1.2 Detalles de contacto de las personas de referencia e instituciones involucradas en la evaluación y la documentación del Enfoque

Nombre del proyecto que facilitó la documentación/ evaluación del Enfoque (si fuera relevante)

Strengthening national-level institutional and professional capacities of country Parties towards enhanced UNCCD monitoring and reporting – GEF 7 EA Umbrella II (GEF 7 UNCCD Enabling Activities_Umbrella II)

Nombre de la(s) institución(es) que facilitaron la documentación/ evaluación del Enfoque si fuera relevante)

National Soil Services Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock (NSSC) - Bután

1.3 Condiciones referidas al uso de datos documentados mediante WOCAT

¿Cuándo se compilaron los datos (en el campo)?

15/07/2023

El compilador y la/s persona(s) de referencia claves aceptan las condiciones acerca del uso de los datos documentados mediante WOCAT :

Sí

1.4 Referencia/s al/los Cuestionario(s) de Tecnologías MST

2.1 Breve descripción del Enfoque

This approach links dairy cooperatives with a dairy plant, KOUFUKU International Limited (KIL), for milk marketing. It is an established dairy value chain that addresses milk and dairy product marketing issues and improves the livelihoods of many small dairy farmers in eastern Bhutan.

2.2 Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST

Descripción detallada del Enfoque MST:

This approach links dairy cooperatives with a dairy plant, KOUFUKU International Limited (KIL), for milk marketing. It is an established dairy value chain that addresses milk and dairy product marketing issues and improves the livelihoods of many small dairy farmers in eastern Bhutan. The approach encompasses milk cooperatives, collection centres, milk transport vans, and the processing unit operated by KIL. Currently, milk is supplied to the company by approximately 22 milk cooperatives, each consisting of land users engaged in dairy farming. This documentation focuses on the linkage between KIL and one such cooperative named Samphel Chirphen Jersey Detshen of Udzorong Gewog in Trashigang Dzongkhag.
At the heart of the system are collection centres, strategically placed at each dairy cooperative and equipped with chilling machines. Managed by the dairy cooperatives, these centres serve as crucial points for milk collection. A dedicated milk transport van and driver is arranged to facilitate the transportation of milk from individual land users to the collection point, and onward to the processing unit. Designed with insulation, the van ensures the quality of the milk is maintained, preventing deterioration during transit. The pricing structure for land users is influenced by their choice in milk collection and transport: those opting for the company's services receive a lower price per litre.
The KIL processing unit, situated in Chenary, Trashigang Dzongkhag, is a subsidiary of Druk Holding and Investments Limited (DHI). This unit produces a variety of processed milk products, including "Druk Zambala Cheese," salted and non-salted butter, stirred yogurt, gouda cheese, and cottage cheese. This approach improves the livelihoods of land users, encouraging cooperative members to increase milk production which ultimately increases cash income.
For KIL, the company's involvement aims to augment processing capacity. Despite having the potential to process 4000 litres of milk daily, only 44% of this capacity was utilized as of 2021. The approach embraces an inclusive model, involving smallholder land users in cooperative formation and connecting them to the market, making it a successful value chain intervention.
The implementation method of Samphel Chirphen Jersey Detshen employs a consultative approach, engaging various stakeholders such as the Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, Dzongkhag Livestock Officer, CARLEP officials, and a representative from KIL. This collaborative method enables land users to voice their needs, ensuring decisions that benefit the community.
The stages of implementation involve the initiation of cooperative formation driven by awareness created by the Livestock Extension Officer. Group formation facilitates resource-sharing and reduces workload of land user. Further, subsidies and incentives support from the government are directed towards the cooperative rather than individual land users, emphasizing the importance of forming cooperatives to maximize benefits. The dairy cooperative members were supported to construct improved cattle sheds and biogas plants to improved livestock rearing.
Initially, the Samphel Chirphen Jersey Detshen faced marketing challenges, prompting government intervention to connect them with KIL. Consultations resulted in an agreement where land users committed to supplying a minimum of 100 litres per day at a negotiated rate of Nu. 35 per litre, establishing KIL as their end market. Subsequently, improved cattle breeds were acquired, and the cooperatives increased their daily milk supply from 71 to 280-300 litres. Stakeholders, including Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, Dzongkhag Livestock Officer, Gewog Officials, and CARLEP-IFAD, play pivotal roles in providing technical guidance, subsidies, and funding. Regular monitoring ensures the success of the activity.
In summary, this approach benefits land users by enhancing marketing services and providing sustainable sources of household income – and indirectly improves SLM through encouraging better husbandry of dairy cattle and associated biogas plants.

2.3 Fotos del Enfoque

2.5 País/ región/ lugares donde el Enfoque fue aplicado

2.6 Fechas de inicio y conclusión del Enfoque

2.7 Tipo de Enfoque

• iniciativa local reciente/ innovadora

2.8 Propósitos/ objetivos principales del Enfoque

The approach aims to establish an efficient marketing system of the milk by creating a linkage between the land user and the milk processing unit. it will also contriutes to increased in income and improvement of land users' livelihoods.

