Animal identification Project references 2013 V2

Animal identification and traceability Project References

January 2013

Table of content:

1. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION & TRACEABILITY SYSTEMS DESIGN AND OPERATION (FRANCE)............................................................................................................................................ 2

NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY (CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, HORSES) IN FRANCE ................................................ 2 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION FOR SHEEP AND GOATS IN FRANCE .................................................. 1 PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT GROUPS FOR ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY ................................................ 3 RENOVATION OF THE NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR GENETIC EVALUATION OF CATTLE (SIG) ................................................ 4

2. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION & TRACEABILITY DATA (FRANCE) ............ 6

STUDY OF THE ZOOTECHNIC, SANITARY AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE BLUETONGE EPIZOOTIC IN FRANCE, BASED ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL AI&T DATABASES .................................................................................................................................................... 6 MANAGEMENT OF THE FRENCH GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF RUMINANTS .................................................................................... 8

3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION & TRACEABILITY SYSTEMS (INTERNATIONAL) .................................................................................................................................................. 1

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CATTLE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY (SINIIGA) .............................. 1 ACCOMPANYING PUBLIC POLICY OF THE MINISTRY OF ANIMAL RESOURCES OF BURKINA FASO ON ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION, TRACABILITY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 1 IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR CATTLE IN MOROCCO ................................................................................................................. 1 ASSISTANCE TO CONTRACTOR AND CLIENT FOR THE SETTING UP OF A PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR CATTLE IN NEW‐CALEDONIA ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 FORMULATION OF AN INSTITUTIONAL TWINNING PROJECT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRACEABILITY SYSTEM OF ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN TUNISIA ......................................................................................................... 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IN MACEDONIA ....................................................................... 3 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PILOT AND DEMONSTRATION IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MEAT PRODUCTION IN CHINA ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IN JAMAÏCA ................................................................. 7 MONTENEGRO EU ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION & RECORDING PETITS RUMINANTS ‐ PHASE II .............................................................. 8 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR CATTLE IN COLOMBIA ........ 9 STRATEGY FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED INFORMATION SYSTEM IN SENEGAL ................................................................................................................... 10 DESIGN OF AN ADVISING SYSTEM TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS, RELYING ON THE USE OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION IN POLAND ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF THE CATTLE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT VALUE CHAIN IN INDIA .................................................................... 14 AGRIXCHANGE ‐ A COMMON DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ............................... 17 A STRATEGY AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR AN ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR INDIA ..................................... 15

1. Technical assistance to national animal identification & traceability systems design and operation (France)

Title of the project: National animal identification and traceability (cattle, sheep, goats, horses) in France

Country: FRANCE

Location: France Scope :

Regional Sub-regional

X National Sub-national Pilot

Specialised staff provided: project leader, livestock scientist, expert in animal identification and traceability (AI&T) long term livestock scientists, experts in animal identification, information recording and traceability (AI&T) systems long term experts in information system (IT) and databases long term livestock scientists, experts in animal identification recording and traceability (AI&T) long term experts in animal eartags and animal identification materials (specification, tests, ...) middle term livestock scientist, experts in biometrics long term livestock scientists, experts in data and movements analysis long term livestock scientist, expert in quality management, animal identification and information recording (AI&T)

Name of the Client: French Ministry of Agriculture, Department of food and sanitary security and veterinary services – CVO Contact: Mr Régis Raffin, Head of Identification and animal movement control Bureau, Department of Animal health and animal protection [email protected], phone: +33 1.49.55.58.07

Number of staff provided: 13

Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard 75007 Paris, France

Quantity of staff/months: 842

Starting date: January 1999

Ending date: December 2012

Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 13,317,299

Name of the partners (if relevant): France Génétique Elevage (FGE)

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 13,317,299 Co-financing French Livestock Institute : No

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree in agronomics specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : Since the creation of the animal identification and traceability (AI&T) system in 1969 then all through its evolution, the department of food and sanitary security of the French Ministry of Agriculture has delegated full responsibility for the design and implementation of the national animal (cattle, sheep, goats, horses) identification and traceability system to the French livestock farmers organisations, and the overall coordination and design to the French Livestock Institute (Institut de l'Elevage). Under the control of the French Ministry of Agriculture, livestock farmers organisations have thus been given responsibility to design, adapt and implement a structure that will enable French then European regulations to be respected for each of the species of ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats and horses). It is now compliant with ISO 9001 norms. Many elements of the French system have, in fact, been adopted by European regulation and by different member countries. The French national database, managed by the French Ministry of Agriculture, is the 2nd largest AI&T database in the world in terms of number of data. It has registered 80 million animals over the 10 past years (all live animals or animals already slaughtered are registered), and over 220 million notifications

