1.  NEW FAO publication: Livestock development for Poverty Reduction (http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2744e/i2744e00.pdf)
2.  2 new World Bank Publications prepared by the Rural Policies Team:  the link to the ARD.WB external website  http://go.worldbank.org/T94RXIKS10

Responding to Higher and More Volatile World Food Prices: Following three world food price spikes in the last five years, there has been increased effort to better understand the drivers of food prices, their impacts on the poor, and policy response options. This paper provides a framework for the analysis of the drivers of food price levels and volatility, and presents the associated response options to reduce average price levels and food price volatility:

          Using Public Foodgrain Stocks to Enhance Food Security: The report, prepared for government and development partner practitioners, revisits the issues and evidence concerning grain stocks, interest to which rekindled after the recent global food price spikes. It takes the form of an evidence-based review of developing country experience in using pubic stocks for both price stabilization and emergency/food safety net assistance, to achieve food security objectives. The report provides a framework for thinking about the issue, country examples of what worked and what has not, and guidance to practitioners:
3. OECD publication on Livestock diseases: Prevention, Control and Compensation Schemes: go to http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/livestock-diseases_9789264178762-en   (for an interesting blog see: http://oecdinsights.org/2012/08/20/mans-worst-friend/)

4.  Keynote addresses from a recently concluded Regional Livestock Policy Forum – Asian Livestock, held on August 16 and 17, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand, may be of interest to you (thanks to Vinod Ahuja and Fallou Gučye for circulating). More information on the workshop can be accessed at: http://www.aphca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272:regional-livestock-policy-forum-held-in-bangkok-16-17-august-2012&catid=89:livestock-industries&Itemid=199

 

n “Livestock Industrialization in Asia”

by Dr. Nipon Poapongsakorn, President, Thailand Development Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Accessible at: http://youtu.be/LOslBVwBarI [27:29 minutes]

n “Health at the Livestock Policy Interface”

by Dr. Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Accessible at: http://youtu.be/xo8HiDuv3k8 [24:51 minutes]

n “Environmental Considerations for Asian Livestock”

by Dr Henning Steinfeld, Chief, Livestock Information and Policy, FAO Rome, Italy

Accessible at: http://youtu.be/0vN1bQ_X6S0 [23:08 minutes]

 

Best,
Nancy



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