LEAP Guidelines

05/10/2020

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a dynamic multistakeholder initiative committed to improving the environmental performance of livestock supply chains while ensuring their economic and social viability.

Dairy’s Impact on Reducing Global Hunger

02/03/2020

This study provides quantitative evidence for the potential impact dairying can have in eradicating hunger (SDG 2) and showing the role dairy products play in providing balanced, healthy and safe nutrition.

GASL Progress Report 2019

01/01/2020

GASL 9th MSP meeting 2019

12/09/2019

Agenda and Summary report of the ninth GASL MSP Meeting held in Kansas City, USA, in 2019.

Good practices for responsible use of antibiotics

01/09/2019

This is a presentation of practises and cases from small scale production in Sub-Saharan Africa, poultry production in high-income countries and mastitis prevention in dairy production.

Smallholder Livestock Systems Innovations for Sustainability

01/09/2019

Sustainability is a concept that has captured the development lexicon for years. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 are an important landmark, aspiring to tackle thematic issues in global partnership. However, in a world of fluctuating and fickle economies, rapid globalisation, impending climate change and unexpected pandemics it appears that reaching the targets of sustainable development may pose some challenges.

Investing in Sustainable Livestock Guide

03/06/2019

Interactive guide to integrating sustainability objectives both during the preparation and implementation of World Bank livestock operations. It offers tailored advice across six livestock production systems, rooted in sustainability principles encompassing environmental, animal health, and social objectives.

Silvo-pastoral Systems and their Contribution to Improved Resource Use and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Latin America

03/06/2019

Livestock are central to many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and can directly or indirectly contribute to most of them. The main potential contributions of livestock to the SDGs pertain to three major domains: (i) food security and livelihoods, (ii) human health (communicable and non-communicable diseases), and (iii) ecosystem sustainability and climate change.

Efficiency matrix

01/06/2019

The Efficiency Matrix (EM) is a framework to quantify the impact of specific interventions or production system changes on natural resource use efficiency (NRUE).

Climate Change and the Global Dairy Cattle Sector

05/05/2019

Dairy products are a rich source of essential nutrients that contribute to a healthy and nutritious diet. With demand for high-quality animal sourced protein increasing globally, the dairy sector is well placed to contribute to global food security and poverty reduction through the supply of dairy products. In so doing, it is essential that sector growth is sustainable in terms of environment, public and animal health and welfare, in terms of development, poverty alleviation and social progress.

GASL Progress Report 2018

01/01/2019

GASL Action Plan 2019-2021

01/01/2019

GASL 8th MSP Meeting 2018

15/06/2018

Agenda and Summary report of the eighth GASL MSP Meeting held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in 2018.

Dairy Development’s Impact on Poverty Reduction

01/04/2018

Poverty and hunger eradication are among the greatest global challenges facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. Driven by population and economic growth, particularly in developing countries, demand for livestock products is expected to increase substantially in the coming 30 years. Livestock sector can contribute to address these challenges by promoting a sustained economic growth, inclusive social development and efficient use of natural resources.

GASL Progress Report 2016-2017

01/01/2018

GASL 7th MSP Meeting 2017

12/05/2017

Agenda and Summary report of the seventh GASL MSP Meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2017.

GASL 6th MSP Meeting 2016 - The Panama Declaration

23/06/2016

Agenda and Summary report of the sixth. GASL MSP Meeting held in Panama in 2016

Dairy Asia

01/01/2016

Dairy Asia is a multi-stakeholder partnership of willing partners committed to visioning and building a sustainable dairy sector in Asia and the Pacific region.

GASL Action Plan 2016-2018

01/11/2015

GASL 5th MSP Meeting 2014

10/10/2014

Agenda and Summary report of the fifth GASL MSP Meeting held in Cali, Colombia, in 2014.