(identifications, movements, slaughters…). It concerns 215,000 farmers, 1.200 traders, 77 markets and 251 slaughter houses. This system is both web-based and decentralized. This comprehensive system enables a complete traceability of value chain operations from farm to consumer. It is one of the main tools for the French sanitary and genetic improvement monitoring system. At national level, the French Livestock Institute, through its function of permanent technical assistance to the French Ministry of Agriculture, is responsible for the overall engineering of the AI&T systems and for the coordination of its different players. It employs a team of 13 experts, mostly agronomists specialised in animal science and in particular in animal identification systems engineering applied to cattle, sheep and goat industries, as well as in the different facets of their actual implementation and use (traceability and commercialisation, performance testing and genetic improvement…). At regional and local level, the French Livestock Institute coordinates the implementation of the animal identification and traceability system by farmers organisations, under the control of the French Ministry of Agriculture: - around 70 « EDE » (livestock establishments owned by the Chambers of Agriculture) manage the application of the structure at grass roots level: reception and control of notifications, registration of all the data; publication of official documents (cattle passport); ordering and distribution of ear tags; training and technical support for livestock farmers, cattle transporters and abattoirs, etc. - 7 « ARSOE » (regional associations supplyin IT services to livestock bodies) manage the data bases and the regional information systems, collating all the information associated with animal identification and animal production data (performance testing, artificial insemination) and the health inspection of livestock farms. They are also in charge of the use and controlled accessibility of data (remote consultation via internet, production and processing of files for other information systems, etc.). The French Livestock Institute ensures the following services : • Design of the national architecture of the web-based database: notified events and type of data registered, functions and responsibilities of the players, relation with other information systems… • Design and adaptation of official documents, design of working procedures for all the actors and staff (about 660 persons concerned) in charge of identification procedures: Land Operation Manuals, computer application specifications… • Organisation and evolution of the national web-based information system: regional databases, flows and exchanges of information, integration of new players, computer applications… • Design and implementation of animal identification and traceability through RFID (electronic identification) • Characteristics, tests and procedures for the official approval of ear-tags used in France; experimentation (electronic identification). • Training, communication and technical support for all the players in the national structure. • Quality control of the system, ISO 9001 compliant. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute provides a permanent technical assistance and guidance to the French public bodies, livestock farmers organisations and to all the actors of the supply chain from farm to consumer, for the implementation of ruminants identification and traceability, including project management and organisation, management of information systems, advising and technical assistance, training, on the following fields : 1- Design and writing of methodologies, documentations, procedures, guidelines, terms of reference required for AI&T system implementation and management and operational organisation of all the users of the AI&T system (around 660 staff), along the supply chain : farms, fattening farms, collecting centers, markets, slaughterhouses, rendering plants... 2- Design of the general architecture and terms of reference of all the national AI&T information systems by species, of all the softwares used by all the stakeholders, specifications, project management. For example, design of the software enabling the attribution of an ID and generating an eartag request. 3- Technical support and guidance providing to all the French AI&T stakeholders, such as the livestock establishments (belonging to the Chambers of agriculture EdE) in charge of the implementation of within the livestock farmers, and of providing ID, but also farms, fattening farms, collecting centers, markets, slaughterhouses, rendering plants... (about 660 staff concerned). 4- Design and implementation of testings for identification eartags accreditation. It implies: • Achievement of on-field testings for new identification tags, eartags, electronic devices, rings… : construction of experience records, testing implementation, link with laboratory tests, formulation of accreditation reports… • Compliance controls on accredited eartags • Writing of specifications for new devices test procedures

5- Leading electronic identification implementation in various animal productions: • Technical assistance to the National identification database by working in close relationship with the central departement of information systems within the French ministry for agriculture to check the suggested specifications • Coordinate the evolution of local hardware by managing a working group of all the identification information system suppliers • Working on the improvement of data quality through diverse checkings of existing data and the supplier of specific data suppliers (such as slaughter houses, markets…) • Achievement of monitoring tools on the animal identification national database 6- Coaching of the quality management system (SMQ) of animal identification (ISO 9001 norms). It implies: The French Livestock Institute is in charge of the implementation of a quality management system for animal identification, in the framework of the interprofession of ruminants France Livestock Genetics. Its emplies: • Updating of the professional references • Assistance to the spreading of the quality management system among the stakeholders in charge of collecting livestock data • Production of process indicators • Process review 7- Communication, training and international technical assistance Training and capacity building of all the animal identification and traceability system stakeholders and to provide technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisation provate bodies for their projects of implementaiton of animal identification and traceability systems. 8- Sharing technology experience and contributing to the norms and standards construction at national and international level Playing an active part by proposing norms within national (AFNOR, French Agency for Normalisation) and international (ISO, International Standard Organisation, ICAR, International Committee for Animal Recording, UN/CEFACT United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) normalisation working groups and agencies. Name of the Consultant :

Institut de l’Elevage (French Livestock Institute)

Title of the project: Design and implementation of electronic identification for sheep and goats in France

Country: FRANCE



X National Sub-national

X Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Long term agronomist, IT and AI&T expert Long term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences, capacity building, engineering of animal identification and traceability (AI&T) and genetic improvement systems Long term agronomists experts in (AI&T), databases, information systems, animal identification Short term experts in animal identification materials and devices (eartags, electronic devices, hardware…)

Name of the Client: French Ministry of Agriculture, department of food, sanitary security and veterinary services (CVO) Office de l’Elevage, veterinary services Contact: Mr Régis Raffin, Head of Identification and animal movement control Bureau, Department of Animal health and animal protection [email protected], phone: +33 1.49.55.58.07


Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard 75007 Paris, France


Starting date: December 2005



Name of the partners (if relevant): Ear-tags and readers manufacturers, ARSOE (regional associations of IT services to livestock bodies), EDE (livestock establishments owned by the Chambers of Agriculture), softwares editors, performance recording, automatic devices manufacturers, farmers and farmers organisations

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 2,170,800 Co-financing French Livestock Institute : No

Name and position of the project leader: Louise Marguin, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science and master degree in IT, expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability department of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : The electronic identification of small ruminants is now compulsory in Europe. It aims at improving sanitary crisis management and to preserve both animals and consumers's health. The reform of small ruminants identification and traceability was initiated in 2005 at the European level ((CE) n° 21/2004 board regulation). It was implemented in France in 4 steps for a 6 years period : - implementation of individual identification in 2005 - implementation of batch traceability in 2009 - implementation of individual electronic identification in 2010 - implementation of a compulsory individual monitoring of small ruminants movings from 2011 to 2013. The project driven by the Institut de l’Elevage, associating several partners, aimed both at preparing the generalization of the electronic identification in France, studying its feasibility and implementing it all over France, by providing a technical coordination and support for the design and implementation of electronic identification for sheep in France In a first step, a study was made in 6 pilot zones in all France involving 330 farmers, 370.000 ear-tags in 2008 for young sheep and female. In a second step, electronic identification was implemented in France in all around 60,000 livestock farmers, 1,265,000 goats and 5,639,000 sheep. Partners: French cooperatives, markets, dairy control organisations, performances control organisations, animal transport companies, IT companies.

Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has achieved the following services: • supply the Ministry of Agriculture with a feasibility study of the implementation of electronic identification of sheep and goats, in view of discussions at European level mid 2006 on a possible obligation of an electronic identification of all small ruminants • determine the required conditions for a possible generalization of the electronic identification, its feasibility and its economic interest, • harmonize suitable French and European regulations, • help appropriation by the actors of the necessary ability to the operational effective implementation of these new techniques, • give a better knowledge of the costs, profits and constraints of a use in true size of the electronic identification and elements permitting to argue an equitable distribution of the costs between the actors. • technical support and implementation monitoring in 6 pilot zones in all France, 330 farmers, 370.000 ear-tags in 2008 for young sheep and female, 220 lectors mobiles acquired in 2008, fixed lectors • technical support and implementation monitoring in all France regions, covering around 60,000 livestock farmers, 1,265,000 goats and 5,639,000 sheep. • acquisition of matérials, eartags, electronic devices, readers, etc. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Participation in international expert groups for animal identification and traceability ISO (International Standard Organisation) and ICAR (International Committee for Animal Recording) UN/CEFACT (United Nations / Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business)

Country: International level (~100 countries)

Location: international level Scope : X Regional

Sub-regional National Sub-national Pilot

Specialised staff provided: 3 short term experts in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification

Name of the Client: French Ministry of Agriculture, department of food, sanitary security, veterinarian services (CVO) Contact: Mr Régis Raffin, Head of Identification and animal movement control Bureau, Department of Animal health and animal protection [email protected] phone: +33 1.49.55.58.07


Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard 75007 Paris, France Quantity of staff/months: 10,3 Starting date: September 1999


Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 128,975

Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 128,975 Co-financing : Yes

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : Participation in international working groups for norm elaboration: The French Livestock Institute actively participates in the main international and european bodies on animal productions and technology sharing, such as EAAP (European Association for Animal Productions), ICAR (International Committee for Animal Recording and its sub-committee INTERBULL in charge of international genetic evaluations, FIL (International Dairy Federation), IFCN (International Farm Comparison Network)... Regarding animal identification and information systems, The French Livestock Institute contributes, shares its experience and does technical monitoring within three plateforms: • ISO (International Standard Organisation), in charge of the design of norms for electronic identification (ISO TC23\SC19\WG3): The French Livestock Institute has elaborated more than 5 technical protocols about conformance tests to the relevant ISO standards and performance tests on fields. It has also actively shared its experience of pilot projects on the implementation and uses of animal electronic identification in all species, and had fruitful discussions with manufacturers of electronic devices and communication of information to the users. • ICAR (International Committee for Animal Recording) sub-committee for animal identification for the design of standards for animal plastic identification. • UN/CEFACT (United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business), International trade and businee group : for example, direct contribution to norm elaboration on electronic bovine animal registration exchange recorded in the business requirements specifications in May 2010. Meetings every 6 months. Participating in these international plateforms enables the French Livestock Institute to have a broad vision of the different identification systems set up in different countries and to have technical sharings of the different contexts. Description of the services provided: • Technical discussion to improve the use of electronic devices • Provision of a long term expert on animal identification and electronic devices • Communication on papers or conference (or web-site) Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Creation of the National Information System for genetic evaluation of cattle (SIG)

Country: FRANCE

Location: Toute France Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Long term agronomists specialised in animal science, senior and junior experts of the design of information systems and traceability (AI&T) Long term technicians on information systems

Name of the Client: French Ministry of Agriculture DGPAAT (Department agricultural products, politics and territories) Contact: Mrs Valérie Pieprzownik, Head of Milk, Dairy products and animal breeding Bureau, [email protected], phone: +33 1 49 55 46 11


Address: 78 Rue de Varenne 75007 Paris, France Quantity of staff/months: 729 Starting date: Janvier 1999

Ending date: December 2012 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 15,633,332

Name of the partners (if relevant): ARSOE (regional associations providing IT services to livestock bodies), INRA (National Institute for Agronomic Research), EDE (LIvestock Establishments), Dairy and meat performances recording organisations, artificial insémination centers and breeding companies and cooperatives

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 15,633,332

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree in agronomics, specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : In the 1970', France has set up a national network of different information systems to allow genetic evaluations for cattle production, organized by INRA with the technical assistance of Institut de l'Elevage (French Livestock Institute). In 1999, this information system was renewed, in order to improve the homogeneity of data processing and validation procedures, thus of their reliability, to ease access to data and data sharing between stakeholders, to optimize costs. A collective work, orchestrated by the French Livestock Institute : The French Livestock Institute was in charge of the delegate and operational contracting, under the supervision of the French Ministry of Agriculture (genetic improvement department of food, sanitary security and veterinarian services) and of the Federation of livestock farmers organizations (CNE). The technical project management was shared between ARSOE (Regional associations supplying IT services to farmers) and INRA (French National Institute for Agronomic Research) and its CTIG (Genetics Information Center). During 10 years, this project has federated around 300 livestock organizations of the cattle supply chain: EDE (French Livestock establishments belonging to the Chambers of Agriculture), Dairy recording federations, meat recording federations, artificial insemination centers, semen production centers, Breeding organizations. The system is based on the following principles: - a unique template for data shared between IT services and the genetic information centre in charge of the genetic values calculations - a unique set of rules for the validation and management of the data collected and registered by all the stakeholders on field, thanks to new software functions developed at national level and transposable into each regional IT services information system's environment. For the first time, we had to group to an never know level all the livestock organizations concerned so that they involve into a new common architecture for their regional databases. Thus, they had to accept more dependency between them and with the national level (INRA's CTIG) fully integrated in the project management of a unique database spread on 11 different IT centers. A shared contracting between the French Ministry of agriculture and national livestock federations, for a total investment of 10 million Euros, excepting the support of INRA (in charge of the central system) and of all field stakeholders that have assumed all the system deployment and adaptation costs for each data processing software to provide IT services to farmers.

