Jeroen Dijkman presents the Global Agenda of Action
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 29/10/2012

Virtual briefing__ The Global Agenda of Action in Support of Sustainable Livestock Sector Development focuses on how the sector can accommodate demand growth for livestock products within a context of growing resource scarcity.
 
Jeroen Dijkman, Senior Officer (Livestock Sector Policy) -- Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch, FAO, introduces viewers to the Global Agenda of Action and its three initial focal points: The efficiency gap, grasslands and manure. In these areas, the Global Agenda of Action aims to catalyse concrete multi-stakeholder action to achieve sustainable improvement in resource-use efficiency whilst ensuring the sector's contribution to food security and livelihoods. After his presentation, Jeroen Dijkman answered questions on the Agenda and its future development.