The FAO LEAP Secretariat and Steering Committee are pleased to announce the names of the experts selected to participate in the new Technical Advisory Group on Circular Bioeconomy Approaches following an open call for applications.

The Technical Advisory Group will review recovery options for livestock production residues and waste streams, explore alternative feed resources, and develop technical guidelines on circular bioeconomy approaches in the livestock sector. By actively engaging a diverse group of experts, the FAO LEAP Partnership is committed to shaping more sustainable and efficient practices in the livestock sector.

Congratulations to the following experts:

Adibe Luiz Abdalla, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

Ana Paula Contador Packer, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazil)

Arnoldo Gonzalez Reyna, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (Mexico)

Barbara Renate Amon, ATB (Germany)

Bernard Lukuyu Adubwa, International Livestock Research Institute (Uganda)

Buchun Si, China Agricultural University (China)

Bruno Lanfranco, National Institute for Agricultural Research (Uruguay)

Carlos A. Gomez, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Peru)

Chayan Kumer Saha, Bangladesh Agricultural University (Bangladesh)

Dagoberto Arias Aguilar, Ingeniería Forestal del TEC (Costa Rica)

David Meo Zilio, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (Italy)

Eleazar Ubaldo González, Lincoln University (United States of America)

Ellen S. Dierenfeld, WWF (United States of America)

Els Willems, Agrifirm (Netherlands)

George Wamwere Josiah Njoroge, International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya)

Griselda Asunción Meza Ocampos, Especialización en Didáctica Universitaria (Paraguay)

Guillermo Pardo Nieva Basque, Centre for Climate Change (Spain)

Hannah van Zanten, Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands)

Hongmin Dong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China)

Jesus Mendez Batan, (Spain)

Laurence Loyon, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France)

Maja Arsic, CSIRO (Australia)

Margaret Jewell, Meat & Livestock Australia (Australia)

María Candela García de Andina, National Institute of Industrial Technology (Argentina)

Marta Gomez San Juan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation

Maryline Kouba, Institut Argo (France)

Michael Richard Francis Lee, Harper Adams University (United Kingdom)

Peter Wanyama, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovations (Uganda)

Philippe Becquet, IFIF (France)

Saheed A. Salami, Mootral Limited (United Kingdom)

Stewart Francis Ledgard, AgResearch (New Zealand)

Sylvie Mugabekazi, Cleaner Production Centre and Climate Innovation (Rwanda) 

Timothy A. McAllister, Lethbridge Research Centre (Canada)