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DocumentOther documentApplying a gender lens when developing a Veterinary Paraprofessional Competency Framework 2023
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BookletCorporate general interestVeterinary paraprofessional competency framework toolkit 2024
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No results found.This toolkit was developed with the support of the project Sustainable Business in Animal Health Service Provision through training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals. It provides guidance, and details the step-by-step process for developing a country-specific animal health Veterinary Paraprofessional (VPP) competency framework. The described methodology was piloted in 2022 in Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa. The lessons learned from the pilot experience are incorporated into this toolkit to provide a clear methodology for other countries wishing to develop their own tailored competency framework for veterinary paraprofessionals. -
BookletCorporate general interestVeterinary paraprofessional competency framework: Uganda 2024
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No results found.The Uganda Veterinary Paraprofessional Competency Framework is specifically tailored to the role of animal health veterinary paraprofessionals in Uganda. It builds on the World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH) guidelines by recognizing increasing levels of competency from novice, through to intermediate and advanced competency levels. The document aims to support capacity development of veterinary paraprofessionals working as animal health service providers with livestock farmers (these may be smallholder farmers, pastoralists of more commercial livestock enterprises).The tool may be used by:• veterinary paraprofessionals in order to identify their current competency level for a set of competencies and define personalized continuous professional development learning goals;• veterinary paraprofessional training and continuous professional development providers in order to identify learning objectives for a training focusing on a particular competency or skill set;• mentors and supervisors of veterinary paraprofessionals in order to assess veterinary paraprofessional competencies, identify areas for improvement and provide tailored support for capacity development of veterinary paraprofessionals.
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Book (series)Working paperClimate resilience pathways of rural households: Evidence from Ethiopia 2018
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No results found.Climate variability and extreme events continue to impose significant challenges to households, particularly to those that are less resilient. By exploring the resilience capacity of rural Ethiopian households after the drought shock occurred in 2011, using panel data, this paper shows important socio-economic and policy determinants of households’ resilience capacity. Three policy indications emerge from the analysis. First, government support programmes, such as the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), appear to sustain households’ resilience by helping them to reach the level of pre-shock total consumption, but have no impact on the food-consumption resilience. Secondly, the “selling out assets strategy” affects positively households’ resilience, but only in terms of food consumption – not total consumption. Finally, the presence of informal institutions, such as social networks providing financial support, sharply increases households’ resilience by helping them to reach preshock levels of both food consumption and total consumption. -
Book (series)Technical reportPesticide residues in food 2015 Joint FAO/WHO Meeting 2016
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No results found.Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues. The Meeting evaluated 29 pesticides, including 8 new compounds and 4 compounds that were re-evaluated within the periodic review programme of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR), for toxicity or residues, or both. The Meeting allocated ADIs and ARfDs, estimated more than 300 maximum residue levels and recommended them for use by CCPR, and estimated STMR and highest residue (HR) levels as a basis for estimating dietary intake. The Meeting also estimated the dietary intakes (both short-term and long-term) of the pesticides reviewed and, on this basis, performed dietary risk assessments in relation to their ADIs or ARfDs. Cases in which ADIs or ARfDs may be exceeded were clearly indicated in order to facilitate the decision-making process of CCPR. The rationale for methodologies for long- and short-term dietary ris k assessment are described in detail in the FAO manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residue data for the estimation of maximum residue levels in food and feed. -
Book (series)Manual / guideGood practices for the meat industry 2004In recent years, public concern about the safety of foods of animal origin has heightened due to problems that have arisen with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), as well as with outbreaks of food-borne bacterial infections, and food contamination with toxic agents (e.g. dioxin). These problems have serious implications for national food safety, the development of the animal products industry and for international trade in livestock products. The purpose of this manual on Good pract ices for the meat industry is to provide updated comprehensive information and practical guidelines for the implementation of the new Code of hygienic practice for meat, when adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The publication is intended to guide managers of abattoirs and the meat industry. It will also be of value to veterinarians engaged in meat inspection, with their supervisory roles in meat hygiene. The manual is published in detachable modules and also serves as a trai ning resource.