Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in India and Mozambique (imGoats)

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    Outcome Mapping as a monitoring and evaluation tool for livestock value chain interventions: The case of imGoats
    (Journal Article, 2018-01-11) Taye, Hailemichael; Swaans, Cornelis P.M.; Boogaard, Birgit K.; Bendapudi, Ramkumar; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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    Innovation platforms in the imGoats project: Lessons learned
    (Presentation, 2012) Swaans, Cornelis P.M.
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    Smallholder goat production and marketing: A gendered baseline study from Inhassoro District Mozambique
    (Journal Article, 2015-12-01) Boogaard, Birgit K.; Waithanji, Elizabeth M.; Poole, Elizabeth J.; Cadilhon, Joseph J.
    Despite emerging public and donor attention on women and agriculture, relatively few studies are based on gender analysis of sex-disaggregated quantitative data, particularly on women's involvement in marketing of livestock products. The objective of this article is therefore to investigate gender roles and processes of smallholder goat production and marketing in Inhassoro District, Mozambique, by analysing sex-disaggregated baseline data for women in male-headed households (W-MHH), men in male-headed households (M-MHH) and women in female-headed households (FHH). The paper draws on baseline data from the imGoats project, which aimed to diversify smallholder goat producers’ livelihood options by supporting the commercialization of goat production. Building on the sustainable livelihoods framework, adapted for gender and assets, this paper demonstrates that women in male-headed households rarely have control over income from goat sales and that meanings of “joint” ownership, decision making and asset control differ by gender. Results also showed that the primary goal of selling goats is to cover emergencies and household needs, and that goat meat consumption is linked to market access and agro-ecological zone. Despite the challenges of undertaking robust gender studies in a real-life developing country setting, this study provides a practical technical example of how one can implement gendered quantitative analyses in the context of the livelihoods framework.
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    Commercializing smallholder value chains for goats in Mozambique: A system dynamics approach
    (Journal Article, 2014) Hamza, K.H.; Rich, Karl M.; Baker, A.D.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
    Goat producers in Inhassoro follow traditional management practices that lead to low supply of low quality goats. This has negative impacts on profitability, and on market access. Traders who buy in the Inhassoro locality buy only small volumes, and buyers from external markets are unaware of potential market supply in Inhassoro. This interaction of production constraints and limited information flows in the value chain was addressed using a system dynamics model for various commercialization scenarios. Simulation results show that improving goat production and animal health practices alone without concomitant improvements in market access have negative impacts on the financial performance of producers and no impact on other value chain actors. However, interventions that both improve market access and animal health have significant positive impacts on the financial performance of all value chain actors. The model’s explicit treatment of herd dynamics contribute significantly to these conclusions, particularly the lagged production response inherent in livestock breeding systems.
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    Using outcome mapping as a monitoring and management tool in a small ruminant value chain project
    (Brief, 2014-09-30) Taye, H.; Swaans, S.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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    Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique
    (Journal Article, 2014-07-03) Swaans, Cornelis P.M.; Boogaard, Birgit K.; Bendapudi, R.; Taye, H.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Klerkx, Laurens
    Various authors have identified the potential relevance of innovation system approaches for inclusive innovation, that is, the means by which new goods and services are developed for and by the poor. However, it is still a question how best to operationalize this. Innovation platforms (IPs) represent an example of putting an inclusive innovation system approach into practice by bringing different types of stakeholders together to address issues of mutual concern and interest with a specific focus on the marginalized poor. This paper explores the formation and functioning of IPs with the aim of providing lessons on the conditions and factors that play a role in making them effective. The study shows the importance of social organization, representation, and incentives to ensure a ‘true’ participatory innovation process, which is based on demand and embedded in the context. Critical to this is a flexible planning process stimulating incremental change through so-called innovation bundles (i.e. combinations of technological, organizational, and institutional innovations) and reflexive learning (systematically challenging constraining factors). Furthermore, local institutions embedded in norms and values are crucial to understand people's decisions. Due to weak linkages between value chain actors, innovation brokers have a vital role in facilitating the innovation process. Overall, IPs are a promising model for inclusive innovation, but they require a careful assessment of and adjustment to the institutional context.
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    Reflection on innovation processes in a smallholder goat development project in Mozambique
    (Conference Paper, 2014-03-20) Boogaard, Birgit K.; Swaans, Cornelis P.M.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Cosijn, M.
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    Sustainable smallholder goat production and commercialization in semi-arid regions of Mozambique
    (Brief, 2013-10-30) Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Cosijn, M.; Moyo, Siboniso; Maheme, A.A.
