Notes+on+site+selection

Tanzania Site selection steps
1. GIS mapping based on global datasets to exclude certain areas 2. Identification of 5 major milk sheds: Tanga, Morogoro, Southern Highlands, Great Lakes, Northern Highlands (partly GIS, partly expert consultation) 3. Homing on 2 regions (partly based on partner selection: LRCT, SUA) 4. Prioritizing districts within regions based on Stakeholder Consultation in Morogoro (March 2012). Districts identified on basis of where the dairy cattle were, where milk collection channels exist. 5. Identified 3 districts per region 6. Visited each district using simple data collection checklist to gather local info. Excluded 1 district per site and then allocated the other 2 to rural-rural or rural-urban.
 * Human popn density
 * Farming system – only mixed farming
 * Cattle density

Result of district selection:
- Morogoro - Tanga
 * Rural-rural: Kilosa
 * Rural-urban: Mvomero
 * Rural-rural: Handeni
 * Rural-urban: Lushoto (or maybe Muheza)

Next stage:
- Define what we mean by site: 15-20 km radius or less. Within that: micro-sites which are farmer interest groups - Select divisions/wards within hubs using detailed site selection tool (a partner activity)

India: 1. Out of 13 districts 5 were chosen since IFAD works there 2. Out of these 5 a further 2 were excluded because of distance 3. Homed in on 2 districts based on partner availability – excluded Chamoli 4. Out of remaining 2 districts some blocks within district excluded because of altitude (farming system) – current stage Next steps:
 * Bageshwar district: Begeshwar block based on availability of groups and experience of partners
 * Almora district: some work still to be done.
 * Within each selected block 2 sites will be selected based on links to formal milk market (rural-“urban”; rural:rural)

Issues
- What is a site? Cluster of villages? - In India there is variation within districts on how much milk is rural-rural and rural- urban.