livestock production programs manager

Director Joint Capability Production [ DJCP | Director General Joint Force Development ]

Programme of Direct Assistance to Livestock Production Activities in National Rural Development Schemes | DALARS [Abbr.]

Action n° 10: Strengthen surveillance systems on AMR and antimicrobial consumption in animal medicine Inclusion of a legal basis for the monitoring of AMR in animal pathogens in its forthcoming proposal for a new Animal Health Law. Promotion and extension of the European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) with the collaboration of EMA to obtain harmonised data on the usage per animal species and production categories as well as for different indications from all Member States. Review of the monitoring of AMR ...[+++]in zoonotic bacteria and/or indicators. With the support of the relevant EU agencies, establish harmonisation between human and veterinary surveillance to allow comparison of data.

AH. whereas the recent increase of volatility in agricultural commodity prices has raised major concerns about the competitiveness of the European livestock sector and its high dependence on protein crop imports; whereas the EU needs a genuine strategic development plan for plant proteins and their specific role in responding to the new challenges of the CAP (climate change, better management of natural resources); whereas reducing the protein deficit also needs major efforts in improved research and breeding, as well as measures which enhance adequate infrastructure for protein crop production ...[+++], storage and processing; whereas also by-products of oilseed and agrofuels production could be considered for animal feed, provided that strict rules are met to ensure that the precautionary principle is fully applied and that there are no risks to animal and human health,

42. Acknowledges, in view of the tight situation on the global market for animal feed, that European farmers have an urgent need of high quality, safe protein feed - in addition to fishmeal - at an affordable cost; at the same time, stresses the importance of the consistent application of the precautionary principle with respect to the reintroduction of animal protein into feed - other than for ruminants - and thus into the food chain, in line with the rationale behind the new animal health strategy that 'prevention is better than cu ...[+++]re'; points out therefore the need for greater efforts to introduce effective control and monitoring mechanisms on the elimination of all pathogens during manufacture, to ensure traceability and to avoid the contamination and mixing of types of animal meal in imported feed or feed produced in the Member States;

42. Acknowledges, in view of the tight situation on the global market for animal feed, that European farmers have an urgent need of high quality, safe protein feed - in addition to fishmeal - at an affordable cost; at the same time, stresses the importance of the consistent application of the precautionary principle with respect to the reintroduction of animal protein into feed - other than for ruminants - and thus into the food chain, in line with the rationale behind the new animal health strategy that 'prevention is better than cu ...[+++]re'; points out therefore the need for greater efforts to introduce effective control and monitoring mechanisms on the elimination of all pathogens during manufacture, to ensure traceability and to avoid the contamination and mixing of types of animal meal in imported feed or feed produced in the Member States;