22 June 2021. The webinar brought together a wide range of stakeholders representing academia, other relevant UN organizations, private sector associations and multi-stakeholders partnerships as well as FAO colleagues from a range of technical units and offices, operating at global, regional and country level. FAO presented the mandate, scope and process with a view to explore potential collaboration and engagement. Opening FAO’s Animal Production and Health Division - Keith Sumption Opening FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division - Patrizia Fracassi Global assessment of the contribution of livestock to food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets - mandate, scope and process - Beate Scherf Moderator: Ti Kian Seow

1. Assessing the contribution of livestock to food security,
sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets
Beate Scherf, Animal Production Officer, Animal Production and Health Division, FAO
Event to launch process
and explore potential
collaboration and
engagement

2. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
• We produce enough food calories to cover the
energy requirements of world population.
• Due to the COVID pandemic, there's a slowly
increasing prevalence of hunger (690 mio) and all
forms of malnutrition, including:
– Wasting
– Stunting (144 mio in children)
– Overweight and obesity (2 billion)
• 2 billion people suffer micronutrient deficiencies
leading to blindness, intellectual disability and early
death.
Global Food Security
Why focus on food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets?

3. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Global Food Security
Why focus on food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets?
• Affordability:
– + 3 billion people cannot afford healthy diets
– + 1.5 billion people cannot afford diet providing essential nutrients
– Nutrient adequacy costs 2.7 times the cost of subsistence daily energy
• Malnutrition is the single largest contributor to disease: 1 in 3 people affected by
premature death, impeding cognitive development, and reduced labour productivity.
• Raising global population imply significant increase in global food production by 2050:
– +52% meat
– +40% dairy
– +39% eggs

4. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
… and food from terrestrial animals?
Why focus on food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets...
Animal-source foods (ASF) from livestock contribute to:
– 18% of global food energy consumption
– 34% of global protein consumption (unique source
of high-quality proteins)
– Bioavailable essential vitamins and minerals (vit
B12, A, B3, B6 and D, zinc, selenium, calcium,
phosphorus and heme iron)
– Various bioactive components (taurine,
creatine, carnosine, conjugated linoleic acids)

5. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
… and food from terrestrial animals?
Why focus on food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets...
• Consumption of 4 - 100 kg meat/y/person:
under- and excessive consumption of ASF can be
detrimental to human health.
• Reasons for low/no consumption of ASF:
– poor availability, accessibility affordability;
– dietary patterns, customs, religious taboos;
– lack of knowledge about their
nutritional importance.
• Benefits and trade-offs of livestock production
are reasonably well known.

6. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Mandate
Why develop an assessment on the livestock sector
and on food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets?
• FAO, a specialized agency of the United Nations,
leads international efforts to defeat hunger
and improve nutrition and food security.
• Governing bodies (194 Member Nations): Conference,
Council, Technical Committees.
• Committee on Agriculture (127 Members):
– Requested FAO to produce a comprehensive, science
and evidence-based global assessment of the
contribution of livestock to food security, sustainable
food systems, nutrition and healthy diets
– Established in 10/2020 Sub-Committee on Livestock

7. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Scope
• All major sources of ASFs from terrestrial animals of regional or global
importance produced in livestock production system:
– Integrated plant-animal production systems (small to large scale)
– Specialized livestock production systems (small to large scale)
– Grazing systems and pastoralism
• Hunting for meat and wild life farming focused on the production of food
depending on availability of data.
• Review of existing evidence regarding the linkages between livestock and
nutrition through a food systems approach.
• Research gaps identified and uncertainties acknowledged.
• Holistic view based on dimensions of sustainability and Agenda 2030.
Assessment on livestock sector and food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets

8. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Conceptual framework of food systems for diets and nutrition

9. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Outputs and time-line
Assessment on livestock sector and food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets
Output Date Governing Body
1
Contribution of animal source foods to healthy diets for
improved nutrition and health outcomes – an evidence and policy
overview on the state of knowledge and gaps
2/2022 COAG-SLC #1
2 Factors determining supply, demand and consumption of ASF 2/2022 COAG-SLC #1
3
Contribution of the livestock sector to food security and sustainable
food systems – benefits, synergies and trade-offs
2/2024 COAG-SLC #2
4
Options to sustainably change the livestock sector through
incremental or transformative change to better contribute to food
security, healthy diets and nutrition
2/2024 COAG-SLC #2
Final Global assessment high-level publication 10/2024 COAG 29

10. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Engagement of partners
• Led by the Animal Production and Health Division
(NSA) and co-led by the Food and Nutrition Division
(ESN), supported by extended team consisting of range
of FAO staff from different technical units
and decentralized offices, and external partners.
• Required disciplines: livestock science, human
nutrition, human health, food safety, legal, agricultural
economics, social sciences.
• Required skills: analytical skills, statistics & modelling,
and communication.
Assessment on livestock sector and food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets

11. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Engagement of partners - Options
1. Participate in broad consultation process.
2. Provide applications to become a member of the
Scientific Advisory Committee:
• Selection process based on range of criteria
• Discussions on detailed annotated outlines and
draft versions of the four documents
• Provide suggestions for the review process
Assessment on livestock sector and food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets

12. Livestock sector and human nutrition - explore potential collaboration, 22 June 2021, FAO
Way forward – how can you can engage?
• Indicate your interest to remain on our mailing list
for consultative process.
• Apply to be considered for Scientific Advisory
Committee.
• Send our way:
– Relevant references.
– Information about relevant initiatives.
– Recommendations for contributors.
Assessment on livestock sector and food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets

13. Thank you!
…. looking forward to
the discussion