2.9 Condiciones que facilitan o impiden la implementación de la/s Tecnología/s aplicadas bajo el Enfoque

3.1 Partes interesadas involucradas en el Enfoque y sus roles

3.2 Involucramiento de los usuarios locales de tierras/ comunidades locales en las distintas fases del Enfoque

	Involucramiento de los usuarios locales de tierras/ comunidades locales	Especifique quién se involucró y describa las actividades
iniciación/ motivación	apoyo externo	Gewog Livestock Extension Officer motivated the land users to form cooperatives by creating awareness of the benefits involved in working in a group rather than individually.
planificación	interactivo	All the stakeholders (Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, Dzongkhag Livestock officer, representatives of the KOFUKU International Limited and CARLEP-IFAD officials) were involved in the planning process.
implementación	interactivo	All the stakeholders with related expertise were involved in the implementation process. For example, the Dzongkhag engineer, Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, Dzongkhag Livestock officer, Gup, CARLEP-IFAD officials and land users were involved in the construction of the milk collection shed,
monitoreo y evaluación	interactivo	External monitoring is done by CARLEP-IFAD officials, the Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, Dzongkhag Livestock Officer. Internal monitoring is done by Thrizin to ensure the minimum milk capacity (100 litres) is met.

3.3 Flujograma (si estuviera disponible)

3.4 La toma de decisiones en la selección de Tecnología(s) MST

Especifique quién decidió la selección de las Tecnología/ Tecnologías a implementarse:

• principalmente por especialistas MST en consulta con usuarios de tierras

Explique:

Implementation of the biogas plants and improved cattle shed construction was introduced by the Dzongkhag Livestock Officer in consultation with the land users.

Especifique las bases que sustentaron la toma de decisiones:

• la experiencia personal y opiniones (no documentadas)

4.1 Construcción de capacidades / capacitación

¿Se proporcionó la capacitación a usuarios de tierras/ otras partes interesadas?

Sí

Especifique quién fue capacitado:

• usuarios de tierras

Si fuese relevante, también especifique género, edad, estatus, etnicidad, etc.

There were 34 members in the cooperative consisting of 25 male and 9 female, aged between 35 to 50 years old all belonging to Sharchop ethnicity.
The gender composition is based on the head of the household registered in the census although all the family members (both male and female) are involved in the activity.

Forma de capacitación:

• de agricultor a agricultor
• áreas de demostración
• cursos

Temas avanzados:

Cattle shed and biogas plant construction and their benefits. Fodder grass plantations such as napier, super napier (Pakchong), and others.

4.2 Servicio de asesoría

¿Los usuarios de tierras tienen acceso a un servicio de asesoría?

Sí

Especifique si servicio proporcionado se realizó:

• en los campos de los usuarios de tierras
• en centros permanentes

Describa/ comentarios:

The Gewog Extension Officer is involved in providing advisory services based on the need.

4.3 Fortalecimiento institucional (desarrollo institucional)

¿Se establecieron o fortalecieron instituciones mediante el Enfoque?

• sí, moderadamente

Especifique el nivel o los niveles en los que se fortalecieron o establecieron las instituciones:

• local

Describa la institución, roles y responsabilidades, miembros, etc.

The institution is strengthened through the approach as there were only 10 members in the cooperative in 2022 which increased to 24 as of 2023.

Especifique el tipo de apoyo:

• construcción de capacidades/ entrenamiento

Proporcione detalles adicionales:

Training provided by DLO for biogas construction

4.4 Monitoreo y evaluación

¿El monitoreo y la evaluación forman parte del Enfoque?

Sí

Comentarios:

External monitoring is done by CARLEP-IFAD officials, the Gewog Livestock Extension Officer, the Dzongkhag Livestock Officer and Gewog Officials. The monitoring officials conduct the site visits to see the implementation of an improved dairy shed, improved cattle breeds, fodder grass plantation and biogas plant. The monitoring is mainly done to meet the objective of the funding agency and service providers i.e. to increase milk productivity and improve the livelihood of the land users.

Si respondió que sí, ¿la documentación se utilizará para monitoreo y evaluación?

No

4.5 Investigación

¿La investigación formó parte del Enfoque?

No

5.1 Presupuesto anual para el componente MST del Enfoque

Comentarios (ej. fuentes principales de financiamiento/ donantes principales):

There is no annual budget allocated for the approach as the linkage is well established. The land users are equipped to sustain themselves. However, if new challenges arise, the budget is sought from various stakeholders.

