Issues, Lessons Learned and Actions Planned for the. Next Six Months Dr. Xxxxxxxx is organizing a seminar on ways to increase the hog supply and reduce its price cost. The seminar is planned for the 30th of July in Ghindeshti village, Soroca. The thirty-five trainees are farmer participants of the out-grower scheme with MC. Topics will include efficient fodder use, and disease prevention (both given by local NVA members) and economic aspects (given by INZMV’s replacement economist). In the CP for his Project Activity, Dr. Xxxxxxxx originally envisioned a model hog-fattening farm, which would be developed in collaboration with ACSA and would demonstrate production techniques to farmers participating in the out-grower scheme. Unfortunately, this did not occur due to a lack of funds available from either organization. All joint training seminars that were conducted for participating farmers were to be complemented by the dissemination of printed material, which was to facilitate ACSA’s goal of producing and disseminating ten brochures for the second half of 2002. But, as with the demonstration farm, funding resources have not yet been identified by either Project. In addition to MC, at least three of the twenty-four identified farms will be distributing piglets by the end of 2002. Dr. Xxxxxxxx will continue monitoring this and other components in the out- grower scheme.
Issues, Lessons Learned and Actions Planned for the. Next Six Months In Ukraine, the Project was a catalyst in satisfying the long-felt need to unite efforts of small and medium private processors and raw material suppliers into associations and to develop activity standards adequate to national conditions. Xx. Xxxxxx identified the following individuals as important to the association building process: • International Industry & Research Association–South Association of Ukraine – Currently has fifteen members (including fish industries, cold storage and academics); • Azov Sea Basin Association and Hadjibey Liman Association – Twenty-two total members, primarily fish processors and processors; • Ukrmiasso and Ukrpratakhom – Ukrainian National Associations of the meat and poultry sectors respectively (both are original PFID stakeholders and current WFLO members);
Issues, Lessons Learned and Actions Planned for the. Next Six Months It was decided that a law firm become a co-founder of the IIFSQ. Without professional legal support any development of regulations, carrying out of independent expertise and competitions is not possible. YurTransConsulting is highly regarded as having personnel who are experienced in such areas. An agreement will be reached with Project partners (LSU AgCenter and WFLO) on cooperation in specific activities of the IIFSQ.
Issues, Lessons Learned and Actions Planned for the. Next Six Months As a result of analyzing the first auctions, the following issues were identified: • The establishment of an auction market for commercial livestock involves significant equipment expenses; • To conduct auctions, it is necessary to have not only qualified auctioneers and livestock evaluation experts, but also a team of other experts in each auction covered by the Agency and this team needs to be trained in the field; and • Transportation of livestock to auctions is still problematic. Regarding the last issue, not all shadow market intermediaries want to openly participate at the organized market. The Agency is unable to organize livestock transportation to auctions and farmer assemblies responsible for such transportation are not yet available. The experience of the Central Livestock Market in Volhyn is being shared with interested parties from Cherkasy and Vinnytsia oblasts; this has the potential of expanding the Project impact in several regions. The training of the livestock evaluation team was rescheduled from February to May to correspond to the availability of the local departments of agriculture. The U.S. tour significantly expanded understanding of possible options in central livestock market formation in Ukraine. Along with auctions, it might be expedient to develop small local wholesale livestock markets that would facilitate transactions between small-scale processors and livestock producers. Xx. Xxxxxxxx and Mr. Xxxxxxxxxxx also learned in Louisiana that it would be advisable to consider promoting informal unions of small farmers for joint marketing of livestock at central markets. The following activities are planned for the rest of the year: • To conduct three additional auctions at the established site in Xxxxx raion; • Facilitate a wholesale livestock center in Gorokhiv Raion; and • Study the viability of the informal small producer union model for facilitating larger lots of livestock at the market that take advantage of economies of scale. PFID-MSP originally aimed to continue its efforts in expanding raw material for pork processors in Moldova. However, it has consented to the MTE’s recommendation to discontinue this activity.
Issues, Lessons Learned and Actions Planned for the. Next Six Months The poultry information sub-system placed on the Ministry’s of Agrarian Policy website allows for providing specific benefits to poultry enterprises: • A businessman who wants to establish a broiler growing enterprise can identify the best cross of meat chickens to use for broiler production - after selecting the proper cross, s/he can find the most favorable producer of pedigree stock; • A hatchery enterprise, having learned of the production schedule of each producer, can develop a hatchery schedule that is most convenient to that customer; • A poultry enterprise, regardless of its specialization, can find necessary equipment for poultry care, such as climate control equipment, poultry feed, hatcheries, etc.; • Using ISS, an enterprise can learn about regulations pertaining to the poultry industry; • To conform to existing legislation, poultry enterprises can find in ISS a list of Sate Standards and Specifications for all types of poultry products. An agreement has been reached with the Department of Fisheries on the joint development of the fish web page. PFID/Ukraine’s responsibility is to develop the data bank, web page and to place it in the Internet; the Department’s responsibility is to provide information and to maintain sub- systems after the end of the Project. In the next six months, World Lab will continue to place all available information in the Internet, fill and gaps in data banks and to add new information into all ISS sub-systems. Lastly, it will develop and establish feedback with ISS users. The key goal of the Moldovan information system will be the transition from sole dissemination of printed materials to include dissemination of and electronic-based ISS. A commodity storage manual, an energy conservation manual and a refrigerated warehouses manual provided by WFLO are being prepared to be included in the Moldovan ISS.
