FAO calls for sustainable livestock development

During its twenty-third session held on 21-25 May 2012 in Rome, the FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) outlined Options for stakeholder dialogue in support of sustainable livestock development. 

This was done in the particular context of the Global Agenda of Action, which sees livestock as one of the best ways to build resilience and help populations to improve their livelihoods in rural areas in the face of climate change.

//  Key messages

As per its resolution on strengthening dialogue among stakeholders, the committee

• recognised the importance of multi-stakeholder consultations and suggested actions in support of a sustainable livestock sector development for catalysing an accelerated and targeted improvement of the livestock sector performance;
• encouraged member countries to collaborate with and support the Global Agenda of Action and to recognise the process as a concrete contribution to Greening the Economy within agriculture and related intergovernmental processes (e.g. Rio+20);
• supported the relevance of the stakeholders' agreed thematic priorities, highlighting that regional and other thematic priorities should be identified;
• recommended that FAO continues its central engagement in this multi-stakeholder initiative and acts as its secretariat if requested;
• requested the secretariat to report on progress of the Global Agenda of Action and on any requirements for related inter-governmental action at the Committee's next session; and deferred its decision on whether to establish a subsidiary body of COAG on livestock sector issues to a later date.

In addition to calling for active support to the Global Agenda of Action, the committee recognised the need to come up with genuinely innovative governance and a functional system for the Global Agenda of Action and requested further information regarding its development and its relation to COAG.

Finally, the committee made the suggestion for the secretariat to organise a donor meeting to explore the potential for mobilising additional extra-budgetary resources.

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