis 3. Natural/Physical resource mapping and analysis 4. Inventory of formal and informal associations; roles and governance e.g. existence and adequacy of byelaws and enforcement 5. Local economic analysis : Income and expenditure flow analysis 6. Intervention/action plan evaluation vis a vis results of the analysis in points (1) to (5) above Activities Outputs Future Plans • Establishment of community based Trps control learning platform • Scaling up of market oriented livestock fattening • Capacitating Tryps cooperatives and ABCD communities to enhance livestock Innovation • Strengthening CAWHs to play a pivotal role in animal health service delivery, backstopped by woredas • ABCD field based training , community mapping of existing assets and community action planning • ABCD experience sharing , review of ABCD action plans and community validation • Identifications of ABCD action plans requiring bridging support and linkages • Implementation of community action plans • Baseline Innovation Appraisal • Feedback to stakeholders on the findings of the baseline appraisal and identified priorities, entry points and appropriate partners • Community based tryps control through establishing & strengthening trps cooperatives and training of Community Animal Heath Workers (CAHWs) • Piloting market oriented goat fattening • Partnerships developed to implement collaborative community based tryps control • 13 Tryps cooperatives established and capacitated to participate in the community based tryps control • Local policy change to acknowledge the contributions of CAHWs ( Certification and Institutional Support) • CAHWs capacitated to involve in tryps control( Pour On and treatment) • ABCD community capacitated to develop proposals for funding and approach local government for its implementation ( access to basic services and establishment of tryps cooperatives)
