Innovation for Sustainable Livestock Systems

The 9th annual Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) Meeting will be held on 9-13 September 2019 at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas USA.To meet rising demand, livestock agrifood systems are being transformed through combinations of expansion, intensification, structural transformation and increases in trade and movement of inputs, live animals and products. These changes have greatly increased production and productivity but also give rise to concerns about sustainability in a number of areas. Furthermore, the benefits and risks associated with livestock agrifood systems are highly context-specific, with diverse livestock agrifood systems playing different roles, facing different trajectories and posing different risks depending on their economic, social and environmental settings.

The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock is committed to take up this challenge. The 9th MSP Meeting will agree upon some concrete action that can be taken by stakeholder towards more sustainable livestock systems. MSP meeting attendees will have the opportunity to network, learn, share research and experiences, and help foster dialogues to address livestock sustainability at the regional and global level. Presentations, panels, posters, field tours, and discussion throughout the week will focus on the theme of Innovation for Sustainable Livestock Systems, highlighting examples from throughout the world of innovative solutions to address sustainable livestock production and agrifood systems.

Anyone engaged in sustainable livestock systems, from producers to researchers and inter-governmental to non-governmental organization, are encouraged and welcome to attend.