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Version Update: 28 August 2020

From Crisis to Action – Lessons from COVID-19 for Building a Better Future through

Sustainable Livestock

A GASL Online Global MSP Meeting from 14 to 18 September 2020 with preparatory regional

meetings from 31 August to 15 September 2020

Motivation

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global issue, with crucial short and long-term consequences, and

the livestock sector must play its role in contributing to more sustainable, healthy future food

systems. All livestock stakeholders have a role to play in articulating COVID’s impacts on the

sector and ensuring sustainable livestock fully contribute to building forward on all development

aspects. With a multi-stakeholder approach, the meeting will identify COVID-19’s impacts and

strategize stakeholder responses worldwide to build forward a more sustainable future from the

livestock sector.

Global Objectives

Facilitate a global discussion among GASL stakeholders and the wider development

community to assess the diversity of opportunities and challenges derived from the

COVID-19 pandemic across different regions of the world

Strategize how the livestock sector can respond towards more sustainable food systems, an

enhanced One Health approach and stronger food security outcomes

Prepare inputs for the June 2021 GASL MSP Meeting in Delémont, Switzerland, and for

the 2021 Food Systems Summit

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Figure 1: Global Objectives of the GASL Online MSP

Global Outcome

Better understand and identify actions to support the role of sustainable livestock in the recovery

from COVID-19 and in the prevention of similar events

Regional Objective

Present regional impacts of COVID-19 and assess drivers of change, consequences and

stakeholder responses to the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the four

sustainability domains of food and nutrition security, livelihoods and economic growth, animal

health and animal welfare and climate and resource use (see Annex 1for domain definitions and a

template to ease the gathering of contributions to the Global MSP meeting). Identify options in the

short, medium and long run, on how the livestock sector could improve its response through a

sustainable livestock approach with solutions of multi-stakeholder nature.

Regional Outcomes

The regional outcomes will be tailored to each region’s particular conditions and will have a

common base for global consolidation of results by orienting the discussion towards COVID-19’s

impacts and mitigation actions under different livestock production systems and the four

sustainability domains, in addition to actions to prevent a future sanitary crisis.

GASL Regional Preparatory Meetings (See Annex 2 to know the names of the regional organizing groups)

Africa 1 – English Speaking Africa (English)

2 September 2020

13:00-15:00 Rome Time (14:00-16:00 Nairobi)


3 September 2020


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Africa 2 – French Speaking Africa (French)

8, 9, 10 September 2020

12:00-15:00 Rome Time (10:00-13:00 GMT)

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Russian and English)

8, 9, 10 September 2020

9:00-12:00 Rome Time (13:00-16:00 Kyrgyzstan)

Latin America (Spanish and Portuguese)

3 September 2020

16:00-18:00 Rome Time (9:00-11:00 Panama, 11:00-13:00 Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay)

Oceania (English)

31 August 2020

03:00-06:00 Rome Time (13:00-16:00 New Zealand Time)

Europe (English)

15 September 2020

9:30-12:00 Rome Time

North America (English)

2 September 2020

19:00-22:00 Rome Time (12:00-15:00 Chicago, United States of America)

Rest of Asia (English and Mandarin)

9, 10 September 2020

11:00-13:00 Rome Time (9:00-11:00 GMT)

More details on the programs of regional preparatory meetings will be announced in

due course

GASL Global Meeting

14, 15, 17, 18 September 2020

14:00-16:30 Rome Time

Programme

14 September, Global Opening

14:00– 14:30 Opening and Introduction

14:30– 15:30 Key notes and discussion

14:30-14:50 Key Note 1: Outlook on livestock and One Health under the pandemic

Keith Sumption, Chief Veterinary Officer, FAO

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14:50-15:10 Keynote 2: Outlook on livestock and livelihoods under the pandemic (focus

on poor and vulnerable countries)

Simplice Noula, Head of Division Agriculture and Food Security at

Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

15:10-15:30 Keynote 3: Outlook on livestock and climate change under the pandemic

Jeroen Dickman, Wageningen University and Research (TBC)

