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FAO

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) and the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in mid-2005. The decision to recognise their work together resulted from considerable co-operation between the two organisations over a number of years, and in particular the work IFIF has been supporting with the FAO's Animal Production and Health Division. The MOU is leading to a much fuller and fruitful collaboration between FAO and the feed industry through the services of the IFIF.

FAO’s Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) strives to assist Member countries to take full advantage of the contribution the rapidly growing and transforming livestock sector can make towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Within the MDGs, the Division has a particular focus to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and to ensure environmental sustainability. To this end, AGA endeavours to facilitate the participation of smallholder livestock farmers, particularly in developing countries, in the increasingly competitive market for livestock commodities, to safeguard animal and veterinary public health, to maintain animal genetic diversity and to minimize the environmental impact of livestock production. AGA’s overall strategy in guiding the development of the livestock sector towards socially desirable outcomes focuses on promoting international cooperation to safeguard the three global public goods most affected by changes in the sector, namely equity, veterinary public health and the sustainability of the environment and the natural resources used in animal production.

To learn more about the work of AGA and to view its publications, please go here.

FAO and IFIF recognise their common interest in promoting the safe supply of animal feed throughout the world.

IFIF/FAO collaboration unders it's joint agreement includes:

1. Protein Sources for the Animal Feed Industry
2. Feed Industry In-country Workshops
3. Feed Industry Training
4. Food Safety and Quality Update
5. IFIF/FAO Feed Manual
6. WHO/FAO Expert Meeting on Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety