PUBLIC SECTOR LINKAGES PROGRAM Reinforcing disadvantaged communities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay Introduction Phil Clarke Animal, Food and Health Sciences Open Seminar, 29 August 2013
Outline Background problem to solution A joint collaboration; between 5 countries project concept to project reality 2 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Poverty in four countries Unfortunately many people in Latin America live under the poverty line Argentina: 2 million poor people (5,4% -INDEC) Brazil: 40 million people (21%) Colombia: 16 million people (34%) 5,000 children younger than 5 years old die every year from causes attributable to malnutrition more than 0.5 million children younger than 5 years old suffer from chronic malnutrition (17.1% in rural areas) Uruguay: 0.63 million (18%) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html 3 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Whey utilisation by small scale cheese makers a problem > 50% of cheese makers in South America are small scale and process <25,000 L milk per day into cheese 15-75% of the country s milk goes into cheese, depending on the country this produces in total 8,400 million L whey per year whey is disposed or utilised for animal feed (low value use) Many small cheese makers do not have capacity to undertake whey preservation and/or utilisation There exists little if any environmental directives for controlling whey disposal and wastage Unfortunately, some cheese makers are not aware of the nutritional value of whey 4 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Whey utilisation by small scale cheese makers a problem Many small cheese producers are spread across under developed rural communities Argentina and Uruguay: central provinces Brazil: southern and south western states of Brazil 3,030 tonnes of whey powder IMPORTED per year (equivalent to 30 million L liquid whey) Colombia: Central and northern regions Although affected by winter storms in 2010 reducing dairy production by >85% this is being addressed and thus the whey utilisation is also becoming increasingly important 5 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Whey utilisation the solution Value addition to whey by identifying processing opportunities Whey supply chain development Identification & formation of cheese clusters Differentiation between whey types: utilizable and non-utilizable whey An example using membrane processing Low cost-nutrition Low cost-ingredients Bio-fuels 6 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Joint Collaboration 5 countries 7 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
The AusAID results framework Goals covered by the project 8 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
The AusAID results framework Areas covered by the project 9 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Australia s AID budget strategy 10 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences Phil Clarke Deputy Chief Phone: +61 3 9731 3359 Email: phil.clarke@csiro.au Web: www.csiro.au/cafhs Thank you 11 CSIRO Aus Aid Sth America Contact Us Phone: 1300 363 400 or +61 3 9545 2176 Email: enquiries@csiro.au Web: www.csiro.au
PUBLIC SECTOR LINKAGES PROGRAM Reinforcing disadvantaged communities in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay Project overview Pablo Juliano Animal, Food and Health Sciences Open Seminar, 29 August 2013
Outline Project objectives Project activities and deliverables Work methodology Project timeline 13 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Project activities Milestone Stage 1: Exploratory mission for problem scoping Stage 2: Learning from Australian capacities Stage 3: Secondments in Australia (14 Mar-tbd) Stage 4: CSIRO secondments in partner countries (dates tbd) Stage 5. Post activity monitoring exercises for project continuation(dec 2014 May 2015) Stage 6. Activity completion report 14 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Expected outputs Expected Output Stage 1 Workshop 1 Buenos Aires (26-31 Aug 2013) Preliminary Economic Report (Due Oct 2013) (consider extension partners) Stage 2 Workshop 2 Australia (11-14 Mar 2014) Handbook (due 30 June 2014) Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Development of decision making cost models Selection of low cost whey based high nutrition products (accessible by the poor) 1 st AusAID Report (due 30 June 2014) Recommendations forwhey value additionon selectedcheese maker clusters Recommendations on potential business development (opportunities for all) Project evaluation report Project continuation proposals (interactions with next users) Final AusAID Report (due 30 June 2015) END OF PROJECT 15 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Methodology Cheese cluster identification Cheese makers classification according to whey characteristics Decision trees Supply chain optimisation Facility location optimiser Whey distribution optimiser Technology or product selection software Best economic options for subclusters Cluster classification Whey volumes produced per year Type of whey (sweet, acid, salty) Whey quality (if available) Other criteria Conventional and new whey products (process plant design and manufacturing costs) Business model for regional development *potential stakeholders 16 AusAID PSLP Reinforcing disadvantaged communities Workshop 1 26-31 August 2013
Thank you CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences Pablo Juliano Research Project Leader t +61 3 9731 3276 e pablo.juliano@csiro.au