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Issue 2 of the People and Livestock newsletter focuses on camels and pastoralism. News also on Nguni cattle in South Africa, recommendations on smallholder poultry projects, and a project with sheep and goat breeders in India.
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by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
This paper provides arguments for an international agreement to govern the genetic resources of farm animals. How can breeds and genes be conserved, where are the biodiversity hotspots, and what should an international agreement cover? Click here for a summary Download |
Proceedings from the SAFO workshop on “Enhancing animal health security and food safety in organic livestock production systems” are now available at the SAFO website.
SAFO stands for Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming.
The next SAFO workshop is to be held in Frick, Switzerland, on 17-19 March 2005. Deadline for registering has been postponed to Thursday 17 February.
More information in the latest issue of SAFO News.
The International Conference on Ethnobotany on 21-26 August 2005 in Istanbul, www.iceb2005.com, has a section on ethnoveterinary medicine. Abstracts can be sent to Fusun Ertug before 1 March. Click here for more
The LEAD (Livestock, Environment and Development) Group of FAO recently organised an electronic conference on Pastoralism: Evolution of the tenure and management of land and other resources.
The proceedings are available at www.virtualcentre.org/fr/ele/econf_01_pasto/download.html. They are in French only, but also include some English papers.
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