Objectives, Scope and Structure of Country Reports

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Objectives, Scope and Structure of Country
Reports
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Objectives of Country Report

• Overall Objectives
• Specific Objectives

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Overall Objectives of CR

• Analyse and report on
• the state of AnGR
• the status and trends of AnGR
• current and potential contribution of AnGR
• To assess the state of the art and of countrys
  capacity to manage these essential resources
• To identify national needs and priorities for
  action on sustainable conservation and
  utilization of AnGR, and on opportunities for
  international co-operation

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Specific Objectives of CR

• Providing Government and stakeholders with
  systematic information on AnGR
• Establishing essential base-line data and
  information on the state of animal genetic
  diversity
• Assessing the capacities of public and private
  institutions, and of farmers, indigenous peoples,
  and local communities
• Assessing the roles and values of local and
  introduced breeds and the impacts of
  agricultural production systems on AnGR

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Specific Objectives of CR

• Examining methodologies and technologies being
  used to better understand the value of AnGR and
  to better use, develop and conserve them in a
  sustainable manner
• Encouraging networking to increase awareness of
  the many roles and values of AnGR, promoting
  their better utilization, development and
  conservation
• Providing a foundation to enhance existing
  networking between countries with shared or
  common AnGR, and/or common production systems or
  issues

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Specific Objectives of CR

• Promoting communication and collaboration within
  and between networks, and among Government and
  NGOs involved in the management of AnGR
• Identifying main directions for future national
  policies and programmes and determining needs and
  priorities for action for Government and other
  stakeholders
• Identifying emerging issues directly related to
  the management of AnGR in relation to effective
  biotechnology use, animal health, animal welfare,
  food and feed safety, impacts on the environment,
  etc.

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Specific Objectives of CR

• Assisting farmers, indigenous peoples, and local
  communities in the identification of AnGR that
  can increase production, productivity and product
  quality
• Enhancing the capacity to report on AnGR, through
  improved communication and organizational
  capacity
• Improving understanding of the status of breeds
  that are currently not of value to farmers and of
  wild relatives of domesticated animals
• Identifying situations where an emergency
  response could be required to prevent the loss of
  AnGR and
• Establishing a National Databank for use in
  planning, implementing and reviewing AnGR
  management action within the country

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Scope of Country Report
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Scope of Country Report

• The first SoW-AnGR will address Avian and
  Mammalian species that are of interest to food
  and agriculture
• Countries may wish to also address species other
  than avian and mammalian, of interest to food and
  agriculture, to meet their own needs in preparing
  their CR, but these species will not be addressed
  in the first SoW-AnGR.
• Within each species, populations can be
  classified as
• breeds
• wild populations ( never domesticated)
• feral populations ( domesticated and
  subsequently released from farmer management)

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Scope of Country Report

• Populations described may include
• landraces
• varieties
• selected lines
• primary populations
• standardized breeds
• All listed above are categorized by FAO as
  Breeds, which farmers manage
• Data should include in vivo and in vitro
  conserved genetic material of those populations,
  that is, account for all AnGR material

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Scope of Country Report

• It is recommended that CRs, in addition to the
  AnGR themselves, also take into consideration
• the broader dimension of agricultural
  biodiversity
• production systems and the environments in which
  AnGR are used
• the range of all animal products and services
  which AnGR provide
• associated consumption patterns and
  socio-cultural practices
• ecosystem functions which AnGR sustain and
• role of AnGR in the agricultural production and
  food security of the country.

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Scope of Country Report

• The CR is not intended to fully describe the
  animal production sector of the country, but it
  should highlight important aspects and issues
  directly relevant to understanding, using,
  developing, and conserving AnGR.
• The range of AnGR activities to be addressed in
  the CR should include
• use and development
• characterization
• in situ and ex situ conservation

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Scope of Country Report

• Besides conservation, characterization, use, and
  development, CRs should deal with
• broad description of primary production systems
  in the country
• AnGR technology development and transfer
• education and training on AnGR
• information systems for AnGR
• the range of research related to AnGR, and
• institutional and regulatory framework in which
  these activities take place

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Scope of Country Report

• The activities reported should not be confined to
  those of the public sector but include the
  private sector, NGOs and, in particular, farmers
  associations.
• The range of activities and stakeholders to be
  covered is quite broad, but it is not intended to
  collect new information.
• The country status report should draw largely on
  existing data, which would be collated and
  analysed.

