1. Irrigated fruits & vegetables value chain for Sidama and Gamo Gofa Zone
Opportunities, constraints and intervention options
Presented to launching workshop

2. What are opportunities?
Outline
Targeting processes
What are opportunities?
Irrigated fruits & Vegetables value chain constraints & intervention options
Production
Irrigation practice
Inputs/ services
Processing and marketing
Linkages
Gender interventions
Environment intervention

3. Targeting Zones Districts PAs Households Base line data
To set up bench mark

4. Commodities approved for two zones
Districts
Selected commodities
Dairy
Beef
Small Rumi.
Poultry
Honey
Irrig. Fruits & veget.
Sidama
Arbegona x X
Bansa
Bona Zuria
G.Gofa
Bonke
A/minch zuria
Mirab Abaya

5. Market/internal, external Massive push from government side
Opportunities
Market/internal, external
Massive push from government side
Organizational
Institutional
Capacity building
Access to credit/OMF, SMF
Increased awareness of farmers
Increased awareness of private sectors

6. Commodities value chain and intervention areas
1. Fruits and vegetables production status
Major fruits:- Banana, mango, avocado, apple ,papaya
Major vegetables:-Tomato, pepper, onion, garlic, cabbage, potato
Intensively produced as cash crop and/or for hh consumption
Major limitations
Knowledge /skill in market focused improved agronomic practices
Productivity/unit area
Marketable varieties and other planting materials
Diseases and pests
Intervention options
Capacity building
Introduction of improved seeds and planting materials from within and abroad
Integrated/organic disease and pest control

7. Irrigation practices Water lifting mechanisms in practice Limitations
Schemes in zones: Sidama 13, Gamo Gofa 40
In target districts: Sidama 3, Gamo Gofa 9
Numerous artificial dams, hand dug wells, etc
Water lifting mechanisms in practice
Motorized pumps (2hp-4hp), Rope and washer, Tridle, manual using bucket
Limitations
Skill and knowledge
Underutilization of schemes/pumps
Malfunctioning of schemes
irrigation scheme management

8. Irrigation cont…. Intervention options Capacity building
Assessing current utilization status
Strengthening and/or initiating water users association
Training WUA leaders in leadership skill

9. Inputs and services supply system
Seeds, seedlings, agrochemicals, pumps, sprayers
Supplied by both public and private traders
Intensively used by farmers
Limitations
Timely availability and sustainability of supply
Quality
Trustworthiness
Maintenance and services

10. Intervention options
Engaging farmer in input supply service/ for seeds, seedlings
Strengthening private suppliers/ for pumps, sprayers, agrochemicals
Strengthening public regulatory unit with manpower and facilities
Strengthening private sector/youth groups in maintenance and service of

11. Processing and marketing
Constraints
Focused on local market
Storing and transporting
Value addition
Bargaining power
Intervention options
Promote collective marketing
Developing certifying capacity
Promoting zone specific brand marketing
better transporting and storing facilities to reduce losses
Review some NGOs processing experience (ECOPIA, etc) and scaling out if it sounds feasible

12. Linkages
Constraints
Less linkage among producers, input suppliers, service providers and traders at different locations
Intervention options
Facilitate formation of platform for dominant actors
Initiating linkage between farmers and marketing groups such as wholesealers and retailers at ifferent level
Initiate linkage with private and public sectors seedling producers with private/public service providers for provision of planting materials, inspection and certification , technical support

13. Gender intervention
Prioritizing women for services ( capacity building, access to credit, etc)
Introducing HH work loading reducing technologies
Engaging women business ( seedling production, agrochemicals trading, small scale processing, etc)

14. Environment
Reviewing impact of each intervention on environment (positive/negative)
Awareness on negative impact of agrochemicals/proper handling
Salinity due to excessive irrigation
Depletion of underground water if any
Awareness creation on malaria and other vector disease spread