The Missing Link: Increasing Availability of Animal-Source Foods Through Greater Production and Marketing of Quality Feeds

January 24-25, 2018 | Harmony Hotel | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Proceedings

• Proceedings of the 2018 Global Nutrition Symposium: The Missing Link: Increasing Availability of Animal-Source Foods Through Greater Production and Marketing of Quality Feeds.

Session Videos & Presentations

• Session I. Opening
• Session II. Quality Feeds: Roles and Experiences
• Session III. Working Group 1 – Solutions for Increasing the Supply of Quality Feed 
• Session IV. Working Group 2 – Models and Tools for Feed Delivery
• Session V. Closing

Session I. Opening

Poster session – Improving supply, fostering demand: Experiences in quality feeds.

 Session II: Quality Feeds: Roles and Experiences

Session III. Working Group 1 – Solutions for Increasing the Supply of Quality Feed 

Concurrent working groups (5) to discuss proven innovative solutions and to recommend research and development actions 

Presentations:

• Achieving “forage revolution” through improved varieties and seed systems
  • Presenters: Dr. Chris Jones and Dr. Jean Hansen, ILRI
  • Responder: Dr. Solomon Mengistu, EIAR
• Increasing synergies and impact through dual-purpose crops
  • Presenter: Dr. Tim Dalton, Kansas State University (KSU)
  • Responder: Dr. Fekede Feyissa, EIAR
• Forage quality improvement
  • Presenter: Dr. Michael Blummel, ILRI
  • Responder: Dr. Salissou Issa, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRAN)
• Balancing rations for productivity and profitability
  • Presenter: Dr. Barry Bradford, KSU
    
  • Responder: Dr. Bhola Shrestha, Heifer International Nepal  
• Exploiting and preserving the quality of concentrates and by products
  • Presenter: Dr. Asamoah Larbi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
  • Responder: Dr. Dirk Maier, Iowa State University                    

Session IV. Working Group 2 – Models and Tools for Feed Delivery

Concurrent working groups (5) to discuss proven innovative solutions and to recommend research and development actions 

Presentations:

• Mapping resources and targeting technologies: Making the most of FEAST and TechFit
  • Presenter: Dr. Alan Duncan, ILRI
  • Responder: Dr. Nouhoun Zampaligre, INERA
    
• Feed microbusinesses and processing plants
  • Presenter: Mr. Seyoum Bediye, EIAR and Ethiopian Animal Feed Industry Association
  • Responder: Dr. Biruk Yemane, Ethio Feed PLC
• Feed supply through cooperatives
  • Presenter: Dr. Carl Birkelo, ACDI/VOCA
  • Responder: Matthew Karugarama, Zamura Feeds ‒ Rwanda
• Urban forage vendors
  • Presenter: Dr. Marjatta Eilitta, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems
    
  • Responder: Dr. Getnet Assefa, EIAR
• Feed reserves and transport to areas of need
  • Presenter: Dr. Lemma Gizachew, FAO 
  • Responders: Dr. Michael Jacobs, Mercy Corps

Session V. Closing

Photos from 2018 Global Nutrition Symposium

The poster session at the Global Nutrition Symposium featured 25 studies with a connection to Ethiopia.

Dr. Faith Bartz Tarr from USAID, right, chats with members of the External Advisory Board of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.

The opening panel of the Global Nutrition Symposium.

Dr. Diriba Geleti, from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, opened the symposium by welcoming the participants and highlighting the importance of livestock. 

The keynote address by Dr. Harinder Makkar addressed “Improving livestock productivity, livelihoods, human nutrition and the environment through quality feeds.”

Participants interacted with all speakers at the Global Nutrition Symposium.

Ten Working Groups presented to the full symposium. 

One working group addressed "Balancing rations for productivity and profitability."

Participants exchanged valuable insights at the Global Nutrition Symposium.

Working groups allowed participants to engage with topics of precision. 

Attendees shared insights from various disciplines.

Organizers from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. 

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems is part of Feed the Future

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This work was funded in whole or part by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security under Agreement # AID-OAA-L-15-00003 as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems.  Additional funding was received from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OPP#1175487.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the authors alone.