Pro-poor livestock policy formulation workshop in Bihar, India (August 2017)

Participants included state government officials, non-governmental organisations, academia and industry

From:
Department for International Development
Published
31 August 2017
Country:
India
Document Type:
Conference Paper
Theme:
Agriculture
Authors:
Rao, CK, Dhawan, M

Abstract

The core objective of the workshop was to sensitise senior policy makers on the need to have livestock policies that are conducive for sustainable delivery and adoption of livestock products by small holder farmers. In all 30 senior level officials from different state government organizations along with 15 participants from non-government organisations, academia, industry participated in the workshop.

The workshop included presentations by eminent professionals in the livestock sector and interactive sessions with senior and experienced policy makers, academics and other technical experts. The expected outcomes were that on completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Critically analyze the interplay between social, economic, political and cultural circumstances that go into policy-making

  2. Understand steps in pro-poor policy making

  3. Examine, debate, prepare and critique livestock policy document of their state.

This is an output from the ‘Global Alliance For Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed): Phase 2 – Protecting Livestock and Saving Human Lives’ programme

Citation

CK Rao and Mamta Dhawan (2017) Pro-poor livestock policy formulation workshop in Bihar, India (August 2017). GALVMed

Pro-poor livestock policy formulation workshop in Bihar, India (August 2017)

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Published 31 August 2017
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