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Innovation platform, farmers’ organization and market to empower small farmers benefit from an autochthonous meat sheep value chain under low input production systems

Bedhiaf S., Daly H., Dhehibi B., Dhraief Z., Oueslati M., Gamoudi A., Rebhi B., Abbassi S.

Regional development in Tunisian livestock has been based mainly on segments rather than on an integrated system approach and a value chains concept. Even though efforts were made to improve production, livestock productivity is still low (.7 lamb/ewe/year). International cooperation through the Consortium Research Program-Dry land system led by ICARDA and INRAT launched an innovation platform in 2013 in Sidi Bouzid region to find suitable pathways to develop livestock in the region. The objectives of this study were (1) to describe farming systems in Zoghmar community at Sidi Bouzid site; (2) analyze the existing lamb production chain and (3) develop potential technical and organizational pathways to better respond to farmers and consumers needs. A total of 120 surveys was conducted in Sidi Bouzid region including sheep owners, butchers and consumers. The main results showed that beside the breeding operations, fattening activities (breeding-fattening or fattening) are becoming more and more important. While breeders and consumers still prefer, in their majority, the Barbarine fat tail lambs, butchers tend to favour thin tailed sheep because of the difficulty of selling the fat of the tail that represents up to 15% of the carcass weight. To meet the butchers’ demand, farmers are shifting to thin tail breeds and crosses and in the studied areas, market changes towards thin tailed breeds were dictated by butchers’ and not consumers’ preference. The project initiated the formation of a farmers association at Zoghmar community to establish a transparent lamb production chain. The association was taken as a framework to rehabilitate the rangeland with the cooperation of the Ministry of agriculture (OEP-CRDA). More coordination is now put on place to bring all stakeholders together in a lamb value chain concept (lamb production-Allouch Sidi Bouzid label and market).

Aujourd’hui, les 274.000 éleveurs ovins en Tunisie et en particulier les “petits éleveurs” (64% avec moins de 10 brebis) ne sont plus capables d’assurer un niveau de vie décent. La faible productivité de leur cheptel et l’absence d’organisation professionnelle ont favorisé la collaboration INRAT et ICARDA dans le cadre du programme CRP-DS afin de leur redonner la place qu’ils méritent. Les objectifs de ce programme étaient de (1) décrire le système de production dans la communauté de Zoghmar à Sidi-Bouzid ; (2) d’analyser la chaîne de valeur mouton et (3) développer les scénarios techniques et organisationnels pour mieux répondre aux besoins des éleveurs et des consommateurs. Un total de 120 enquêtes réalisées à Sidi-Bouzid qui ont montré l’émergence des activités d’engraissement de courte et de longue durée. Au moment où les éleveurs et les consommateurs préfèrent la race Barbarine, les bouchers s’orientent aux races à queue fine pour éviter le dépôt de gras difficile à commercialiser. Le projet en collaboration avec le CRDA de Sidi-Bouzid et l’OEP à initier la formation d’une association d’éleveurs de la communauté pour mettre en place et promouvoir la chaîne de valeur de mouton de Sidi-Bouzid.

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Bedhiaf S., Daly H., Dhehibi B., Dhraief Z., Oueslati M., Gamoudi A., Rebhi B., Abbassi S. Innovation platform, farmers’ organization and market to empower small farmers benefit from an autochthonous meat sheep value chain under low input production systems. In : Napoléone M. (ed.), Ben Salem H. (ed.), Boutonnet J.P. (ed.), López-Francos A. (ed.), Gabiña D. (ed.). The value chains of Mediterranean sheep and goat products. Organisation of the industry, marketing strategies, feeding and production systems. Zaragoza : CIHEAM, 2016. p. 327-331. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 115). Joint Seminar of the Subnetworks on Nutrition and on Production Systems of the FAO-CIHEAM Network for Research and Development in Sheep and Goats, 2015/06/16-18, Montpellier (France) . http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a115/00007294.pdf