Third Multi-stakeholder platform meeting

Nairobi, Kenya - January 22 to 24, 2013

22 january

• Taking the long livestock view
• Agenda
• Livestock Sector Trends and Development Issues
• Focus Area 1: Closing the efficiency Gap
• Focus Area 2: Restoring value to grassland
• Focus Area 3: Towards zero discharge
• Nairobi Panel Focus Questions

• Linking Herders to Carbon Markets
• New findings on soil C sequestration potential of the world’s grasslands
• Due diligence to livelihoods and biodiversity in the Agenda
• LiFLoD Proposals of action
• LiFLoD concept paper
• Humane sustainable agriculture: Farm animal welfare and livestock sector development

23 january

• Panel Discussions
• How do we work together in building the Agenda?

PARALLEL SESSION

• Uplifting Extensive Grazing Systems: Livelihoods for resilience in the Horn of Africa
• Maasai pastoralists’ current situation in Tanzania
• Changing Pastoralism with Settlement of Herders in China
• Sustainable livestock production - The role of sustainable pastoralism
• Remunerating environmental services from yak production in Bhutan
• Beef Sustainability Project
• A South African perspective on issues of importance for a sustainable livestock strategy
• Significance of common property resources in the context of the Agenda
• The role of small scaled livestock keepers while working on sustainable livestock production agenda
• Generating carbon credits from the Kenyan dairy industry: A pilot study

24 january

• Focus Area 1: Closing the efficiency Gap
• Focus Area 2: Restoring value to grassland
• Focus area 3: Value to Manure
• How do we work together in building the Agenda?
• Governance Process