The new role of SLU in the Livestock and
Fish Program
Ulf Magnusson, SLU
Livestock and Fish Review and Planning Meeting
23-26 March 2015
Virtual

Iterative match-making process for common
interest between L&F and SLU over the years
• SLU has a strategy for Global research, training and
capacity building, mainly bilateral or regional.
• SLU want to build on Global partnership – the CG-
system is thus an attractive partner and L&F is the ideal
one for a strategic partnership!
• More focused match-making discussion in an workshop
in Sweden in June 2014 (10 L&Fers and 20 SLUers).
Generated a list of some 5-10 areas of common
interest.
• Further discussions between SLU and L&F during the fall
2014, agreement on one priority area and two
explorative areas – ToR to be written now.

Heard health - ruminants and pigs ,
incl. infections and reproductive health
• Heard/farm holistic approach complementary to
classical CGIAR activities.
• Preventive oriented, biosecurity and management.
• Research issues are to identify bottle necks for lost
productivity and the most cost-effect interventions.
• SLU work together with the Swedish farmer’s animal
health services, and will apply that holistic approach
within the L&F.

Feed and Forages and Animal genetics - two
areas of common interest to be further explored
• SLU expertise on Feed and Forages for L&F
– Feed utilization and feed efficiencies with an emphasize on locally
grown forages/feeds, including by-products from the food industry.
– Integration of interdisciplinary information resources with a
comprehensive germplasm collection to facilitate the development of
a new paradigm of knowledge-led forage breeding.
• SLU expertise on Animal Genetics for L&F
– Bioinformatics infrastructure and research on the use of marker
information in breeding programs.
– Conservation genetics approaches (population genetics).
Development of new species for aquaculture in closed systems.

CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR
Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems
in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
livestockfish.cgiar.org