Ethiopia+Site+Selection

=Ethiopia Site Selection=

Criteria
The July 2012 consultative meeting discussed site selection criteria (PPT is below)

Initial broad criteria discussed (from the PPT):
 * Representative agro-ecological conditions
 * High poverty
 * High sheep and goat densities
 * Good market access

Fuzzy 'Soft' criteria


 * Synergy with ongoing research
 * Govt priorities e.g. AGP
 * Potential for success – implementation and impact
 * Existing links with research system
 * Regional representation
 * Availability of secondary data

Fuzzy 'Killer' criteria [identified from the July consultative meeting]


 * Likelihood of success
 * Market potential
 * Well known supply areas
 * Proximity to Addis
 * Number of animals per hh
 * Importance of sheep to hh livelihoods

Potential Sites
The July 2012 consultative meeting identified potential sites:


 * SHEEP**

Amhara - Menz Ger
 * Reasons
 * high density
 * poverty level
 * Good market access
 * strong research support
 * livelihood depends on sheep
 * breed preferred by consumers

Borena - Near Yabellow
 * Reasons
 * Major source of export
 * surplus production
 * represents semi-arid, Pastoral-ism
 * supply chain well established
 * expertise on pastoral dev't
 * rural trade export

Horro Gudru - west Oromia
 * Reasons
 * high sheep density
 * large population
 * proximity to market
 * important breed
 * Rural - urban
 * Rural - rural

AFAR
 * Reasons
 * livelihood of success??
 * important source of export aimed
 * proximity to abattoirs
 * surplus production

Rural - Urban
 * Tigray (East zone)
 * Suitable map
 * Food insecure
 * Collaboration with lives
 * South (Gurage region|)
 * High population
 * suitable
 * No earlier iteration

Rural - Rural
 * Amhara (North)
 * Suitable
 * High population
 * known breed
 * Resource center
 * Ongoing R4D
 * Private sector
 * Oromia ( Arisi)
 * Suitable map
 * High population
 * known population
 * Resource center
 * South (Gamo Gofa)
 * Huge population
 * little/ no work so far
 * Lives woreda
 * Private, safety net


 * GOATS**

Rural - Rural
 * Tenkua Abergele (Tigray /Amahara)
 * Supplies to Mekel and the new export abattoirs (Abergele)
 * Has it own breed abergele
 * Asaita (Afar)
 * High got population
 * Contribution of goat to hh livelihood
 * High demand for Afar goat in the middle east
 * Dilo (Borena) / Raitu (Bale), Both are Oromia
 * High population
 * Supplies to export abattoris
 * Contribution to livelihood
 * Konso (SNNPR)
 * High goat population
 * Supplies to export abattoirs in Modjo and Bishofitu
 * Feed the yabello market
 * Raitu
 * High population
 * neighbor to somali region
 * Untapped resources because of distance and rough road network

Rural - Urban
 * Negele Borena (Liben woreda, Oromiya)
 * High population
 * Already developed market linkage with abattoirs
 * Neighboring Somalia region to collect animals
 * Shinille (Somali/ Dire Dawa)
 * Supplies to D/Dawa and Mieso markets
 * Major supplier to export abattoris
 * Supplies white Somali breeds
 * High population

Justification
 * High goat population
 * Contribution of goats to livelihood
 * Already developed functional market engagement
 * Regional and agro - ecologiecal representation
 * Road network
 * Aligned to the GIS findings
 * Breed diversity
 * Livelihood for success


 * Site Selection - some general reflections on what emerged from the** July 2012 consultative meeting


 * goats mainly in pastoral areas [lowland?]
 * sheep mainly in highlands
 * some existing sites (sheep), some new
 * rural-rural and rural-urban, does not really work (could try domestic versus expert). or even better 'ease of market access'. Needs further x-checking

=Presentations, Layers, Data=

July 2012:

Presentation on site selection criteria at 6 July 2012 consultative meeting.

May 2012:

Presentation at Ethiopian small ruminants VC meeting (1st June 2012) - Site Selection Process & specific considerations for Ethiopia and small ruminants. Part of 'live document' documenting the Site Selection Process for Ethiopian small ruminants.

Version 1 of geographical targeting for Ethiopian 3.7 sites, includes all potential variables to be considered for initial identification of potential regions / sites.

site selection report