feast+swot

=Ethiopian Livestock Feeds Project Synthesis Meeting= 28-29 May 2012 Addis Ababa

FEAST SWOT


 * Strengths**
 * first such tool
 * 'farmer problems; farmer solutions'
 * good to facilitate discussion/participation
 * helps identify problems and farmer solutions
 * adaptable across livestcok value chains? (PRA)
 * captures livelihood issues
 * it's rapid (less farmer time)
 * it is systematic
 * offers an opportunity to educate farmers
 * offers a comprehensive discussion guide


 * Weaknesses**
 * individual sample size is too small/farmer
 * it is knowledge intensive (needs experts)
 * productivity parameters limited to milk?
 * allows data input from a max of 6 individuals?
 * lack of clarity on spatial scale
 * when presenting, people perhaps overlook the PRA results in favour of the excel charts


 * Opportunities to use**
 * needs to be adapted to pigs/small ruminants value chains
 * can be used to capture past development activities and scope/successes/failures; potential linkages
 * could collect larger individual data through group facilitation (farmers facilitated to fill individual questions)
 * enhanced promotion and training on the tool (especially development partners)
 * relate constraints to production factors