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Narrative Summary |
Verifiable Indicators a/ |
Means of Verification a/ |
Assumptions and Risks |
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Overall Strategic Objectives:
- A glass of Asian milk per day for every Asian child
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- Per capita milk consumption data
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- Household consumption and nutrition surveys
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- Sufficient productive capacity exists
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- Regional self-reliance and dairy food security
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- Regional dairy products balance sheet
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- Imports, exports and domestic production data converted to LMEs
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- Governments will maintain policies which favour self-reliance and food security
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- Smallholders better linked to formal markets and enable to become commercial dairy entrepreneurs
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- Number of smallholders who graduate to become commercial farmers
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- Amount of smallholder milk in formal sector
- Quantities of milk delivered per farmer
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- Formal markets will be more attractive and remunerative than informal markets
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- Each link in the dairy food chain becomes more efficient, productive and profitable in a socially and environmentally responsible manner
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- Productivity and profitability at each stage in the value chain
- Social and environmental impact of dairy sector
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- Special-purpose value chain studies to estimate productivity and profitability
- Studies on social and environmental impacts
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- Enabling environment enhanced (see Pillar 3)
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- Higher earnings for safer quality milk
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- Relationship between milk prices and quality measures
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- Milk price and quality data collected by dairy enterprises and supporting institutions
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- Dairy processors and farmers will recognize that quality-based payment is a win-win
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- Regional and national recognition of the multiple benefits of smallholder dairy production
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- Specific inclusion of smallholders in national dairy development policies
- Budget allocations to dairy development
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- Government policy documents
- Official budgets & investments
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- Regional and national authorities will adopt pro-poor agricultural and rural development policies
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Pillar 1: Human Resource Development and Knowledge Management |
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Pillar 1 Objectives:
- Provide smallholders with appropriate skills training
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- Skill levels of dairy smallholders
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- Evaluation reports of training programmes
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- Smallholders are willing to be trained
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- Provide training to other value chain actors
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- Skill levels of other value chain actors
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- Evaluation reports of training programmes
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- Value chain actors are willing to be trained
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- Effective monitoring and evaluation of sectoral development
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- National and regional M&E systems, including baseline surveys
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- M&E reports prepared by dairy development agencies
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- Dairy agencies recognize the importance of M&E
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- Support regional collaboration in knowledge management through smallholder dairy network
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- Formal network created and operational
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- Reports and website of smallholder dairy network
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- Regional dairy organizations are willing to invest in collaborative activities such as sharing information & experiences
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Pillar 2: Improving Productivity and Competitiveness |
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Pillar 2 Objectives:
- Prepare “menu of options” for dairy development models
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- Comprehensive inventory of models identified and described
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- Reports on available dairy development models and their characteristics
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- Successful models can be identified to cover most circumstances
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- Select dairy development models appropriate for local conditions
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- “Menu of options” used to select appropriate models
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- Studies of success/failure rates for various dairy development models
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- Assist smallholder dairy sector to compete for resources
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- Smallholder dairy sector able to procure the necessary resources
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- Statistics on level of production from smallholder versus commercial sub-sectors
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- Necessary resources are available and accessible to smallholders
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- Assist smallholder dairy sector to compete in product markets
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- Smallholder dairy products competitive with commercial products and imports
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- Statistics on sales of products derived from smallholder versus commercial production
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- Barriers preventing smallholder access to markets can be overcome or circumvented
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- Increase milk yields, quality and profitability
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- Amount and quality of milk produced by smallholders
- Cost of production and profitability
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- Production statistics and milk quality data collected by processing enterprises
- Cost of production and profitability data from FAOSTAT, IFCN, national statistics
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- Genetic resources, feed supplies and animal health services are adequate
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Pillar 3: Strengthening Linkages Between Farmers and Consumers |
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Pillar 3 Objectives:
- Improve farmer access to marketing channels
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- Number of farmers with good, poor and marginal access to markets
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- Studies on farmers’ access to various marketing channels
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- Farmers will take advantage of improving market access
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- Increase opportunities for smallholders to access the formal sector
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- Percentage of smallholder milk marketed formally
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- Milk production and marketing statistics
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- Farmers will recognize opportunities, and are able to access the formal sector
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- Strengthen price incentives to deliver quality milk
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- Pricing systems linked to objective quality measurement
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- Statistics on milk prices and their correlation with quality criteria
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- Pricing systems incorporate adequate incentives to drive quality improvements
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- Create competitive supply chain conditions
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- Number of value chain actors and evidence of competitive conditions
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- Presence/absence of anecdotal evidence of anti-competitive behaviour
- Correlation between CIF/FOB and local prices
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- Anti-competitive behaviour can be identified and curtailed
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- Create fair and transparent pricing systems
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- Pricing systems being used
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- Farm-retail price differences
- Correlation between milk prices and quality
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- Farmers and value chain actors will respond positively to fair and transparent pricing
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- Diversify the range of dairy products on offer
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- Number and range of local products in the market
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- Product range on offer in retail outlets
- Amount of smallholder milk used to manufacture these products
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- Market is ready to accept new products
- Smallholder milk is suitable for manufacturing new products
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- Educate consumers on the nutritional benefits of dairy products
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- Consumer awareness and consumption levels
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- Consumer awareness surveys
- Consumption levels versus other foods
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- Consumers will recognize the benefits and adjust consumption patterns
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- Stimulate consumer demand (e.g. school milk)
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- Consumer awareness and consumption levels
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- Consumption levels in target groups (e.g. school children)
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- Consumer demand will respond
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- Reduce losses (qualitative/quantitative) in the dairy chain
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- Qualitative and quantitative loss data
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- Quantity of milk produced compared with quantity processed and marketed
- Value of final products vs. farmgate value
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Pillar 4 Enhancing the Enabling Environment |
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Pillar 4 Objectives:
- Develop a smallholder inclusive policy framework
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- Published national policy documents
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- National policy documents approved by Governments
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- Political interest & motivation for smallholder participation in dairy markets
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- Create a conducive legal and regulatory framework
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- Laws and regulations relating to commercial transactions and dairy sector specifically
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- Laws and regulations in place
- Number of successful legal or regulatory enforcement actions
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- Governments will have the political will to create and enforce laws and regulations
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- Ensure a favourable macro-economic framework
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- Macro-economic statistics: inflation, interest rates, exchange rates c
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- Official economic statistics
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- Competent macro-economic management and absence of major external shocks
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- Create supportive institutions and farmer organizations
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- Assessment of institutional capacity and number/capacity of farmer organizations
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- Studies on institutional capacity and farmer organizations
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- Governments are prepared to support dairy development institutions
- Effective farmer organizations are formed and sustained
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- Ensure that necessary inputs are available
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- Availability of dairy production inputs
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- Utilisation of inputs in the smallholder sector
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- Provide the necessary financial services
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- Accessibility of loans, insurance and other essential financial services
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- Records of financial institutions
- Official economic statistics
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- Financial sector development will keep pace with evolving needs of the sector
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- Develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure
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- Inventory of transport and communications infrastructure
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- Observations and anecdotal reports on the adequacy of transport and communications infrastructure
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- Adequate funding is made available for infrastructure development and maintenance
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