Capacity building to implement good animal welfare practices

Animal Production and Health Division

Capacity building to implement good animal welfare practices

FAO Expert Meeting , FAO Headquarters (Rome) 30 September – 3 October 2008

Year of publication 2009

Author Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Synopsis (short abstract) FAO recognises the importance of animal welfare practices thatlead to benefits for bothpeople and their animals andsupports their implementation. But, how can FAO contribute toinform and support producers indeveloping countries toaccess the benefits of good animal welfare practices?

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Report of the FAO Expert Meeting - FAO Headquarters (Rome) - 30 September - 3 October 2008
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Animal welfare is coming to be recognized as highly relevant to success in international development. It is integral to programmes to improve animal health, to develop livestock production, to respond to natural disasters where animals are involved, and to improve the fit between the genetic constitution of animals and the environments in which they are kept. Aware of the above, FAO has decided to give more explicit and strategic attention to animal welfare and to guide its activities, it h as convened an Expert Meeting to provide specific advice on ‘Capacity building to implement good animal welfare practices’. The strenuous and collaborative work of the experts, together with resource persons from the main relevant institution involved in animal welfare and FAO staff, resulted in this report.
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