Progress report on the State of the Worlds Animal Genetic Resources

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Progress report on the State of the Worlds
Animal Genetic Resources

• Animal Genetic Resources Group
• FAO
• Progress in the State of the World
• 10th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic
  Resources for Food and Agriculture
• Activities in 2005, 2006 and 2007

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Country Reports
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Expenditures 2001-2004

1 Extra-budgetary resources were provided by
the Governments of Finland, The Netherlands,
Norway and France, the Nordic Gene Bank/Farm
Animals, the FAO-Netherlands Partnership
Programme, and the German Gesellscr Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
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Major Tasks to Complete the Process

• complete the CRs
• prepare the Draft Report on Strategic Priorities
  
• for Action
• complete thematic studies
• prepare for and, undertake the regional
• consultations
• review the first draft of the first Report on
• the SoW-AnGR

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Follow up Mechanism

• mobilization of financial resources
• providing support in project design, development
  and submission to relevant funding agencies
• enhancing the understanding of animal genetic
  resources roles and values and their contribution
  to food and agriculture

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Follow up Mechanism

• Immediate outputs
• A funding strategy for implementation of
  Strategic Priorities for Action for animal
  genetic resources.
• A portfolio of projects to address immediate
  priority needs identified in Country Reports and
  in the draft Report on Strategic Priorities for
  Action.
• A website with information on potential donors,
  their requirements and procedures, ongoing
  projects and projects in the pipeline, and sample
  project proposals.
• Global and regional communication strategies on
  animal genetic resources.
• Communications products (videos, leaflets,
  posters, and CDs) describing the roles, functions
  and values of animal genetic resources.

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Country priorities

• Capacity building (conservation, utilization)
• Institutional strengthening
• Networking and information (nat reg)
• National AnGR management plan
• Animal breeding plans
• Characterization of local breeds
• Development of local breeds
• Gene banks
• Legislation (development and harmonization)
• Access and benefit sharing, intelectual property

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Main threats to AnGR

• Failure to synchronize genetic resources to the
  production environment
• Inadequate infrastructure for improvement of AnGR
• Limited capacity to develop ex situ collections
• Inadequate institutional capacity to manage AnGR

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