15:30– 16:00 Questions from the audience via chat

16:00– 16:30 Summary of the day

16:30 Adjourn

15 September, Regional Summaries

14:00– 14:15 Africa 1: English Speaking Africa

14:15– 14:30 Africa 2: French Speaking Africa

14:30– 14:45 Eastern Europe and Central Asia

14:45– 15:00 Latin America

15:00– 15:15 Oceania

15:15– 15:30 Europe

15:30– 15:45 North America

15:45– 16:00 Rest of Asia

16:00– 16:15 Questions from the audience via chat

16:15– 16:30 Summary of the day

16:30 Adjourn

17 September, Debate of GASL Chair Position Finalists

14:00– 14:30 Moderated debate – Segment 1




16:00– 16:30 Questions from the audience

16:30 Adjourn

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18 September, Global Closing

14:00– 14:30 Global Synthesis

14:30– 15:00 Action points for GASL stakeholders per region and globally

15:00– 15:30 Questions from the audience

15:30– 16:00 Conclusions and closing

16:00 Adjourn

Objectives and Outputs of the Regional Components

Africa 1-- English Speaking Africa (English) – 2 and 3 September

2 September, 13:00-15:00 Rome Time (14:00-16:00 Nairobi) and 16:00-18:00 Rome Time (17:00-

19:00 Nairobi), and

3 September, 13:00-15:00 Rome Time (14:00-16:00 Nairobi)

Regional Objectives

Take-stock of impacts of pandemic on four areas of development and the role livestock

plays

Identify change priorities and pathways to build (agriculture?) forward via livestock.

Share current livestock related to activities to minimize impacts of COVID-19

Outputs

List of impacts of COVID 19 on different development domains and actions to build back

better

Key questions and gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed to better inform decision

Global framework filled out

Elements of the meeting

• Pre-work: Survey • Identify groups for different domains • Questions around how different organizations are addressing impacts • Ask people for contributions to the ‘share fair’/open space

• Framing presentations and some panel discussions to stimulate ideas • Provide evidence based presentations

• Framing issues around the Food Systems Summit • Presentations from groups who have good data (ILRI,

SEBI, IFPRI) • Interactive questions/quiz • Panel

• Breakout sessions (one on domains, other in cluster groups) • Share fair to allow participants to share and exchange

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Africa 2 – French Speaking Africa (French) - 8, 9 and 10 September, 12:00-15:00 Rome Time

(10:00-13:00 GMT),

Objectifs de la rencontre de la zone 2 Afrique Francophone

Pour tenir compte de l’ampleur du défi sécuritaire de la zones Sahélienne, les acteurs du GASL

ont permis une flexibilité exceptionnelle à cette zone afin d’intégrer les conséquences de la crise

sécuritaire sur l’élevage dans les discussions.

A cet effet, les objectifs se déclinent comme suit:

• Evaluer les principaux effets/ impacts de la COVID 19 sur le secteur de l’élevage et

recueillir les contributions des acteurs en lien avec les 4 domaines suivantes: (i) la sécurité

alimentaire et nutritionnelle, (ii) les moyens d’existence et la croissance économique, (iii)

la santé et le bien-être animale et les effets du climat, et (iv) et le changement climatique et

la gestion des ressources mobilisées.

• Discuter comment les impacts de la COVID 19 sur l’élevage ont été aggravés par la

dégradation de la situation sécuritaire au Sahel.

Résultats attendus

• Identifier les solutions dans le moyen et long terme sur les réponses durables que peuvent

apporter le développement du secteur de l’élevage en termes de résilience pour faire face à

ce type de tte crise sanitaire et, ce, en lien avec l’objectif Global du Global Agenda

• Faire un listing des impacts majeurs et des graves conséquences de la crise de la COVID

19 sur les 4 domaines sus- citéses.

• Faire une présentation des grands défis des acteurs dans le contexte de la double crise

pandémique et sécuritaire.

• Faire un partage d’expériences des différents défis, mais aussi des mécanismes de

résilience développés au regard du contexte spécifique de chaque participant

• Formuler des solutions et recommandations sur le moyen et long terme.

Questions clés

• Quelles sont les effets actuels de la pandémie de la COVID 19 sur le secteur de l’élevage

dans votre zones et comment vous faites face?

• Quels sont les mécanismes locaux de résilience développés par les acteurs?

• Quels pourraient être les grands défis du secteur dans les prochains mois et années au

regard de la combinaison entre les effets de la Covid 19 et ceux de la crise sécuritaire ?

Comment est que ces grands défis sont-ils perçus et quelles sont les réponses potentielles ?

• Comment le secteur de l’élevage pourra-t-il mieux surmonter ces contraintes et ces

incertitudes majeures dans le futur ?

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• Evaluer les ressources à mobiliser pour faire face à ces défis dans les 6 prochains mois et

pour les prochaines années ?

