Working in close coordination with the Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) at FAO Headquarters:

• assists and coordinates a multi-disciplinary programme to promote new developments of the livestock sector in countries of the sub-region;
• cooperates in formulation of livestock development policies with special emphasis on restructuring, modernization or revitalization of the livestock sector;
• supports capacity building in animal production and health services;
• analyses the economic and technical constraints to developing sustainable systems of animal production and associated animal products processing industries;
• assists in the formulation of integrated livestock development projects and advises on all aspects from production to consumption;
• cooperates with all relevant institutions and NGOs active in the subregion, in particular the European Association for Animal Production;
• promotes the organization of, and participates in technical meetings with livestock research and educational institutions involved in the livestock sector;
• assists in the identification and formulation of technical assistance programmes and projects and provides technical backstopping to the implementation of such projects;

CONTACT

Animal Production and Health Officer: Andriy ROZSTALNYY