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The meeting took stock of activities within
countries, reviewed the group’s work plan
and agreed on a range of new work items, in
many cases building on ideas and proposals
developed during workshops and network
meetings held in the last twelve months.
Key points from the review of current
activities:
The country round table provided a chance
to share the many different projects on-
going in LRG member countries and explore
the opportunities for further research,
collaboration, networking, and solution
sharing. The discussion focused on the
issue of resource mobilisation, and the
importance of linking the work of the LRG
with broader policy objectives at national
levels, both in the GRA Council and also
in individual countries. It was agreed by
the LRG members that a high level review
of countries activities to date, including
successes and barriers to enhanced
action, would demonstrate the benefit of
collaborative research and implementation
through the GRA to help countries achieve
their broader policy goals. The review
would seek to facilitate a dialogue between
scientists and policy on issues of resourcing
and translating research into action.
The coordinators of the research networks
met for dinner prior to the start of the LRG
meeting. They report that this was a very
constructive exchange of ideas and lessons
learnt, and they would seek to further
support interactions between the networks,
given their overlapping and synergistic roles
in reducing emissions intensity of livestock
systems.
Since the fifth LRG meeting, the proposal for
the Manure Management Kiosk (MMK) has
been funded by the UNEP Climate and Clean
Air Coalition (CCAC), and an update of this
work was presented. The MMK addresses
three major issues: food security and global
health, equity and poverty reduction and
resources and climate. The MMK aims to
integrate manure management practices
into livestock systems by managing and
removing barriers to action with a view
toward enhancing food security and
sustainable development. The project’s
objectives are to:
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue at
international and local level
• Implement and support joint analyses and
assessments
• Identify and provide tools and guidance
• Promote and support innovation and local
practice change
Dr Bess Tiessnamurti (Director of ICARD, Indonesia) opened the sixth meeting of the LRG.
(
Pictured here with Martin Scholten,Co-chair of the LRG
)
Thesixthmeetingof theLRGwasattendedby representatives from21member countries, Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vietnam, two observer countries
India and Bangladesh, and invited guests from the Global Agenda for Action on Sustainable Livestock Development.
Livestock Research Group
meeting
Update from the