• Quelle pourrait être la stratégie appropriée de mobilisation des ressources ?

Méthodologie

La rencontre se tiendra en ligne (Zoom) de la manière suivante :

1. Les participants seront répartis en 3 groupes en fonction des 3 grands systèmes dominants

d’élevage dans la région que sont : Le pastoralisme, les systèmes mixtes ’agro-

pastorauxlisme et les fermes de production intensive (Ranching).

2. Il sera organisé 3 sessions de discussions de 3 heures chacune dans la période du 7 au 11

Septembre ainsi qu’il suit :

- Les acteurs du pastoralisme : le 8 Septembre de de 10h- 13h GMT

- Les acteurs des systèmes mixtes l’agro- pastorauxlisme : le 9 Septembre de 10h-

13H GMT

- Les acteurs des systèmes de production intensiveu Ranching le 10 Septembre de

10h- 13H GMT

- La synthèse des discussions se fera par le comité d’organisation de la région le 11

Septembre de 10h- 13h GMT

NB : La répartition des participants ainsi que les modalités pratiques d’organisation des sessions

vous seront communiqués ultérieurement.

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Russian and English) – 8, 9 and 10 September, 9:00-12:00

Rome Time (13:00-16:00 Kyrgyzstan)

Regional Outcome

Consolidated (consensus-based) vision of all stakeholders on making livestock-related supply

chains more resilient to emergencies similar to the current health crisis.

Immediate impact of COVID-19

Informational background for the discussion: an overview of existing surveys, research

papers and media.

From the perspective of the following key stakeholder groups:

Households/smallholders (Labour intensive)

Midsize, officially registered, family farms (Capital/labour intensive?)

Big agricultural companies (Capital intensive)

Extensive (rangeland based) (”Land user”)

Food processing industry

Retail traders, wholesalers and exporters

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Possible impact of COVID-19 over the next year

Immediate impact of COVID-19

Informational background for the discussion: an overview of existing forecasts but mostly

based on the perception of existing stakeholders.

From the perspective of the following key stakeholder groups:

Households/smallholders (Labour intensive)

Midsize, officially registered, family farms (Capital/labour intensive?)

Big agricultural companies (Capital intensive)

Extensive (rangeland based) (”Land user”)

Food processing industry

Retail traders, wholesalers and exporters

Brainstorming on solutions/interventions

All stakeholders focus on two areas of particular relevance:

the resilience of food system to such type of crisis (i.e. essentially resulting in lock

downs);

the implications of the food system’s trends on public health – e.g. biodiversity erosion,

longer supply chains, concentration.

Latin America (Spanish and Portuguese) – 3 September, 16:00-18:00 Rome Time (9:00-11:00

Panama, 11:00-13:00 Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay)

COVID-19, ganadería, impactos, desafíos y aprendizajes para la producción sostenible en

América Latina

Objetivo

El evento regional tiene por objetivo evaluar y contrastar incertidumbres, impulsores de cambio y

respuestas de los actores de las cadenas pecuarias a los desafíos de la pandemia de COVID-19, al

interior y al exterior del sector pecuario. Asimismo, el evento se propone evaluar estos aspectos en

el corto, mediano y largo plazo, observando cómo ha respondido el sector y cómo podría mejorar

a futuro sus respuestas a través de aproximaciones de producción más sostenibles, con soluciones

multi-actor.

Agenda del seminario

1. Apertura e introducción al evento (5 min)

2. Presentación de resultados de la consulta a informantes calificados

a. Presentación de resultados de las cuatro preguntas formuladas (40 min)

b. Debate (10 minutos por pregunta, 40 min)

3. Presentación a los participantes de resultados, 10 min

4. Debate general, 20 min.

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5. Cierre del evento, 10 min (incluye mención e invitación al evento global)

Aspectos logísticos

Pre-registro en el sitio web de la Agenda Global para Ganadería Sostenible

Plataforma Zoom del evento proporcionada por FAO

Interpretación simultánea al portugués

Oceania, Europe and North America (English)

a. Oceania – 31 August, 03:00 to 06:00 Rome Time, 13:00 to 16:00, New Zealand

Time

Objective: To gather and synthetize information from representatives of New

Zealand and Australia on the impacts of COVID-19 and responses to the

challenges created for the livestock sector by the pandemic on the four

sustainability domains defined by GASL, namely;

1. Food and nutrition security

2. Livelihoods and economic growth

3. Animal health and welfare

4. Climate and natural resource use

Output: Report synthesizing what needs to change and be strengthened to ensure

resilience to such future circumstances and key knowledge gaps.

Process:

Inputs

• Brief template with some questions sent out to: Policy, Processors, Sector levy

bodies, Private business, NGO etc.

• Short presentations: Each of the stakeholders who fills in the template should

prepare four slides with their key messages

• Oceania context paper: Identify a person who will write a short paper on the role

of the livestock sector in Oceania.

Zoom meeting: 1pm until 4 pm New Zealand time, 31st August

Format:

Introduction by Facilitator: Purpose and participants: 10 minutes

Context paper key points: 10 minutes

Key point presentation from each stakeholder 10-12: 110 minutes

Round table with participants:

Lessons learnt: 40 minutes

Close

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b. Europe – 15 September, 09:30 to 12:00 Rome Time

Objectives

Take-stock of impacts of pandemic on four areas of development and the role

of livestock





Identify change priorities and pathways to build forward sustainable food

systems via livestock.

Share current livestock related activities to minimize impacts of COVID-19

Outputs

Overview (or examples) of impacts of COVID 19 on livestock based value

chains in Europe

Potential development domains and actions to build back better

Key questions and gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed to better inform

decision makers.

Draft programme for the European meeting

Preparatory Workshop (Tuesday 15 September 2020 - 0930 to 1200 Rome

time)

Time Activity Actors

0930 - 0935 Context of the Europe meeting GASL

0935 - 0945 Introduction by Moderator Andrea Rosati, EAAP

0945 - 1010 Keynote 1 Michael Lee, Univ. of

Bristol

1010 - 1035 Keynote 2 Stefano Messori, OIE

1035 - 1100 Keynote 3 Martin Scholten , WAU

1100 – 1105 Break

1105 - 1150 Moderated panel discussion with key note

speakers, selected participants (to be

selected from among the registered

participants)

1150 – 1200 Conclusions and way forward Andrea Rosati, EAAP

c. North America – 2 September, 19:00-22:00 Rome Time (12:00-15:00 Chicago,

United States of America)

To gather and synthetize data and opinions from representatives of Canada and the

US on the impacts of COVID-19 and responses to the challenges created for the

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livestock sector by the pandemic on the four sustainability domains defined by

GASL, namely;





The output will then be consolidated with similar sessions being held in Oceania

and Europe and the resultant feedback will be presented during the GASL Virtual

Meeting on Tuesday 15th September.

Rest of Asia (English, Mandarin) – 9 and 10 September, 11:00-13:00 Rome Time (9:00-11:00

GMT)

Modality

A panel discussion inviting different experts to discuss a set of questions.

Experts across sectors, industry, NGOs, Governments, Academia

This will be followed by a Menti poll of registered participants and viewers

Preparation

Case studies to be collected from different countries and regions from partners and

through a rapid survey

Key questions

1. How does one prevent future zoonotic epidemics and pandemics?

Many experts say that the answer to preventing such outbreaks which lead to enormous

loss of animal lives, farmers' livelihoods and to national economies can best be prevented

by increasing biosecurity, i.e. hermetically isolating livestock from the outside world. Such

an approach would be out of reach for Asia's countless small livestock keepers for whom

animals are the basis of their livelihoods. But it can also be argued that the industrial

livestock operations (poultry and pigs) create ideal conditions for the outbreaks of diseases

by amassing large numbers of genetically uniform animals with low disease resistance in

one spot.

2. Measuring and building resilience

Resilience including the farm system, herd and individual level.

The system’s ability to recover and adapt to external ‘stressors’ such as changes in

feed prices, climate, legislation and disease outbreaks as well as pandemics

Social , ecological , indicators

Outputs

1. Discussion report and poll answers

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2. Thought provoking articles in regional languages on responsible livestock rearing as a

possible output, including in Mandarin and Hindi as they are spoken and read by a wide

number of people. The articles could be requesting consumers to think about the livestock

products they consume.

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Annex 1: The four sustainability domains of the 2019-2021 GASL Action Plan adapted from

the 2018 Global forum for Food and Agriculture, Berlin

Food and nutrition security: Going beyond livestock systems, GASL will contribute to the

emergence of sustainable and healthy food systems. This will be possible through the change of

practices of practitioners and consumers, who acknowledge and benefit from the multi-

functionality of livestock, as an essential part of their sustainable food system. GASL will

contribute to satisfying the growing demand for animal sourced food in healthy diets while

protecting ecosystems.