The project was completed in strict compliance with the provisional budget and schedule, which is remarquable for a project of this importance grouping so many stakeholders. It was developed into several steps: - 2000: Dairy recording data - 2002: Meat recording data - 2003: Parentage recording and certification, artificial inseminations recording - 2005 and 2006: Breeding applications Now that the French ruminants genetics sector has just reformed its applied research organization, it has an efficient collective and comprehensive tool, that, despite its size and complexity, has the capacity to be maintained and to evolve and at an affordable cost. The French bovine genetics Information system is the second database in the world. It registers around 110 million controlled animals, 800,000 farms, around 77 million inseminations and 460 million dairy performances results. This system serves primarily bulls and females recording purposes, but is also used on a daily basis by more than 4,000 technicians of livestock bodies and several hundred thousand livestock farmers have direct access to the system consult and update their data, through web based virtual portals . Thanks to the new Livestock steering Act, the interprofessional body France Génétique Elevage is now responsible for the system management and maintenance. The French Livestock Institute ensure its administration and functional and adaptative maintenance on a collective project management basis. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has designed and coordinated the whole project, by accomplishing the following tasks: - animation of the project Board of directors (steering committee assuming responsibility of this collective construction), - structuration of the project into different steps, different work packages and leadership on the working groups, - writing general functional analysis and functionnal specifications of each component - writing specifications for software programming to be achieved by the ARSOE (regional associations for IT services to farmers and their organisations) - studying tender applications to provide guidance to the board of directors on the suppliers selection - monitoring the implementation and receipt acknowledging of each function or application - contracting with external specialised consultants during the initial phase of the project - contracting with ARSOE de Bretagne, in charge of different software versions transposition into different information systems. Name of the Consultant :


2. Practical applications of national animal identification & traceability data (France)

Title of the project: Study of the zootechnic, sanitary and economic impacts of the Bluetongue epizootic in France, based on AI&T databases

Country: FRANCE




Specialised staff provided: Long term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences Long term veterinarians, specialised in animal health Short term experts in statistics Short term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences and genetics Short term experts in information systems and performance control Technicians

Name of the Client: AFSSA - Réseau Français pour la Santé Animale Contact: Mr Philippe Vannier, Head of animal health and welfare, ANSES, Phone: +33 2 96 01 62 22 [email protected]


Address: 27-31, avenue du Général Leclerc 94701 Maisons-Alfort Cedex France


Starting date: April 2008

Ending date: December 2010 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 257,146

Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 254,935

Name and position of the project leader: Béatrice Mounaix, Doctor in animal sciences, specialised in animal production, expert of the welfare, health, traceability and hygiene department of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : Context: In 2007, the major development of Bluetongue in France, further to its apparition in Northern Europe in 2006, has had major consequencies, mainly on: - strong effects on animal health, different according to the species (cattle and sheep), with in some cases an important production decrease, higher mortality and an impact on the reproductive function of females and bulls; - the restriction of animal circulation has highly disturbed the commercial exchanges on the French territory and with its neighbors indemn from the epizootic. Objectives: The French Livestock Institute was in charge of the coordination and project management of a study aiming at assessing the impact of the Bluetongue epizootic in cattle and sheep livestock farms in France in terms of: . production losses (decrease of dairy production, slowing of growth...) . animal mortality, especially in sheep, cull rate variations . reproduction (aborting, decrease of fertility...) . higher veterinary costs linked . modifications of herd management (fattening postponement, reproduction management...) The economic impact was deduced from the technical impact. Method: . Collecting local evaluations, harmonisation, synthesis. Inventory of the available information in neighbor countries affected by the Bluetongue (Belgique, Pays Bas...). . Complementory analysis of the national and local technical databases (performance control data, animal national identification database AI&T, permanent identification databases, economic data...). . Achievement of complementory surveys among technical and sanitary stakeholders. Member of the steering committee of the project: Institut de l'Elevage, APCA-CPDE (federation of the French

Chambers of agriculture), GDS France (federation of the French animal health protection groups), UNCEIA (federation of the French insemination and breeding centers), ANIO (national association for sheep insemination), Races de France (association of French breeds), France Contrôle Laitier (dairy performances recording federation), France Bovins Croissance (beef performances federation). Description of the services provided: Study management and organisation Writing of a scientific and financial report Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Management of the French genetic improvement of ruminants

Country: FRANCE

Location: France Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Long term agronomists specialised in animal science, experts on animal genetic improvement of cattle, sheep and goats Long term agronomists specialised in animal science, experts on animal identification information systems Long term agronomist specialised in animal science, experts on animal identification and associated information systems Long term experts in animal identification materials and devices

Name of the Client: French Ministry of Agriculture DGPAAT (Department agricultural products, politics and territories) Contact: Mrs Valérie Pieprzownik, Head of Milk, Dairy products and animal breeding Bureau, [email protected] phone: +33 1 49 55 46 11

Number of staff provided: -

Address: 3, rue Barbet-de-Jouy 75349 Paris SP 07 France Quantity of staff/months: 1,098 Starting date: January 2006

Ending date: December 2012 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 58,156,000

Name of the partners (if relevant): French Livestock Genetics members

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 58,156,000

Name and position of the project leader: Pierre-Louis Gastinel, head of the genetic department of Institut de l'Elevage, agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert on animal genetic improvement Description of the project : The Genetic Department of the French Livestock Institute ensures several missions of general interest by delegation of the French ministry of agriculture. In particular, it manages the whole French genetic improvement system (management of proven bulls recording, accreditation of breeding companies and stakeholders, validation and publication of proven bulls official genetic values). It is a technical resource for the value chain organisation of the French ruminant genetic improvement sector called French Livestock Genetics (FGE). This mission is accomplished under the supervision of the French ministry of agriculture and of all the French livestock stakeholders grouped into FGE (Livestock farmers federations, insemination centers federation, breeding organisations federation, dairy and meat recording federations, information systems federation, health management federation, chambers of agriculture federation, National Institute for agronomic research). Within this framework, the French Livestock Institute ensures the following missions: 1. Technical resource to the value chain organization for the French ruminant's genetic improvement and animal identification and traceability and information systems, the French Livestock Genetics (FGE), which encompasses: - project management - animation of FGE's thematic decision bodies, by delegation of the Board of directors, like: . quality management system on genetic improvement and animal identification operations . strategy of information systems . value chain by species (cattle, sheep, goats) 2 Methods design and development The French Livestock Institute ensures applied research and technologies integration in the genetic improvement and animal identification, traceability and their information systems. These last years, it has participated in the development of genomics in the cattle and sheep sectors and its contribution to performance recording methods and to breeding programmes. On this subject, the French Livestock Institute achieves studies and experiments in collaboration with the National Institute for agronomic research, so as to: • Identify and integrate the contribution of genomics to the efficiency of breeding programmes (markers assisted selection, search of interest genes, phénotyping development on new characters,

• Adapt in farm or in station performances recording methods to livestock farmers' expectations, while using the possibilities brought by new devices and diverse automations (electronic devices for dairy production, RFID communications, PAD,…), and by optimizing data available through all stakeholders in the value chain (herd management data, commercial data...), or by adapting measurements to herd size modifications. • Design, assess and deploy new methods allowing the quantitative and classic genetics to take into account new abilities in breeding criteria. 3 Breeding evaluations The work done by the French Livestock Institute associated the National institute for agronomic research through technologies units. It consists in: • Contributing to genetic evaluations of bulls in farm or in station, for routine evaluations and for testing or for testing phases for new developments. • Ensuring collective supply of official genetic values and accompanying of users by sharing information on testing procedures change or evolution; • Proposing breeding organisations of each breed the necessary elements for breeding goals, • Collaborating to fine tuning an international genetics evaluation for beef cattle through international projects. 4 Support to breeding programmes and quality procedures management, by delegation of the French ministry of agriculture and of livestock bodies to ensure genetic improvement and animal identification quality, including writing and updating quality documentation on methods and procedures, technical assistance to related organisations and global supervision of the quality management system. This concerns in particular: • Cattle parentage certification • Administrative management of data for proven bulls • Implementation and evolution of performances recording protocols and procedures, training of performances control agents, monitoring of dairy recording and analysis laboratories, production of statistics and quality indicators, monitoring on dairy performances recording devices. Description of the services provided: Project management Management of information systems Advise and technical assistance Training and training ingenierie Name of the Consultant :


3. Technical assistance to national animal identification & traceability systems (international)

Title of the project: Implementation of the Mexican national system of cattle identification and traceability (SINIIGA)

