Kenya: A Training Course for Facilitators of Pastoralists’ Livestock Value Chains

Making Markets Work for African Pastoralists

A Training Course for Facilitators of Pastoralists’ Livestock Value Chains

Dates & Location

Kenya

7th – 11th December 2015

Course Fees

Full board Rate: 1200USD

Non Resident Rate: 700USD

Introduction

The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction has over the last decade evolved into a regional center of excellence in value chain and market capacity development. In the last five years IIRR has trained, couched and mentored over 450 community development practitioners from Africa in pro-poor value chain development and actor empowerment. The uniqueness of IIRR’s value chain courses lie in the fact that they are fully based on real life examples of value chains in Africa that IIRR has documented overtime. Participants in our trainings are able to use a range of tools to promote the development of market systems that are competitive in local, regional, and global markets. They learn to provide equitable benefits to women, the very poor, and other marginalized groups. Trainees also learn to strengthen the resilience of communities and become themselves more resilient to shocks.

Course overview

A fundamental challenge in reducing poverty in pastoral areas is to ensure market access for sustainably produced goods while simultaneously maintaining traditional practices and pastoralist lifestyles. Past efforts aimed at stimulating livestock markets have often not worked because of a failure to address the systemic constraints in an integrated fashion. The key considerations in making livestock markets work for pastoralists include building the capacity of the pastoralists; improving their access to inputs - health care, feeds and breeds to make it possible to produce high-quality livestock for markets; organizing services, finance, transport, marketplaces, processing facilities; strengthening actor relationships and improving policy environment.

This 5 – days training equips trainers, rural development practitioners and service providers with the competencies needed to assist African pastoralists strengthen their position in the marketing chains for their livestock and livestock products and, by so doing, contribute to economic development and reduced vulnerability of pastoralists.

Training Methodologies

IIRR trainings employ innovative training approaches that include:

· Brief interactive discussions to introduce value chain concepts, principles and approaches

· Plenary exercises & presentations, brainstorms, role plays, learning from each other, learning from experiences of community and IIRR experts.

· 1 day of fieldwork for chain mapping and analysis on a selected livestock and livestock product marketing chains located near the training center.

Learning outcomes:

After the training, IIRR course participants are able to:

1. Explain the Marketing Chain, its concepts, principles and approaches and its role in sustainable economic development;
2. Analyze African pastoralists livestock Marketing Chains using a variety of tools and steps, identifying constraints and opportunities for innovation
3. Identify the steps for building engagement among and between pastoralist chain actors and between chain actors and chain supporters;
4. Elaborate and design an inclusive and competitive pastoralists’ livestock value chain development strategy and the related action plan.
5. Set up an effective participatory monitoring, learning and evaluation plan for a Market Chain Development Process applicable for African pastoralist livestock and livestock products
6. Develop or strengthen their role as professional Market Facilitators, Trainers or Researchers on pastoralists’ livestock marketing chains.

Please fill the attached form to register for the course.

Mode of application

To register for the course, please complete and send the attached application form to training@iirr.org with a copy to firew.kefyalew@iirr.org and admin@iirr.org. In case of any clarification, please contact the following:

Kenya - Nyaboke Omwega boke.omwega@iirr.org +254 713379771

training@iirr.org Office Tel: + 254 20 2370039 / 41/43

Uganda- Pamela Nyamutoka pamela.nyamutoka@iirr.org Office Tel: +256 0414 664495/ 0754286331

Mobile: 256 772 479039/ 256 702 479039

Ethiopia - Zerihun Lemma - zerihun.lemma@iirr.org; Mobile: +251-911130300

Mingizem Maru - mingizem.maru@iirr.org; Office Tel: +251-11-3212864;

South Sudan - Isaac Bwire - isaac.bwire@iirr.org - Office Tel: +211955752094

Mobile: +256772587929

For more information, visit our website: www.iirr.org