Livelihoods and economic growth: GASL partners contributed to improved livelihoods and

economic growth by creating attractive employment opportunities in the livestock systems. These

systems will become equitable and economically viable and contribute to poverty alleviation. The

development of a circular economy contributed to these aspects as well as to an improved

management of natural resources. By doing so, livestock became appreciated in its multi-

functionality by society. To continue to adapt to emerging challenges, the innovation capacity in

livestock systems will increase and contribute to improve the livelihoods and economic growth of

mankind across the world.

Animal health and animal welfare: Thanks to a change of practices of stakeholders in animal

production or input supply subsectors, as well as the adoption of stricter legislation, GASL

expects that there will be responsible and prudent use of veterinary medicines across the globe.

GASL partners will contribute to an increased control of foodborne and zoonotic diseases. This

will be made possible by the improvement of health related institutional collaboration, improved

national and regional policies facilitating early detection, strengthened partnerships in the health

community (One Health principle) and an evolution of practices of stakeholders in contact with

animal products along the value chains, including consumers. Following the Covid-19 pandemic,

GASL will play a role in preventing and building resilience to future pandemics.

Climate and natural resource use: Ultimately, GASL partners hope to contribute to reach an

important number of sustainable livestock systems globally as well as in specific contexts. This

will also go together with a maximisation of the potential of livestock to mitigate GHG. A more

efficient use of natural resources will be achieved together with an optimisation of the use of

livestock waste. GASL also has the ambition to contribute to the restoration of biodiversity as well

as to contribute to the conservation of domestic species. This will entail a change of policy as well

as a dedicated commitment of livestock practitioners around the world. The support of GASL to

the emergence of a circular economy will also be a major contribution.

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Template to ease the gathering of contributions to the Global MSP Meeting

Immediate Impact of Covid-19 on Sector

Challenges:

Responses:

Lessons for future:

Ongoing Impact of Covid-19 on Sector

Opportunities:

Challenges:

Knowledge Gaps:

Impact of Covid-19 on Food and Nutrition Security

Challenges

Responses

Lessons for future

Impact of Covid-19 on Livelihoods and Economic Growth

Challenges

Responses

Lessons for future

Impact of Covid-19 on Animal Health and Animal Welfare

Challenges

Responses

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Lessons for future

Impact of Covid-19 on Climate and Natural Resource Use

Challenges

Responses

Lessons for future

Annex 2: GASL Regional Support Groups

Africa 1 - English Speaking Africa: Mohammed Abubakar, Nigeria; Simplice Noula, African

Union Commission; Martin Barasa, VSF; Robin Mbae/ Bernard Kimoro, Kenya; Shirley

Tarawali/Michael Victor, ILRI (FOCAL POINT)

Africa 2 – French Speaking Africa: Alexandre Ickowicz, CIRAD; Simplice Noula, African

Union Commission; Fagouri Said, WAMIP; Anne-Laure Roy, France; Fagouri Said, WAMIP

North Africa; Barry Boubakary, Burkina-Faso; (FOCAL POINT)

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA): Pierre Gerber, World Bank; Ulf Magnusson, SLU,

Sweden; Eran Raizman/Yuriy Nesterov, FAO EECA (FOCAL POINT)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Carolyn Opio, FAO; Diana Loor, Ministry of Agriculture

and Livestock, Ecuador; Walter Oyhantcabal, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries,

Uruguay; Pablo Frere, Redes Chaco, Argentina; Rogerio Mauricio, Universidade Federal de São

João del-Rei, Brazil (FOCAL POINT)

Oceania: Rebecca Doyle, University of Melbourne, Australia; Ruaraidh Petre, Global Roundtable

for Sustainable Beef; Liz Wedderburn, AgResearch, New Zealand (FOCAL POINTS)

Europe: Tim Robinson, FAO; Nancy Bourgeois, HAFL, Switzerland; Ulf Magnusson, SLU,

Sweden; Fritz Schneider, GASL Chair/Andrea Rosati, European Federation of Animal Science

(FOCAL POINTS)

North America: Donald Moore, Global Dairy Platform (FOCAL POINT);

Rest of Asia: Dengpan Bu, CAAS, China; Ilse Koller-Rollefson, LPP, India; Katinka DeBalogh,

FAORAP; Nitya Ghotge, ANTRA, India (FOCAL POINT)

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