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Partnership Forum on Livestock: Final Report now available online

At its 41st session in October 2014, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) to prepare a study on Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Roles for Livestock? Ahead of the launch of this report launch, the Private Sector Mechanism to the CFS and the Government of Argentina co-hosted a Partnership Forum on Livestock on June 30 at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy.

Over 65 participants were in attendance, including over 20 permanent representations of member states to the UN Rome-Based Agencies, senior UN officials, members of the Private Sector Mechanism, NGOs and academics. The event was framed in the context of the upcoming negotiations that will take place at the UN Committee on World Food Security on Livestock.

The event started with a keynote address by Dr Jimmy Smith, Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Smith believes that livestock should be viewed not as a problem to be fixed but as part of many solutions to many global problems. His address was reported on the ILRI website here. The event also showcased two additional keynote presentations and a set of rapid fire presentations highlighting projects undertaken by the private sector in order to improve the sustainability of the livestock sector and its contributions to food security and nutrition. A total of 27 presentations were made at the event.

See the final report from the 2016 PSM Partnership Forum on Livestock here.

Morgane Danielou

Morgane has been working in international development and communications in relation to the agrifood sector for the past 15 years. She has worked for international organizations, NGOs, and the private sector. She has been a spokesperson for specific industries as well as business groups in international policy processes. For two years, she was the private sector representative at the UN Committee on World Food Security where she helped found the Private Sector Mechanism. She was also vice-chair of the Food and Agriculture Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD. Morgane is passionate about building engagement with diverse stakeholders and representing civil society in United Nations processes and agencies. She has a strong background in corporate and digital communications.

Prior to joining Emerging Ag, Morgane was Director of Communications at the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA). During her time at IFA, she co-chaired the Farming First coalition. She also worked for the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She has conducted fieldwork in Latin America and Africa. A French national, Morgane is fluent in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish. She holds a Master of Science in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, an MBA from the Sorbonne Graduate Business School, a BA in History from the Sorbonne University and a BA in Chinese from the International Institute of Oriental Languages.

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