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Milk collection point in South East Asia
Agro/livestock services
HVA International has
provided agricultural services to smallholder and medium scale private farmers
since the 1970's and 1980's when it established and managed contract farming
schemes as part of integrated agro-industrial sugar, tea and oil palm projects
in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Brazil. Typically, organisations were set up
within these projects to collect the primary product from outgrowers and to
provide agricultural services such as extension, credit for inputs and
mechanisation.
Agro services for farmers participating in a contract farming scheme
Recent examples
of projects executed by HVA International in which agro services are provided to
support outgrower crop and animal production include:
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Development of
dairy farming and processing in West Georgia
(1999-2003, financed by Senter,
Agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs)
Introduction
of modern dairy farming and processing technology, through development of an
integrated co-operative dairy farm/milk processing unit, and establishment of
a training/extension centre to support the development of small scale
market-oriented dairy farming in the region. The milk processing plant
processes milk produced by the co-operative farm and collected from
smallholders. |
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Mambilla tea integrated development program, Nigeria
(1993-1998, financed by EU)
Technical
assistance for an integrated tea project, including rehabilitation/expansion
of a tea estate, tea factory and outgrower scheme. Assistance to smallholder
tea farmers in the area include providing planting material, land development
and extension. |
| Tea
rehabilitation, Uganda (studies and implementation between 1985-1990, financed
by WB and EU)
Nation Wide survey for the rehabilitation of the
outgrower tea sector (EU) and subsequently conducting a study for the
rehabilitation of the entire tea sector, including estates, outgrowers, rural
infrastructure and marketing (WB). As a follow up of these studies, HVA
International participated in the implementation of the rehabilitation. |
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Cukra Hill/El Castillo palm oil projects, Nicaragua
(1983-1992, financed by EU)
Implementation
of two integrated oil palm projects (nucleus estates with smallholder
outgrower schemes). Assistance to smallholders included setting up an
extension system and construction of housing. |
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Mtibwa and Kilombero sugar estates, Tanzania
(1975-1991, financed by DGIS)
Technical
assistance to two major integrated sugar estates in (Mtibwa and Kilombero)
with associated outgrower schemes. Within the framework of the technical
assistance, agricultural services for smallholder outgrowers were established,
including extension, credit, supply of healthy planting material,
mechanisation and harvesting services, and collection and transport of cane. |
Agro services focused on private
market-oriented small-medium scale farming
Building on its
experience, HVA International now provides technical assistance for the
implementation and management of agro service organisations to support market
oriented production of commodity and other crops and livestock products by
private smallholder-medium scale farmers.
A successful approach to
intensification and development of market oriented smallholder and medium scale
farming has proved to be the establishment of full-service produce collection
centres, that combine collection of farm products and quality control, with
providing agricultural services. In
countries with under-developed agro production chains, such full-service
collection schemes provide the often missing or inefficient link between farmers
and agri-business. Well managed schemes will give farmers the incentive to
increase production and to meet quality standards.
Setting up effective and
sustainable schemes often requires assisting farmers in establishing
co-operation structures. Farmer co-operation is essential for maintaining
negotiating strength, realising scale economies, and for a proper management
quality standard.
Examples of typical
projects are presented below:
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Shaki
Agro Integrated Dairy Farm, Azerbaijan (2006 - 2009)
Development of a 600 cows dairy farm with cheese
processing plant. The project has been supported from the original
implementation plan to its current management. The pregnant heifers were
imported through HVA and 300 hectares of fodder production were established.
Currently TA is provided and a farm manager has been assigned to the
project. |
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Dairy
development project, Vietnam (1995 - 2007, privately financed)
Development of
smallholder dairy farming to meet the demand of a new dairy plant through
establishment of a full-service milk collection scheme, that supports farmers
with training, extension, artificial insemination services and access to
credit. |
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Improving the Mojosongo milk collection scheme,
Indonesia (2006-2008,
privately financed)
Supporting a
large dairy farmer co-operative to upgrade milk collection and laboratory
facilities, and establish quality assurance and payment procedures that
stimulate the delivery of good quality milk to the processing plants, in order
to receive a higher milk price. Training was provided to milk collection
operators and extension staff and to the farmers. |
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Consultancy Services to privatised dairy farms, Russian Federation
(2005-
2008)
Consultancy
Services to the large privatized dairy farms in the Russian Federation in
cooperation with Mustang Ingredients. Up to 2008, eight large intensive
dairy farms have been guided by restructuring the farms, improve the
technical results and increase the profitability of the farms. |
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Consulting Services on Agricultural Extension and Farm
Management, Azerbaijan (2000-2001, financed by the World Bank)
Preparing
technical and organisational operational guidelines and training of extension
staff for providing information and advisory services to emerging privatised
farm units in six pilot areas. As a follow up a study tour was organised in
the Netherlands. |
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Adapting Russian beef and dairy farming to
restructuring, Russian Federation (1998-2001, financed by Tacis)
Dissemination
of improved technology packages in the field of dairy heard reproduction
management and fodder conservation and feeding practises to selected pilot
demonstration farms. |
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Oil palm
production co-operatives, Benin (1992-1993, 1996-1997, financed by World
Bank)
Further to
an agricultural and socio-economic evaluation of options to privatise
smallholder oil palm co-operatives
(1992-1993), technical assistance was provided to the co-operatives to take
over the exploitation of palm oil plantations. Assistance included preparation
and implementation of a detailed replanting and extension programme, training
of technical staff and implementation of organisational changes. |
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Saudi
Agricultural Development project, Saudi Arabia (1992-1995,
financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture)
Developing
(seed) potato production and supporting the establishment of agricultural
services in the potato, dairy and poultry sub-sectors. |
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Development La Meseta Region, Nicaragua (1989-1997, financed by EU)
Diversification and intensification of agricultural and horticultural
production, including setting up farm produce collection centres and
agro-processing units. Smallholder producer organisations, established around
the collection centres, developed into marketing co-operatives that
successfully started exporting fresh produce to EU and US markets. |
Apart from implementing
projects associated with agro services, HVA International has also conducted
several studies in which agricultural services to smallholders and medium scale
farms was a major issue, for example in Kosovo, Lebanon, Romania, Slovakia, Sri
Lanka, Rwanda, Indonesia, Georgia, Iran, Nigeria and Vietnam.
Veterinary Services and Programmes
HVA International also
provides veterinary services and implement veterinary programmes. In these
fields, HVA International has experience in:
| First line veterinary care
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| Animal health care training programs
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| Organisation and logistic support of
vaccination campaigns
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| Monitoring of the animal health
situation over large areas.
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An example of a
Veterinary Services programme executed by HVA international is the EU financed
Pan African
Rinderpest Campaign (PARC II) in Uganda. As an integral
part of this program, animal health technicians were trained to implement
vaccination campaigns and provide basic veterinary care.
For More Information Contact:
HVA International
Paasheuvelweg 28, 1105 BJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P.O. Box 12204, 1100 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31-20-3116000
FAX: +31-20-6969599
Email: office@hvainternational.nl
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