5.2 Apoyo financiero/material proporcionado a los usuarios de tierras

¿Los usuarios de tierras recibieron financiamiento/ apoyo material para implementar la Tecnología/ Tecnologías? :

Sí

Si respondió sí, especifique el tipo o los tipos de apoyo, condiciones y proveedor(es) :

1. Financial support
Nu. 11,700/- (USD 140.54) provided for biogas construction for individual households
70% subsidy for procurement of improved cattle breeds
2. Equipment
70% subsidy was provided for the deep fridge for individual household and 3 large for the collection point (30-40 litres) 30% of the amount was paid by land users. Doner funded 100% for the milk collection can, butter churner, and chiller machine.
3. Construction materials per household
Donor funded 100% for the biogas construction materials 8 bags of cement, metal, pipe, stove
Donor funded 100% for the improved cattle shed construction materials 18 bags of cement, 18 number of CGI sheets, half truck sand.

5.3 Subsidios para insumos específicos (incluyendo mano de obra)

• equipo

• agrícola

• construcción

• infraestructura

Si la mano de obra de usuarios de tierras fue un insumo sustancial, ¿fue:

• voluntario?

5.4 Crédito

¿Se proporcionó crédito bajo el Enfoque para actividades MST?

Sí

Especifique las condiciones (tasa de interés el apoyo, amortización, etc.):

Land users in the group can avail loans of up to Nu. 20,000 (USD 240.25) loan payable on quarterly basis for 3 years.

Especifique los proveedores de crédito:

Bhutan Development Bank Limited - A bank focusing on rural development.

Especifique los destinatarios del crédito :

Land users

5.5 Otros incentivos o instrumentos

¿Se usaron otros incentivos o instrumentos para promover la implementación de Tecnologías MST?

No

6.1 Impactos del Enfoque

6.2 Motivación principal del usuario de la tierra para implementar MST

6.3 Sostenibilidad de las actividades del Enfoque

¿Pueden los usuarios de tierras sostener lo que se implementó mediante el Enfoque (sin apoyo externo)?

• sí

Si respondió que sí, describa cómo:

Support needed for the establishment of the linkage is completed. Hereafter, the land users can sustain themselves without external support.

6.4 Fortalezas/ ventajas del Enfoque

Fuerzas/ ventajas/ oportunidades desde la perspectiva del usuario de la tierra
The major strength of the approach is milk marketing where land users get access to the market without having to worry about transportation. On the other hand, KOUFUKU International Limited can increase its production capacity of milk products.
Forming a cooperative and working together enabled land users to avail various support from the government as majority of the support is provided to the group than individual households.
The approach improved household income leading to improved livelihoods of the land users.

Fuerzas/ ventajas/ oportunidades desde la perspectiva del compilador o de otra persona de referencia clave
Encourages other land users to form milk cooperatives. Udzorong Gewog is one of the remote areas of Trashigang Dzongkhag and the ability to establish linkage and generate income from livestock farming would encourage other land users from different chiwog and gewogs to form milk cooperatives. This would ultimately improve the living standard of the community and country.

6.5 Debilidades/ desventajas del Enfoque y formas de sobreponerse a ellos

Debilidades/ desventajas/ riesgos desde la perspectiva del usuario de la tierra	¿Cómo sobreponerse a ellas?
The land users feel the price for one litre of milk is less (Nu. 35/-) which is barely enough to buy karma feed (formulated cattle feed costing Nu. 1850/- per bag) and mustard cake (Nu. 1900 per bag). The use of fodder grass (pakchong, napier, and guatemala) gives low milk production compared to processed feed.	Sensitize and institute quality based payment for milk, encourage formulation of local feed, and adopt TMR
Need for more members in the cooperative to increase the overall productivity.	Sensitize and encourage other farmers to join the cooperative.
The spread of cattle diseases such as lumpy skin disease (LSD) leads to the loss of cattle and reduced milk production.	Need for immediate and improved veterinary service in the country. Encourage to put in place biosecurity measures.

Debilidades/ desventajas/ riesgos desde la perspectiva del compilador o de otra persona de referencia clave	¿Cómo sobreponerse a ellas?
The land users are provided with lots of subsidies and inputs making them highly dependent. Which could reduce their capacity to innovate and search for solutions on their own.	Subsidies should be given with conditions.

7.1 Métodos/ fuentes de información

7.2 Referencias a publicaciones disponibles

Título, autor, año, ISBN:

Norbu. (2021). Linking dairy farmers to koufuko: a case of a successful dairy value chain and marketing in the east. CARLEP. Retrievef from https://carlep.gov.bt/linking-dairy-farmers-to-koufuko-a-case-of-a-successful-dairy-value-chain-and-marketing-in-the-east/

¿Dónde se halla disponible? ¿Costo?

https://carlep.gov.bt/linking-dairy-farmers-to-koufuko-a-case-of-a-successful-dairy-value-chain-and-marketing-in-the-east/

7.3 Vínculos a la información relevante disponible en línea

Título/ descripción:

Koufuku International Limited

URL:

https://kil.bt/

Título/ descripción:

Koufuku International Limited

URL:

https://www.instagram.com/koufukudairy/?hl=en