LD4D meeting - Rome

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The 2020 LD4D Community of Practice meeting will be hosted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome from 4-6 February. There will be a special focus on “making the most of FAO’s livestock data”. In-person participation will be invite-only as numbers are limited.

Online participation will be open to all community members - please scroll down for session livestream links

Meeting objectives

  • Identify strategies to improve data generation and use in our livestock initiatives with a view to strengthening impact. This will be done by addressing four key questions:
    1. How do we use data to plan future livestock initiatives?
    2. How do we track changes in the livestock sector over time?
    3. How can technology applications support livestock health and productivity in LMICs?
    4. How do we measure our impact?  
  • Share progress made by LD4D working groups, gather feedback, develop future workplans for the community.
  • Offer LD4D members a platform to share new concepts and innovations, and to network.

Agenda

Day 1 - Tuesday 4th February
Day 1 am link
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Welcome & introductions
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Session 1: Looking into the livestock crystal ball
Speakers will present their insights into future livestock trends (increased demand for meat, climate change impacts on food production, etc) and present key opportunities and challenges for the livestock sector.

A review of global livestock models and predicted trends – Mario Herrero (CSIRO)
African Sustainable Livestock 2050 – Ugo Pica Ciamarra (FAO)
Forecasting market potential for the animal health markets in Africa Luc Dumand (consultant)/Obai Khalifa (BMGF)
Emerging and future challenges for livestock disease Claudia Pittiglio (FAO)

Session facilitator: Di Mayberry (CSIRO)
Session reporter: Lisa Boden (GAFFS)
12:30 Lunch
Day 1 pm link
13:30 Chat show – introducing new members of LD4D
13:45 Demonstration of livestockdata.org
14:45 Breakout discussions: LD4D Working group and related initiatives

Livestock ontologies
Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs)
Livestockdata.org
Understanding market potential
16:00 Coffee
16:15 Working groups feedback
17:00 Wrap up
Day 2 - Wednesday 5th February
Day 2 am link
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Welcome & overnight thoughts
09:30 Session 2: Tracking change over time – opportunities and improvements to longitudinal datasets

Longitudinal datasets provides valuable insights to changes over time at a national level. This session will consider which longitudinal datasets are currently available, how they contribute to knowledge in the sector, and their limitation. We will discuss how these datasets can be used to help provide the LD4D community with insights.

FAOSTAT Irina Kovrova and Salar Tayyib (FAO)
Data to end hunger: the 50×2030 initiative using LSMS and AGRIS Neli Georgieva (FAO)
RuLIS – Rural Livelihoods Information System Piero Conforti (FAO)
EMPRES-I – Focus on African Swine Fever Fairouz Larfaoui (FAO)
The World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS) Paolo Tazzani (OIE)

Session facilitator: Tim Robinson (FAO)
Session reporter: Esther Kamau (CTLGH)
10:30 Session 3a: Data solutions and innovations introduction
IoT and the dairy value chain in India – Venkatesh Seshasayee, Chief Architect, Stellapps
10:50 Coffee
11:15 Session 3b: Data solutions and innovations cattle mart
How are technology applications supporting livestock health and productivity in LMICs? This dynamic and interacticesession will showcase well-established solutions as well as new and emerging tech that support value chains and research in the livestock sector.
Presenters to be announced shortly
12:30 Lunch
Day 2 pm link
13:30 Chat show – introducing new members of LD4D
13:45 Session 4: Have we future proofed the livestock sector?

Producers and other actors are making significant investments in livestock farming systems and value chains. How should we plan investments that safeguard sustainable livestock development now and in the future? How should targets be set for this sector, and how do we balance future needs?

Reflections on sectors progress in bringing about necessary changes – Mario Herrero (CSIRO)
Scaling up: How do we bring about meaningful change in this sector? – Tim Byrne (Abacus Bio)
Target setting for Livestock Master Plans – challenges and opportunities – Sirak Bahta (ILRI)
Tools for future livestock planning – Tim Robinson (FAO)
Reflections from the donor perspective – BMGF, DFID, USAID, Abdul Latif Jameel Foundation

Session facilitator: Michael Victor (ILRI)
Session reporter: Anni McLeod (LTSi)
15:00 Coffee
15:15 Breakout discussions: LD4D Working group and related initiatives

Natural language processing – using informatics to address livestock data challenges
Evidence for advocacy GLAD and Livestock Facts
Future trends
MLE clinic slots
17:00 Wrap up
Day 3 - Thursday 6th February
Day 3 am link
08:30 Coffee
09:00 Welcome & overnight thoughts
09:30 Chat show – introducing new members
09:45 Working groups feedback
10:00 Coffee
10:30 Session 5: What impact language do you speak?

Presenters will share experiences measuring impact at different scales, including what methods and data they use to measure impact, and the robustness of those measurements. The community will be invited to provide feedback and propose areas for improvement.

Sector level – Tracking progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Roswitha Baumung (FAO)
National level – Measuring Livestock Mortality Rates – Giles Innocent (BioSS)
Portfolio level – measuring impact of investments – Andrew Bisson (USAID) and Belinda Richardson (BMGF)
Project level – measuring impact of activities on the ground for livestock health – Neil Gammon (GALVmed)
11:45 The Data Clinic – how can we mend your data woes?
Interactive session to solve problems put forth by members.
12:00 Actions from the meeting, next steps and evaluation
12:30 Lunch & Close