Quick Feed Project

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3 site teams one for each project site
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4 tool teams one each Livelihood, FEAST, TechFit and VCA

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Bekoji Negeso (kebele), Limu Bilbilo (woreda), Arsi
(zone)
Dairy cows
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Mesay Yami (socio-economics) - Team Leader
Teklemedhin Teklehaimanot (fodder and livestock)
Tarekegu Itana (technician, socio-economics)
Eshetu Lemma (technician, socio-economics)

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Selka Bekeye (sub kebele), Selka (kebele), Sinana (woreda),
Bale (zone)
Sheep production
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Project team :
Dawit Abate (feeds unit) – Team Leader
Sultan Osman (socio-economics)
Teklu Wagi (technician, feeds unit)
Aliye Kedu (technician, feeds unit)
Sisaye Belete (technician, feeds unit)

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Project site and focus:
XXX (kebele), XXX (wareda), Bako (zone) – to be confirmed by Aynalem and Abate
Sheep production
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Project team: - to be confirmed by Aynalem and Abate
Gemeda Duguma (sheep production) – Team Leader
Kifle XXX (socio-economist)
Alemayehu Kumsa (feeds)
XXXX (technician)

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Livelihood tool development - at Arsi
Peter Thorne – Team Leader
Amare Haileslassie
Gerba Leta
Arsi site team
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FEAST (all sites)
Jane Wamatu, ICARDA – Team Leader
Abate Tedla
Adugna Tolera (back-stopping)
Site teams

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TechFit (all sites)
Adugna Tolera– Team Leader
Abate Tedla
Jane Wamatu (back-stopping)
Site teams
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Value Chain Analysis (all sites)
Getachew Legesse – Team Leader
Aynalem Haile, ICARDA
Site teams

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Aynalem Haile, ICARDA
Co-project leader with oversight of project activities?
Member of the VCA team, participate in field work and provide animal science expertise
With Abate, travel to Bako ARC to discuss the project with the
Center Director and identify a suitable project site

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Jane Wamatu
Team leader for FEAST with responsibility for implementation and reporting of FEAST results at the 3 project sites (total of 9
FEASTs)
Training of project partners in conducting the FEAST tool and writing of FEAST reports
Lead the field work at the 3 sites (5 days /site including draft report)
Lead report writing of FEAST outputs
Back-stopping TechFit

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Adugna Tolera
Team leader for TechFit with responsibility for implementation and reporting of TechFit results at the 3 project sites (total of 9
TechFits)
Training of project partners in conducting the TechFit tool and writing of Techfit reports
Lead the field work at the 3 sites (5 days /site including draft report)
Lead report writing of Techfit outputs
Lead collection of further data on feed price and quality at project sites to further populate the database being put together under ELF
Back-stopping FEAST

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Getachew Legesse, Value Chain Consultant
Team leader for VCA with responsibility for implementation and reporting of the VCA results at the 3 project sites (total of
3 VCAs)
Training of project partners in conducting the VCA tool and writing of VCA reports
Lead the field work at the 3 sites (5 days /site including draft report)
Lead report writing of VCA outputs

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Peter Thorne
Team leader for development of the livelihood assessment tool in Arsi
 Responsible for leading fieldwork and reporting
Amare Haileslassie
Member of the Livelihood team
Responsible for making arrangements for livelihood tool in Arsi
Participate in the field work and discussion during the livelihood tool development
Support Peter in reporting
We may expand role to include feed resource assessment depending on outputs from ELF project.
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Gerba Leta
Member of the Livelihood team
Participate in the field work and discussion during the livelihood tool development

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Werner Stür
Contribute to the inception and synthesis workshops
Assist with planning and work plan development
With Abate, travel to Kulumsa ARC and Sinana ARC to discuss the project with Center Directors and identify suitable project sites
Assist Alan with preparing reports as required by the donor
Review suggestion for improvement from FEAST, VCA and
TechFit tools

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Alan Duncan
Overall coordination and responsibility for the project

Activity When
Visit to ARCs and field sites to:
1) Discuss the project with ARC
Directors, Zonal and Woreda
Heads to obtain their support for staff and activities
2) Confirm sites for research
3) Decide stratification for
FEAST and TechFit
10-14 May
(Kulumsa and Sinana)
16-18 May (Bako)
Prepare budgets and research agreements for EIAR and OARI, and send out for comments
15-16 May
Who is responsible
Abate and
Werner
Abate and
Aynalem
Abate, Werner and Alan

Activity When
Livelihood Stratification in Kulumsa resulting in 3 livelihood strata
Approval and arrangements
Training of team in Kulumsa
Focus group (15 people) to identify livelihood indicators
Prepare questionnaires
16-18 May
1 June
4 June (3 hours)
4 June (afternoon)
Household survey (30 HH) 5-7 June (3 days)
Select grouping + feedback meeting with focus group
8 June
Who is responsible
Amare, Peter
Peter, Gerba
Peter, Amare,
Gerba
Peter, Amare,
Gerba
Peter, Amare,
Gerba
Peter, Amare,
Gerba

Activity When
Decide if livelihood stratification will be done in Bako or a different kind of stratification should be used; e.g. by production system
11 June
Training course on FEAST, TechFit and VCA
18-20 June
Who is responsible
Peter, Amare,
Gerba, Jane,
Abate, Alan
Jane, Adugna,
Getachew

Activity
Carry out FEAST and TechFit at 3 sites:
3 groups/site
5 days/site (preparation + 3 days fieldwork + 2 days draft report)
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Sinana
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Kulumsa
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Bako
Carry out VCA at 3 sites:
5 days/site (preparation + 5 days field work per site including draft report; follow up field work by site teams)
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Bako
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Sinana
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Kulumsa
When
2-6 July
8-12 July
18-22 July
2-6 July
16-20 July
22-26 July
Who is responsible
FEAST and
TechFit teams
VCA team

Activity
Follow-up field activities and report writing
When
July / August
Who is responsible
Site teams with support from tool team leaders
‘Write-shop’ with site teams coming to ILRI to finalise reports with tool team leaders
Editing of reports
Synthesis workshop
13-16 August (2 days for
FEAST/TechFit and 2 days for VCA reports)
Tool team leaders
+ site teams
17 Aug – 2 Sep
3-4 September
Jane, Adugna,
Getachew
Alan, Werner,
Abate
EIAR and OARI Submission of financial reports by
EIAR and OARI
10 September
Report writing for ILRI and USAID September Werner, Alan,
Aynalem