What can we do to stop the fast erosion of domestic animal diversity?
Six experts from different parts of the world answer this question in interviews with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
“Veterinary services have been privatized – drugs are too expensive”, says Thomas Loquang (left), a Ugandan livestock keeper and representative of the pastoralist community of Karamoja in Uganda. The community depends very much on indigenous knowledge for taking care of their livestock, including animal health and production. Thomas urges for support in conserving Karamoja’s indigenous breeds and strengthening livestock keepers’ rights through better infrastructure and veterinary services.
Patrick Mulvaney of British NGO Practical Action says that livestock keepers’ rights are needed to protect livestock and livelihoods.
Click here to listen to all six interviews.
No patents on seeds and farm animals
A new coalition called “No Patents on Seeds” www.no-patents-on-seeds.org has called for a global ban on patents on seeds and farm animals. The coalition includes Greenpeace, SwissAid and Coldiretti (the biggest Italian farmers’ organization) , and is supported by more than 30 farmers’ organizations and hundreds of other organizations worldwide.
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