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A sustainable livelihoods approach for the Africa-RISING ‘Quick Feed’ project in Ethiopia
1. A sustainable livelihoods approach for the
Africa-RISING ‘Quick Feed’ project in
Ethiopia
Peter Thorne
Africa-RISING Quick Feed Project Inception Workshop, Addis
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Ababa, 7-8 May 2012
2. Hypotheses
Households stratified by livelihood
endowments access and manage feed
resources in different ways.
More robust development outcomes will
result from identifying practises that are
transferable amongst strata and
augmenting these with “external”
innovations that target constraints and
opportunities relevant to each stratum.
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3. The proposed approach
Community feed
Household
management
livelihood Household feed
inventory
stratification management
characterisation
Wider adoption: constraints
to & opportunities for …
Innovation
Analysis
Identify complementary
technologies
Design follow-up
activities
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7. The proposed approach
Community feed
Household
management
livelihood Household feed
inventory
stratification management
characterisation
Wider adoption: constraints
to & opportunities for …
Innovation
Analysis
Identify complementary
technologies
Design follow-up
activities
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8. Household stratification
By livelihood asset endowment
Include vulnerability and risk
1. Community group discussions to identify
community-specific livelihood indicators.
2. Household interviews to assess individual
livelihood status against community
indicators.
3. Analyse to identify key strata, differentiated
on the basis of livelihood endowments
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9. Why use SL for
stratification?
Don’t have to …
Endogenous (if you do it properly)
Rapid
– Identification of indicators (1 day)
– Household interviews (1 week)
Broad-based and open-ended
Can feed into feasible M & E
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10. The proposed approach
Community feed
Household
management
livelihood Household feed
inventory
stratification management
characterisation
Wider adoption: constraints
to & opportunities for …
Innovation
Analysis
Identify complementary
technologies
Design follow-up
activities
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11. Community feed
resources
Develop a picture, across the community,
of:
– the range of available resources
– access limitations and other constraints
Use existing tools – FEAST, informal
household survey?
Independent of household stratification
and conducted subsequently.
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12. The proposed approach
Community feed
Household
management
livelihood Household feed
inventory
stratification management
characterisation
Wider adoption: constraints
to & opportunities for …
Innovation
Analysis
Identify complementary
technologies
Design follow-up
activities
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13. Household
characterisation
Select representative households in
each stratum.
Identify feed access issues / feed
management practices that are
representative of each stratum.
Household interviews – based around
tools such as FEAST / Techfit?
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14. The proposed approach
Community feed
Household
management
livelihood Household feed
inventory
stratification management
characterisation
Wider adoption: constraints
to & opportunities for …
Innovation
Analysis
Identify complementary
technologies
Design follow-up
activities
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15. Innovation
Increasing access across strata
Transferability of practices amongst strata
Capitalising on existing opportunities
Reducing risk and vulnerability associated
with existing practises
Identifying “external” technologies that
genuinely strengthen existing practises.
Strong participation can make this the first
step in implementation
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16. Discussion points
Do we adopt this proposed approach?
If so, how do we improve it?
Who will do it?
When?
How many households for each stage of
the analysis?
How can we extend the livelihoods
analysis to include vulnerability and risk?
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