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    Goat production and commercialization: Paravet manual
    (Training Material, 2013-06) Costa Pereira, G.; Boogaard, Birgit K.; Cosijn, M.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Maheme, A.; Maute, F.R.
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    Production and commercialization of goats—Manual for community level service providers (in Hindi)
    (Training Material, 2013) Bendapudi, R.; Rathod, B.G.; Patel, R.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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    Criaҫӓo e comercializaҫӓo de caprinos - Fichas didacticas
    (Manual, 2013) Pereira, G.C.; Boogaard, Birgit K.; Cosijn, M.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Maheme, A.; Maute, F.R.
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    Sustainable smallholder goat production and commercialization in India
    (Brief, 2013-08-30) Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Bendapudi, R.; Staal, Steven J.; Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi; Hegde, N.G.
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    Goat value chains as platforms to improve income and food security: The case of imGoats in Inhassaro District, Mozambique
    (Conference Paper, 2013-01-28) Swaans, Cornelis P.M.; Boogaard, Birgit K.; Salazar, Y.A.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
    Innovation platforms are increasingly used as spaces for interaction between actors in value chains to overcome barriers to development. It involves continuous learning and capacity building – both in terms of innovation capacity and specific technical or organizational capacities. Despite the increased use of Innovation Platforms in the context of value chains, there are several questions regarding their practical implementation. This paper aims to gain some insight in their formation and management by sharing experiences from an Innovation Platform for a goat value chain in Inhassoro District, Mozambique. Since the first meeting in May 2011, some of the main lessons include: an Innovation Platform can provide an important mechanism for communication and information exchange to enhance collective action; however, its establishment takes time and needs a lot of facilitation by the project team in the initial stages to ensure proper functioning; moreover, the design and implementation needs to be adapted and negotiated with intended beneficiaries to accommodate seasonality aspects of goat production and marketing, as well as local physical, social and cultural conditions, such as travel distance and literacy rates, gender inequality, and the role goats play in people’s livelihoods.
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    Improving livelihoods through goat rearing and commercialisation in Mozambique
    (Video, 2013-10-27) International Livestock Research Institute
    Through photographs and captions, this film shares experiences from a 'Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique' (imGoats) project. Between 2011 and 2013, the imGoats project worked with farmers in Inhassoro District in Mozambique to transform their goat farming and marketing into a commercially-viable activity.
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    Improving livelihoods through goat rearing and commercialisation in India
    (Video, 2013-10-27) International Livestock Research Institute
    Through photographs and captions, this film shares experiences from a 'Small Ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique' (imGoats) project. Between 2011 and 2013, the imGoats project worked with women and poor households in rural areas of Udaipur in India, to transform their goat farming and marketing into a commercially-viable activity.
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    Reflection on innovation processes in a smallholder goat development project in Mozambique
    (Conference Paper, 2013-05-29) Boogaard, Birgit K.; Swaans, Cornelis P.M.; Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.; Cosijn, M.
    There is an increasing interest among researchers, practitioners and donors in using agricultural innovation system approaches to reach development outcomes. Limited practical experiences have been shared on the dynamics of these innovation processes and how project partners have dealt with that. The objective of this paper is therefore to share experiences from a smallholder livestock development project – the imGoats project in Mozambique – by reflecting on the dynamics of innovation processes in the project. The paper focusses on three intervention domains of the imGoats project: improving access to animal health services, improving market access and developing communal grazing areas. For each area, the innovation process was analysed by looking at the following elements: the local context, innovation type, actors involved, people taking the initiative, changing context, flexibility of project partners, pace of the process, and results. The findings demonstrate that the innovation processes of the three intervention domains varied considerably in terms of participation of actors, predictability of the process, expected and unexpected results and degree of experimentation. Hence, different innovation processes coexisted in the same project context, but were closely interrelated. Each addressed a particular constraint, which together contributed to the overall development objective of the project, though each innovation process was different. These findings and challenges have implications for research, practice and policy. For example, the dynamics of innovation processes may vary and depend on the intervention domain; this asks for a critical reflection on the role of research, facilitation and brokering in each of these cases. Hence, innovation processes require flexible management and should allow for joint experimentation and learning among project partners, stakeholders and decision makers; it also requires flexibility in project design and donor funding so that not only ‘obvious’ interventions are catered for, but also unforeseen developments.
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    Report of the tenth meeting of the imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya Innovation Platform (IP)
    (Report, 2013-02-27) International Livestock Research Institute
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    Report of the eleventh meeting of the imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform, 11 July 2013
    (Report, 2013-07-11) International Livestock Research Institute
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