• Reduced discharge;
• Closing the efficiency gap;
• Restoring value to grasslands;

Agenda

This note describes the preparation of a Global Agenda of Action through a consultative process which focuses on consensus building among key stakeholders in the livestock sector for a subsequent operational phase.

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A Global Agenda of Action is being built through a preparatory process which focuses on consensus building among key stakeholders in the livestock sector for a subsequent operational phase. A Global Agenda of Action will focus on the improvement of resource-use efficiency in the livestock sector to support livelihoods, long-term food security and economic growth while safeguarding other environmental and public health outcomes.

A Global Agenda of Action is being built around the notion that demand growth for livestock products will likely continue for decades to come, as incomes and human populations continue to grow. Such growth will need to be accommodated within the context of a finite and sometimes dwindling natural resource base, and will be faced with the need to respond to climate change, both adapting and mitigating.

Demand growth also presents opportunities for social and economic development that many developing countries would not want to miss. In addition, the livestock sector provides numerous opportunities for enhanced food security and livelihood support.

To ensure that such multiple promises for the livestock sector to contribute to society’s environmental, social, economic and health objectives materialize, concerted sector stakeholder action needs to be mobilized towards the necessary changes in regulatory frameworks, policies, technologies, and supporting investments.
The development of a Global Agenda of Action heeds the call of these opportunities.

A Global Agenda of Action foresees the following functions:

• Strategic analyses, including policy and institutional analyses, methodology and investment guidelines development in support of sustainable livestock sector development;
•  Generation and sharing of local and global knowledge, experiences, and practices through R&D, dialogue, dissemination, communication, and outreach;
• Promotion of capacity building;
• Support to the piloting of new approaches within livestock sector systems, stakeholders, and related value chains to test, validate, and transfer practices;
• Advocacy, including the promotion of sustainable livestock sector development within existing inter-governmental and other processes;
• Promotion of  investment, piloting and mainstreaming.