Country: MEXICO

Location: Mexico Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Middle term agronomist, specialised in animal sciences and livestock farmers and public bodies capacity building, engineering of animal identification systems Short term experts in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification Short term experts in animal identification materials and devices (eartags, electronic devices, hardware…)

Name of the Client: Mexican ministry of Agriculture (SAGARPA), National Confederation of Livestock Farmers’ Organisation (CNOG) of Mexico Contact: Mr Oswaldo CHAZARO, Chairman of CNOG, [email protected] phone:+525552033506


Address: 714, rue Mariano Escobedo, Colonia Anzures, 11590 Mexico City, District Fédéral, Mexico


Starting date: February 2003



Name of the partners (if relevant): Associate consultants: APCA-CPDE (federation of the French Chambers of agriculture), ARSOE de Bretagne/SENOE (information system supplier) Partners : French Ministry of Agriculture, department of food, sanitary security, veterinarian services – CVO

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 367,662 Co-financing French Livestock Institute : No

Name and position of the project leader: Arnault Villaret, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : The objective of this project is on the one hand the conception and implementation without delay of the national cattle identification system (SINIIGA) and on the other hand to develop information systems, based on a unique, individual and generalised identification of cattle, to reinforce in particular : - the epidemiological monitoring and health inspection of the national herd - the control of animal movements - the genetic management of populations and the promotion of products (traceability) The overall project value only takes into account the national system conception costs and not the global system implementation costs (identification devices, databases, human resources…). Description of the services provided: The request concerned neither a preliminary technical and financial study, nor the transfer of a “technological package” but guidance and advisory support for the construction of a system appropriate to the realities, needs and resource of Mexican livestock and organisations. The services provided by Institut de l’Elevage and structured around 3 main lines of work (the overall engineering of the project, the organisation of the system architecture and its information system, the technological resources of the system) are: - Global technical support to the Mexican decision-making authorities (SAGARPA and CNOG); - Global technical support to the National Technical Committee (national system’s organisation, animal identification devices, information system and data bases); - Drawing up of the national project’s methological framework (programming objectives, phases of work and time limits); - Expertise and technical field missions in Mexico

- Organisation and carrying out of specific training courses of Mexican Technical Committee in France; - Organisation of study trips and visits by Mexican delegations in France; - Participation in public awareness with presentations in General Meetings and meetings of livestock farmers’ managers and of Regional Directors of the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Accompanying public policy of the Ministry of Animal resources of Burkina Faso on animal identification, tracability and genetic improvement

Country: BURKINA FASO

Location: Burkina Faso Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences and livestock farmers and public bodies capacity building, engineering of animal identification and genetic improvement systems Short term experts in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification

Name of the Client: Ministry of Animal resources of Burkina Faso Contact: - Mr Sékou BA, Animal Resources Minister, [email protected] - Mr Drissa SIRI, CMAP (National Breeding Center) Chief Executive Officer, [email protected]


Address: Ouagadougou Quantity of staff/months: 12 Starting date: January 2006



Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 59,255 Co-financing French Livestock Institute: Yes

Name and position of the project leader: Jean-Noël Bonnet, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, former head of the international affairs of the French Livestock Institute and of the international bureau of the French livestock organisations, in charge of coordinating technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : Considering that livestock production is strategic for the development of the economy of Burkina Faso, is a key factor to achieve for powerty alleviation and food security reinforcement, the ministry of animal resources wishes to increase productivity by improving herd management and valorisation. It is involved in a profound restructuration and adaptation of its production systems, based on : - the setting up of a new set of regulations (livestock Act), - reorganisation of livestock organisations and all the stakeholders along the value chain, based on mutualism and cooperative enterprises, - a strong partnership between public, private and economic bodies. The French Livestock Institute has been accompanying the Ministry of Animal Resources of Burkina Faso from 2006 on a long term basis, by providing a technical assistance to contracting authority to for the setting up of a national cattle herd genetic improvement programme and a national individual, unique and sustainable animal identification and traceability system for cattle: - inventory of genetic improvement and animal identification in Burkina Faso, 2 preparatory missions for the design and implementation of a national policy of genetic improvement and herbivores identification in 2006 ;- organisation and training in France of representatives of the ministry of animal resources of Burkina Faso, on : "the design and implementation of national frameworks for animal and products traceability and identification, of the genetic improvement of cattle populations and of the relevant information systems : issues, organisation, functionalities… in a view of a new steering Act for the livestock sector" (October 2008). - participation to a seminar on animal identification and genetic improvement with the relevant experts of the ministry of animal resources of Burkina Faso and assistance to the writing of animal identification and genetic improvement reglementation. Expression of needs, review of critical factors fot the design and implementation of a national animal identification and traceability system, advise on a strategy and action plan. - permanent technical assistance to the Ministry of Animal Resources of Burkina Faso (2008-2010) for the writing of a steering Act on animal identification and genetic improvement, providing of documentation and livestock Act project review. Description of the services provided: Advising, technical assistance to constracting authority, training Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Identification system for cattle in Morocco

