The The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners recently launched an open access encyclopedia of animal feed resources that provides information, in the form of ‘Feed datasheets’, on nature, occurrence, distribution, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1400 livestock feed resources. The main objective of Feedipedia is … Continue reading
Tag Archives: FAO
Animal Health / Asia / Event / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pacific
Regional policy forum on Asian livestock tackles increasing and interrelated livestock production challenges
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and other partners, organized a Regional Policy Forum in Bangkok on 16-17 Aug 2012. This forum discussed how increasing livestock production to meet rapidly growing demands in a socially equitable and ecologically sustainable manner has become a … Continue reading
CGIAR / Engagement / Fish / Livestock
Joachim Otte on the livestock fish research proposal
In mid-September, we submitted the ‘livestock-fish’ research proposal to the CGIAR. Before submitting the proposal, we had asked FAO’s Joachim Otte to provide a last review. Here are his comments: — Thanks for sharing the MP3.7 proposal. I think that overall the proposal could make a stronger case under ‘what’s new’ about the program in … Continue reading
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish 