Livestock
The Partnership Forum on Livestock took place on June 30, 2016 at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy. The event was framed in the context of the upcoming negotiations that will take place at the UN Committee on World Food Security on Livestock. It attracted over 65 participants, including over 20 permanent representations of member states to the UN Rome-Based Agencies, senior UN officials, members of the Private Sector Mechanism, NGOs and academics.
The event started with a keynote address by Dr Jimmy Smith, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). His address was reported on ILRI website here.
See the final report from the 2016 PSM Partnership Forum on Livestock:
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Livestock – Partnership Forum – Final Report
At its 41st session in October 2014, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to prepare a study on Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Roles for Livestock? Ahead of the launch of this report launch, the Private Sector Mechanism to the CFS and the Government of Argentina co-hosted a Partnership Forum on Livestock on June 30 at IFAD.
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Livestock – Partnership Forum – Speaker Biographies
PSM Partnerships Livestock Forum 2016 Speaker Biographies
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At its 41st session in October 2014, the CFS requested the HLPE to prepare a study on Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition, including the role of livestock, to feed into CFS debates and the CFS Plenary session of October 2016.
Watch the Webcast of the launch of the HLPE Report here
View the Photos from the launch of the HLPE Report
Please find herewith the direct links to download the final translations in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish of the HLPE Report #10, Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition: what roles for livestock?
Arabic – http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-10_AR.pdf
Chinese – http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-10_ZH.pdf
French – http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-10_FR.pdf
Spanish – http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-10_ES.pdf
Russian – http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Reports/HLPE-Report-10_RU.pdf
The CFS adopted the livestock policy recommendations at its session of October 2016. The PSM Working Group on Livestock has been discontinued. If you have any question on this topic please contact sid@emergingag.com.