Facilitator:

Mrs. Taraneh Ebrahimi, AARINENA-RAIS Secretary, Iran

Team Members: Mr. Adnan Gibriel, ARC, Libya Dr. Mohammad El Mourid, ICARDA, Tunis Dr. M. Duwayri, Univ. of Ajloun, Jordan Dr. Christo Hilan, LARI, Lebanon Dr. Salah Galal, Ain Shams Univ., Egypt Dr. Rakhshan Roohi, PARC, Pakistan

Task 1

Key Researchable Issues1. Improve local food production in environmentally

challenged area (land degradation, water scarcity, desertification)

2. Improve livestock potential

3. Improve potential of fisheries and aquatic production systems

4. Protection of natural resources and halt rangeland degradation

5. Increase indigenous grass species to reduce water use of exotic species

6. Land degradation and desertification

7. Reduce over grazing to stop degradation

Key Researchable Issues1. Improve local food production in environmentally

challenged area (land degradation, water scarcity, desertification)

2. Improve livestock potential

3. Improve potential of fisheries and aquatic production systems

4. Protection of natural resources and halt rangeland degradation

5. Increase indigenous grass species to reduce water use of exotic species

6. Land degradation and desertification

7. Reduce over grazing to stop degradation

Key Researchable Issues Finalized1. Enhance local feed base2. Improve livestock productivity and production3. Improve productivity and production of fisheries

and aquaculture4. Improve range management for rehabilitation and

sustainable utilization5. Promote and develop the native range species6. Improve animal health and control diseases7. Utilization and conservation of animal genetic

resource8. Animal nutrition9. Land property rights10. Value addition

Task 2

S. No.

Key Researchable Issues Dev. Impact

Time frame

Farmer type(s)

Priority rank

Comments

1 Enhance local feed base 1 S/M All 1

2 Improve livestock productivity and production

1 M/L All 2

3 Improve productivity and production of fisheries and aquaculture

3 S/M Depends!! 3 Coastal fishermenExpert missing

4 Improve range management for rehabilitation and sustainable utilization

2 M/L Medium/ large

3 ExtensiveIntensive

5 Promote and develop the native range species

3 L Medium/ large

4 ExtensiveIntensive

Development Impact: Time frame: Farmer type(s):Very High Priority: Rank 1 Short Poor, medium, High Priority: Rank 2 Medium large and PastoralistsMedium Priority: Rank 3 Long

Priority Ranking

S. No.

Key Researchable Issues Dev. Impact

Time frame

Farmer type(s)

Priority rank

Comments

6 Improve animal health and control diseases

2 S/M All 1

7 Utilization and conservation of animal genetic resource

3 L All 4

8 Animal nutrition 1 S/M All 1

9 Land property rights 3 L M/L 5 Graziers and Pastoralists

10 Value addition 2 S/M All 1

Prioritized IssuesPriority 1 Enhance local feed base Improve animal health and control diseases Animal nutrition Value additionPriority 2 Improve livestock productivity and productionPriority 3 Improve productivity and production of fisheries and aquaculture

Improve range management for rehabilitation and sustainable utilizationPriority 4 Promote and develop the native range species Utilization and conservation of animal genetic resourcePriority 5 Land property rights

Task 3

S. No.

Constraints and barriers

Measures to increase dev. impact

New Actors and partners

1 Lack of institutions for livestock industry

Establish organizations and structures for producers

Policy makers, legislators, local govt., communities & NGOs

2 Lack of efficient extension services and exchange of information

Capacity development & early warning system

Specialized media, FOs, ARC, Universities, Regional and international organizations

3 Lack of capacity for animal disease diagnosis

Capacity development International/national organizations, private and public institutions

4 Lack of National research strategy and priority setting

Establish proper methodologies for identification and prioritization of researchable areas targeting development

Policy makers, NARCs, communities, etc.

Thanks