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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP Multi-stakeholder Partnership: Overview
Stewart Ledgard1, Caroline Opio2, Camillo DeCamillis2, Aimable Uwizeye2,
Felix Teillard2 1AgResearch, NZ 2LEAP Secretariat, FAO

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Why?
- Proliferation of environmental assessment methods
- Need for specific guidance for livestock supply chains for
assessing environmental performance & improvement

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Who?
The LEAP Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative
 Steering Committee: equal say
 Secretariat hosted at FAO
 TAGs – international experts Technical Advisory Groups
LEAP Secretariat

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Aim?
• LEAP builds consensus on comprehensive guidance and
methodology to:
• Assess the environmental performance of livestock supply
chains
• Monitor performance over time (environmental tracking)
• Generate evidence for shaping policy measures and business
strategies

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Key principles underpinning LEAP Guidelines
 Global, inclusive perspective, region specificities
 Science-based approach
 Consensus
 Harmonization (starting from alignment with
relevant international standards)
 Transparency
 Continuous improvement and adoption

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Life cycle thinking

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Life cycle thinking
…
Livestock product
processing
(e.g. slaughtering, milk
processing)
Distribution
Consumption
Post-consumption
activities
Farming
Feed production
Feed pre-production
(e.g. feed ingredients)

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP 1 : 2012-2015
• Developing reference
environmental assessment
tools:
6 Technical Advisory Groups
(TAGs)
300 experts from all world
regions
6 Technical Guidance
documents
1 Global database for the 5
main feed crops

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Feed
Poultry
Small Ruminants
• Need to recognise diversity of systems
e.g. full housing  extensive grazing  nomadic/transhumance
• Focus on GHG emissions & fossil energy use
• Cradle to primary processing gate

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Land
Land
External
feed
On-farm
feed
Other
animals
(eg cattle)
Sheep
or
goats
t
Cradle-to-farm-gate
Co-product
e.g. grain
Co-product
e.g. cattle LW
Wool/fibre
scouring
Milk
Processing
Meat
processing
Consumer
0
Product
manufacturer
(e.g. carpet,
lasagne,
flavoured
yoghurt)
t
t
t
t
t
t
Co-product
e.g. lanolin
Co-products
(skin, blood, tallow,
renderables)
raw milk
live weight
greasy fibre
clean fibre
milk products
meat products
Co-product
e.g. whey
Retailer or
Food service
outlet
t
t
Farm-to-primary-
processor-gate
Small ruminant SYSTEM BOUNDARY diagram

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Feed
Poultry
Small Ruminants
• Modular feed chain approach

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Feed
Poultry
Small Ruminants
Biodiversity
Large ruminants
Feed Crops Database
Methodological notes
Pigs

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Guidelines
development
(TAG
meetings)
Peer review
Review by
Steering
Committee
and
Secretariat
Public
review
Guidelines & Comprehensive review process:

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP+ : 2016-2018
LEAP+ work programme is supporting the consolidation of
LEAP1 guidelines through road testing, additional technical
guidance documents, and review.

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP+
Road Testing
To identify gaps in recommendations and barriers preventing
application and endorsement
To get feedback on the clarity of recommendations
To evaluate the applicability of LEAP1 guidelines

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP+
Broadening Scope
• Broadening the scope of LEAP1 and taking a major step
towards sustainability by contributing to the development of
guidelines on:
Nutrient
flows &
Impact
Assessment
Water use
Assessment
Soil
Carbon
Stock
Changes
Biodiversity
&
ecosystem
services
Feed
Additives
Eco-
toxicity
Integrated Sustainability Assessment Framework

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Nutrient flows and impact assessment TAG
To propose methods and metrics to assess nutrient use performance
and related environmental impacts along livestock supply chains
Co-chairs: Adrian Leip (JRC, Italy) & Stewart Ledgard (AgResearch, NZ)
- Eutrophication, acidification impact categories & nutrient use efficiency
- Covers whole supply chain including sewage stage

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Water use assessment TAG
To propose methods and metrics
to assess water use performance
and related water scarcity
footprint of livestock supply
chains
Co-chairs:
Anne-Marie Boulay (CIRAIG, Canada) &
Katrin Drastig (Leibniz Inst., Germany)

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Soil Carbon Stock Changes TAG
- Grassland & rangeland have large potential for C storage
- Build consensus on assessment of soil C stock changes
Co-chairs: Fernando Lattanzi (INIA, Uruguay) & Pete Millard (Landcare, NZ)

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
Biodiversity & ecosystem services TAG
• From principles…
• … to key
biodiversity
indicators
Chair: Tim McAllister (Agriculture Canada)

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
LEAP+ TAGs
• Nutrient flows & impact
assessment
• Water use assessment
• Soil carbon stock
changes
• Biodiversity &
ecosystem services
• Feed additives

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LEAP partnership 3rd Annual Meeting, FAO, Rome: 21 September 2017
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