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Welcome to the Animal Taskforce website


Promoting the knowledge base in the animal domain

The Animal Task Force (ATF) is a group of stakeholders that works for a sustainable and competitive livestock and companion animal sectors at the forefront of technological development and other innovations through the creation of an enabling environment and adoption of an integrated approach across the value chain.

This cooperative initiative is made up of European bodies concerned with knowledge and industry in animal production:
Technology Platforms; knowledge, education and dissemination organisations, and research providers.

These are the major public and private components of European livestock production which together aim to provide a positive image of the entire sector, and facilitate discussions on matters relating to future EU regulations that affect the sustainability and competitivity of the sector.

What's New

Response to JPI-FACCE Consultation March 2012 - 16 April 2012
The ATF responded to the stakeholder consultation of the Joint Programming Initiative Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change (JPI-FACCE). The ATF response can be downloaded here
Response to Public Consultation of European Commission. - 08 December 2011
The Animal Task Force has responded to the public consultation of the European Commission on the European Research Area (ERA). The written response can be downloaded here and the answers to the questions here.
 
Insight concerning Food Security in the future - EAAP2011 - 18 September 2011
At Monday 29 August the Animal Task Force has organised the session "Food Security: Policy Perspectives for Research and Industry".

Paul Vriesekoop started the session with an introduction of ATF and the most recent developments around the new Framework Programme "Horizon 2020". Jimmy Smith of the Worldbank (from 1 October the director of ILRI) presented an impressive outlook for the developing countries in relation to food security. Petter Arnesen of Marine Harvest showed the recent developments in aquaculture and their challenges for the future. Mia Eeckhout presented the specificities of the feed sector and its role in animal production. Last but not least Christian Patermann as former director within DG Research and now member of the Bioeconomy council in Germany gave an excellent overview of the issues surrounding food security and gave us some critical questions to think about. Also he showed some of the ongoing political actions.

Presentations can be downloaded here: