The 4th meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Platform of the Global Agenda of Action towards Sustainable Livestock Sector Development (GAA) will be held in Ottawa from 15-17 October 2013. The Agenda "brings together actors committed to sustainable livestock sector development and seeks to catalyze and guide the continuous improvement of livestock sector practices towards more efficient use of natural resources." All interested stakeholders are invited to attend. More information is available at www.livestockdialogue.org/

A side-event introducing the Global Agenda of Action towards sustainable livestock sector development (GAA) will be held on the 17th June from 13:00-14:30 in the Iran Room of FAO headquarters in Rome. The programme includes a panel discussion by international stakeholders. There will be webcast of the event at http://www.fao.org/webcast/.

Together with WOTR and Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, LPP will be organising a one-day Seminar entitled "Towards Green and Equitable Livestock Development in India" on 13th April in Hyderabad. The main purpose of the seminar is to share the results of the "Ark-Project" and to provide an update on the participation of livestock keepers in the "Third Multistakeholder Platform towards sustainable livestock sector development". The programme is available here. Towards Green and Equitable Livestock Development in India LIFE Network Seminar 13th April, 2013 in Hyderabad Programme 9:00Welcome and Opening of the SeminarDayalibai Raika, LPPS9.15Setting the Scene: Film “Friends of the Earth”By Moving Images, LPP, LPPS9.30Benefits of Biodiversity Based Livestock Keeping: The results of the “Ark-Project”Kamal Kishore10.30Coffee/ Tea break11.00The Dutch Experience with livestock production: Lessons learntDr. Katrien van’t Hooft11.30Livestock keepers and the FAO’s Global Agenda of Action towards sustainable livestock sector development (GAA): An updateDr. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson12.00Comments on GAA experience in NairobiNilkanth Mamma, Kamal Kishore,Karthikeya Sivasenapathy12.15Questions and discussionAll13:00Lunch14.30Pigs – the Protein Pot of the PoorFilm by Dr. Balaram Sahu14.45Experiences with organic livestock productionProf. Kandasamy15.00Introducing India’s National Action Plan on Animal genetic ResourcesDr. Sadana15.30DiscussionAll16.00Tea Break16.30Summary and CommentsDr. Rangnekar Supported by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and Misereor