Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 7601
Country/Region: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Main Partner: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Main Partner Program: Land O'Lakes International Development
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $1,296,000

Funding for Care: Adult Care and Support (HBHC): $1,296,000

Income Generation for PLWHA (Small scale dairy)

ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY2008

COP 08 ACTIVITY NARRATIVE:

This is a continuing activity from the FY07 supplemental.

As of April 2007, approximately 130,000 HIV/AIDS care beneficiaries, including 60,000 ART clients, require

broadened care and support activities to stabilize their household livelihoods to increase their adherence to

preventive care and treatment services. Observations during recent site visits including the Core Team

indicate that broad expansion of the ART program has altered the characteristics and needs of beneficiaries

receiving community-based care from palliative care to long-term chronic care and livelihood stabilization.

Late presentation into the HIV/AIDS care and treatment program exacerbate an individual's poverty status

as they shed personal or household assets and migrate to new towns because of ART service availability

or stigma and discrimination. An expansion of income generation activities for those enrolled in care and

treatment services is necessary to provide a continuum of care that graduates individuals to basic clinical

management without other major support services as they are productive and healthy individuals. Each

beneficiary will receive time-limited support to establish income generating activities in parallel to on-going

care and treatment services. Upon graduation the majority of beneficiaries will have a small sustainable

income to support themselves.

PEPFAR Ethiopia proposes to continue and expand an FY 07 activity that contributed GHAI funds into a pre

-existing mechanism funded through USAID/Ethiopia's Office of Business, Environment, Agriculture and

Trade (BEAT) to expand income generation activities specific to smallholder dairy production for HIV/AIDS

care and treatment beneficiaries. PEPFAR Ethiopia proposes to add an additional $1,000,000 to continue

implementation of the 07 activity and expand this activity to a larger population. PEPFAR Ethiopia will

continue to benefit from and leverage $5,000,000 of DA funding and technical expertise from the ongoing

BEAT dairy development project to implement revenue generating activities for urban/per urban

beneficiaries currently enrolled in the HIV/AIDS care and treatment program. The current BEAT agreement

has provided some wraparound but is not able to significantly expand to meet the requirements of

PEPFAR's care program without additional funding. Furthermore, the partner will provide technical

leadership for other PEPFAR partners working on community-based care on agricultural income generation

activities.

PEPFAR funding would leverage investments by BEAT within an existing mechanism to introduce or

strengthen smallholder dairy production to urban/per urban persons currently enrolled in the HIV/AIDS care

and treatment program in ART health networks.

The FY 08 program will continue with implementation of dairy income generation activities for beneficiaries

selected in FY 07 and will select new beneficiaries in FY 08. Beneficiary selection will occur utilizing existing

community-based care structures within local government/local faith-based associations and local non-

governmental organizations. The program anticipates establishing smallholder dairy businesses, including

dairy production (majority); fodder production, small scale processing, and milk marketing for an additional

10,000 persons enrolled in care and treatment services. Current and additional technical staff would provide

technical assistance for all aspects of the dairy operations, mentioned above, including micro-credit, for this

target group.

Land O'Lakes, an international nongovernmental organization (NGO), is currently implementing a market-

driven, private sector-led dairy program in Ethiopia focused on increasing productivity of smallholder dairy

farmers (1-5 cows) to generate income in urban/per urban areas that overlap with several ART health

networks that contain thousands of ART beneficiaries. Such areas include but are not limited to Gondar,

Bahia Dar, Debra Marcos and Addis Ababa "milk sheds". The program offers technical assistance in all

areas necessary for successful smallholder dairy production and marketing: animal nutrition and fodder

production, breeding and artificial insemination, animal housing, cooperative strengthening, health and

hygiene, veterinarian care, milk marketing, small scale value-added production, business management.

The program has been successful in significantly raising milk production and incomes of smallholder

farmers. A smallholder dairy farmer with three improved cows, for example can earn from approximately

$6.00 to $15.00 per day from milk sales. The market for raw milk is strong because demand for milk is

higher than available supply. Since August 2005, the program has provided training and technical

assistance to over 25,627 beneficiaries.

Urban and per urban areas are within easy distance of milk collection and sales points. Per urban

smallholders have the added advantage of land area for growing fodder? The high price of dairy livestock

fodder is a constraint for urban smallholders without land for raising their own fodder.

This program will be coordinated with other palliative care mechanisms providing social support to avoid

duplication and overlap.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 17864

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

17864 12310.08 U.S. Agency for Land O'Lakes 7601 7601.08 $1,116,000

International

Development

12310 12310.07 U.S. Agency for US Agency for 5475 118.07 $1,000,000

International International

Development Development

Emphasis Areas

Gender

* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs

* Increasing women's access to income and productive resources

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Economic Strengthening $1,000,000

Education

Water

Table 3.3.08:

Cross Cutting Budget Categories and Known Amounts Total: $1,000,000
Economic Strengthening $1,000,000