INFPD-FAO e-Consultation on Poultry Breeding in Developing Countries

"Opportunities of poultry breeding programmes for family production in developing countries: The bird for the poor", is the title of an e-consultation being organized by the International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD) in cooperation with FAO.

The e-consultation has commenced from 17th January 2011 with the focus on the following issues:
1. Type of birds required by family poultry producers.
2. Organizational structures for existing and future poultry breeding programmes.
3. Strategies of multiplication and distribution networks.
4. Marketing of breeding stocks.
5. Conservation of existing genetic resources.

The Technical Coordination Committee comprises the following representatives:
Dr Robert Pym, Australia; Prof. Poul Sørensen, Denmark; Prof. Kamal Saleh, Egypt; Dr Monchai Duangjinda, Thailand; Dr Joseph G. Mallia, Latin America.

The Moderators for the e-consultation are:
Dr D.P Singh, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, India and Dr J.C Fotsa, IRAD, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Communication will be accepted in English or French.

To register please send an email to FAO's Mail server at mailserv@mailserv.fao.org. The subject line should be left blank and the first line of the message (body text) should read subscribe POULTRYDEVELOPMENT-L.