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Scope of Country Report

• It is recommended that the descriptive elements
  in the CR should be limited to the ones essential
  to
• assess progress
• assess current state
• identify issues including gaps and
• support the process of outlining policies and
  priorities for action.
• The CR should identify the number and main types
  of breeds in the country, but detailed
  information on the breeds and their traits and
  performance should be recorded in the national
  information system or in DAD-IS.

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Scope of Country Report

• Countries that wish to report on education
  capacity in AnGR should not present all courses
  or numbers of trained professionals, BUT present
  their current technical capacity, including their
  capacity to educate and train professionals in
  this field.

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Scope of Country Report

• To provide a perspective on where the country
  was, where it is now, and where it desires to be
  in the future, it is essential to look at
• past (10 yrs.) conservation
• present characterization
• future (10 yrs.) use and development
• The CR and the SoW-AnGR Report will serve as a
  foundation for better management and enhanced
  policy development for AnGR, so the analysis
  should go beyond description of the resources.
• The CR should also serve as the foundation for
  the ongoing element of the SoW-AnGR process

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Scope of Country Report

• Fundamental strategic questions must therefore be
  addressed
• Current contribution of AnGR?
• State of the AnGR and of the primary production
  systems ?
• If production and productivity are ? ? or
  ?
• If the contribution of AnGR can be enhanced ?
• What are the opportunities and obstacles?
• What are the priorities and the needs for action?
  

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Scope of Country Report

• For each item addressed in this analysis, it is
  crucial that the following strategic questions be
  developed
• Where are we?
• Where do we need to be?
• How do we get there?
• These fundamental directional queries enable
  identification of the key issues to be developed
  in the CR

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Scope of Country Report

• The CR should
• analyse the situation
• develop the strategic directions
• clearly identify the priorities for action
• clearly identify the needs to better use, develop
  and conserve AnGR

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Structure of Country Report
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Structure of Country Report

• The first Report of the State of the World-AnGR
  will provide an assessment in three major areas
• State of Diversity
• State of Country Capacity
• State of the Art
• Howerver, the Report must go much further to
  identify to identify the priorities and needs, if
  strong action is to be supported and followed

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Structure of Country Report
The CR should comprise six main parts

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 1 State of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
• Conservation and use of AnGR for increasing
  production and productivity in the context of
• In situ and ex situ conservation
• Sustainable use in diverse production systems
• Socio-economic conditions

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 2 Impact of Growing Demands for Food and
  Products of Animal Origin on
• Future demands for food and products of animal
  origin
• AnGR and production systems
• Future national policies
• Strategies and programmes concerning utilization
  and conservation of AnGR
• Priorities, and needs for action

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 3 State of National Capacity
• Analysis of capacity in relation to the
  management of AnGR
• Required capacity building
• Present available capacity
• Priorities for capacity building
• Additional needs

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 4 Identifying Priorities for the
  Development of a National Programme
  of Sustainable Utilisation and Conservation of
  AnGR
• Short-term and long-term analysis of priorities
  for action
• Species and breeds
• Policy framework, incl. legislation and
  regulations
• Institutional infrastructure
• Information systems
• Extension
• Other technological, including biotechnological,
  development
• Research and knowledge, including biotechnologies
  and local knowledge
• Needs for action

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 5 Recommendations for Regional and
  International Co-operation
• Areas
• Levels
• Modes of co-operation
• Opportunities, requirements, and proposed
  contributions
• Priorities for action
• Needs to implement these priorities

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Structure of Country Report

• Sections of the Country Report
• Part 6 Other Elements
• Preparation of the CR
• List of institutions and persons involved in the
  preparatory process
• Annexes
• maps
• diagrams
• relevant national statistics
• other illustrative material
• tables
• list of references

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Structure of Country Report

• After completing the main parts of the Country
  Report, it may be advisable to prepare an
  Executive Summary
• This Summary should cover the three main areas
  State of Diversity, State of Capacity and State
  of the Art
• The main findings and recommendations arising
  from the preparation work should be briefly
  summarised
• The Executive Summary should highlight the main
  strategic Directions for action, the major
  Priorities for Action and within these
  priorities, the primary Needs to realise this
  action to succeed