The Future of Animal Genetic Resources: Under Corporate Control or in the Hands of Farmers and Pastoralists?

International workshop, Bonn, Germany, 16 October, 2006

This international workshop was part of the preparations for the First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources, which will be held in Interlaken (Switzerland) in September 2007, under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

bulletWorkshop programme 51 kb

More information

bulletEnglish 226 kb
bulletFrançais 119 kb
bulletDeutsch 241 kb

Presentations

Session I: Overview of global trends

bulletThe global status of animal genetic resources and the significance of the Interlaken Conference (Irene Hoffmann, FAO) 3737 kb
bulletThe Monsanto patent applications and their implications (Mute Schimpf, Misereor) 34 kb
bulletConcentration in the poultry sector (Ilse Koehler-Rollefson , LPP) 568 kb
bulletConcentration in the livestock breeding industry (Susanne Gura, LPP) 1017 kb

Session II: Perspectives from communities, NGOs and governments

bulletExperiences with indigenous breeds in India (Sagari Ramdas, ANTHRA, India) 1256 kb
bulletNo commons, no breeds? (P. Vivekanandan, SEVA, India) 1151 kb
bulletOf Tzotzil women, local sheep and globalization (Raul Perezgrovas, Instituto de Estudias Indigenas, University of Chiapas, Mexico) 8042 kb
bulletCommunity-based goat breeding (Samuel Mbuku, Egerton University, Kenya) 973 kb
bulletWhat China could do for ITC? (Yang Hongjie, China Feed Industry Association, China) 2662 kb
bulletBreed conservation in Germany and Europe (Joerg Bremond, Information Center on Biological Diversity, German Federal Agency for Food and Agriculture) 908 kb
bulletPerspectives on the Interlaken Conference (Karin Wohlfender, Swiss Ministry of Agriculture) 1829 kb

Session III: Livestock Keepers Rights

bulletLivestock Keepers’ Rights: History and conceptual aspects (Jacob Wanyama, Vetaid Mozambique) 336 kb
bulletPanel discussion about Livestock Keepers’ Rights: Strengths and weaknesses of the concept; Future strategies
bulletTina Goethe, Swissaid (Moderator)
bulletEildert Groeneveld (Institute for Animal Breeding, Mariensee)
bulletBeate Berger, FAO Focal point Austria
bulletNitya Ghotge (ANTHRA, India)
bulletJacob Wanyama (Vetaid Mozambique)
bulletAnita Idel (Project Management Animal Health & Agrobiodiversity)
bulletPatrick Mulvany (Practical Action, UK)

Support

LPP is grateful to the following for their support for this workshop:

bulletSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
bulletSwissaid
bulletBrot für die Welt
bulletMisereor
bulletGTZ