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Livestock sector sets priorities to meet development targets at GASL meeting
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During its 8th Meeting of the multi-stakeholder partnership being organized in Mongolia on June 11-15, the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) has identified four key areas for its Action Plan 2019-2021 that will be implemented by its partner clusters, action networks and other supporting organizations.
· Food and nutrition security: for example, by raising awareness that micronutrient deficiencies affecting more than two billion people globally can be addressed with animal-source foods;
· Livelihoods and economic growth: acknowledging an estimated one billion people worldwide rely on livestock for livelihoods and income, for instance;
· Health and animal welfare: for example, by demonstrating to policymakers that every dollar invested in tackling diseases of animal origin generates an estimated five dollars’ worth of benefits;
· Climate and natural resources: livestock can make use of two thirds of the world’s arable land, which is unsuitable for cropping, while reducing livestock’s carbon “hoofprint”, for instance.
"Poverty and hunger eradication are among the greatest global challenges facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. The livestock sector can contribute to address global challenges but the sector’s sustainability can only be improved effectively through concerted action by all stakeholder groups,” Mr. Schneider Chair of GASL said.
· Food and nutrition security: for example, by raising awareness that micronutrient deficiencies affecting more than two billion people globally can be addressed with animal-source foods;
· Livelihoods and economic growth: acknowledging an estimated one billion people worldwide rely on livestock for livelihoods and income, for instance;
· Health and animal welfare: for example, by demonstrating to policymakers that every dollar invested in tackling diseases of animal origin generates an estimated five dollars’ worth of benefits;
· Climate and natural resources: livestock can make use of two thirds of the world’s arable land, which is unsuitable for cropping, while reducing livestock’s carbon “hoofprint”, for instance.
"Poverty and hunger eradication are among the greatest global challenges facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. The livestock sector can contribute to address global challenges but the sector’s sustainability can only be improved effectively through concerted action by all stakeholder groups,” Mr. Schneider Chair of GASL said.
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