Prof. Berthe EuFMD OS20 Closure session

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Investing in resilience to FAST diseases
Priority strategies and policies to ensure risk mitigation and greater
resilience to FAST diseases, overcoming the impact of Covid19
Franck Berthe
Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank
Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021

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The livestock revolution
“ A revolution is taking place in global agriculture that has profound implications
for human health, livelihoods, and the environment. Population growth,
urbanization, and income growth in developing countries are fueling a massive
increase in demand for food of animal origin...”
Livestock to 2020: the next food revolution. Delgado et al., 1999
Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021

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Growth of the sector continues
to be strong, steered by low-
and middle-income countries
How to accompany and shape
growth to improve sustainability
and resilience, and in particular
externalities on environment
and climate change, on health
and nutrition, and on equity?
Growth of the livestock sector
Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021

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Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021
Livestock portfolio at the World Bank
Growth of the sector continues to be strong… and such is the
demand for World Bank Group financial support (IDA/IBRD
and IFC).
IBRD + IDA : ca. 700 million USD of yearly financing directed to
livestock sector (up from about 150 million per annum in
2010).
Some large stand-alone operations but the bulk of investment
is integrated in Agriculture and/or Community Driven
Development projects.
Drawing on a variety of instruments: Investment Operations,
Analytical Services.
2009

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Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021
How does COVID-19 change the landscape?

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• Operations
– National: new generation of stand-alone projects (Bangladesh; Nepal; Cameroon;
Burkina Faso; Mali; Ethiopia…)
– Regional: PRAPS and PRAPS2 (Sahel), REDISSE (West Africa) or RPLRP (Horn of
Africa)
– Pre-operational tools: Livestock toolkit; OIE-PVS; OH operational framework
• Analytical and advisory work
– The case for food safety
– Antimicrobial resistance
– Guides for Livestock Investments
– Zoonoses (in preparation)
• Strategic
– Global Livestock Agenda (multi-stakeholder)
– Livestock Global Alliance (connecting knowledge and operations)
Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021

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Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021
A practical tool and an information resource for building
sustainable livestock production systems
To enable systematic consideration of environmental, health and equity
objectives, and related activities, in the design and implementation of
livestock projects
Compatible and connected with other tools and guidance: the portal for
addressing environmental, health and equity sustainability in livestock
operations
The addition compared to existing tools is to decomplexify sustainability
issues, address tradeoffs, and streamline available guidance
 Environment module up and running
The average climate co-benefits generated by the livestock portfolio in the past
2.5 years is 61%, with 22% for adaptation and 39% for mitigation
 Health module has been developed and will be released in February 2021

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Types of investments
• Ensuring an appropriate policy/regulatory framework
• Ensuring an appropriate institutional framework (public, private and
cooperative/associative sectors)
• Ensuring appropriate Global Public Goods engagement (climate change;
natural resources; public health; equity)
• Ensuring access to land and water (incl. the specificity of pastoral areas)
• Ensuring access to knowledge (research; extension; advisory services;
education)
Forecasting of socioeconomic consequences of FAST diseases and capacities to overcome increased risk – February 16, 2021

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