Country: MOROCCO

Location: Morocco Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences and livestock farmers and public bodies capacity building, engineering of animal identification systems Short term experts in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification

Name of the Client: Ministry of Agriculture of Morocco Contact: Dr Aderahmane BENLEKHAL, Head of animal production division of the Ministry of agriculture. Phone: ++212(0) 5.37.29.99.42, GSM: +212(0) 6.61.56.02.63, [email protected] [email protected]


Address: Rabat, Maroc Quantity of staff/months: 2 Starting date: April 2002

Ending date: April 2004 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 42,880

Name of the partners (if relevant): ARSOE Pays de Loire

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 42,880 Co-financing French Livestock Institute: Yes

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : Preliminary study for the design of a national system for identification of cattle (bovine) • Assessment of the current situation • Study of the main features of the identification database based on the French data base • Choice of pilot areas for pilot database testing • Propositions for the improvement of the existing identification and registration system • Specification of new field procedures and ear tags • Specifications of the data base • Assistance for specifications of on field identification operations First step: 2003/2004: identification of 400,000 cattle (total herd: 2,4 millions of cattle) Description of the services provided: • Provide assistance in project management, organisation, and information system design. • Training of technicians in charge of the data base Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Assistance to contractor and client for the setting up of a permanent identification and traceability system for cattle in New-Caledonia

Country: FRANCE – NEW CALEDONIA

Location: France - New Caledonia Scope :

Regional Sub-regional National

X Sub-national Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Middle term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences and livestock farmers and public bodies capacity building, engineering of animal identification and genetic improvement systems Middle term experts in AI&T, databases, information systems, animal identification

Name of the Client: Government of New Caledonia (DAVAR), New Caledonia Chamber of agriculture Contact: Mr Michel FALCO, Vice-CEO of DAVAR, [email protected]


Address: DAVAR : 8, route des Artifices - BP M2 - 98849 Nouméa cedex Chambre d’Agriculture de Nouvelle-Calédonie : 3, rue Alcide Desmazures, BP 111 - 98845 Nouméa cedex

Quantity of staff/months: 2,5




Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 53,600 Co-financing French Livestock Institute: No

Name and position of the project leader: Jean-Noël Bonnet, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, former head of the international affairs of the French Livestock Institute and of the international bureau of the French livestock organisations, in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : Context, justification: The Government of New-Caledonia wishes to set up a global identification and traceability system for cattle, and has entitled the Chamber of agriculture of New-Caledonia with this responsability. In a first phase, it will only concern the identification-traceability of cattle. It is based on a voluntary process from the livestock farmers, wich is highly encouraged through the financial support of public bodies. Considering the importance of the involvment and ownership by all the sector stakeholders (livestock farmers, livestock organisations representatives, technical services of New-Caledonia and its provinces, OCEF...), this project will have to take into account the needs of several frameworks such as sanitary programmes (for example for prophylaxis), genetic programmes (performances control, book keeping, artificial insemination...), zootechnic and economic monitoring, farm networks programme, as well as the livestock farmers expectations in terms of herd management. To achieve these aims, a strong concertation will be necessary alongside the projet between the client (Government of New Caledonia, assisted by the DAVAR), the contractor (Chamber of Agriculture) and other stakeholders of the livestock sector in New-Caledonia. In particular, a connexion will be set up with the existing informaiton systems (information system of the Cattle organisation, of the sanitary and statistic services of DAVAR... To handle this identification framework, the Chamber of Agriculture has already chosen an existing information tool broadly used in mainland France, called ORANI and developed by ARSOE de Ceyzeriat (CMRE), which is an SSII company specialised in agriculture softwares. Objectives : The Government of New-Caledonia has called for the technical assistance of the French Livestock Institute, due to its strong experience of: - technical assistance to clients in the design of animal information systems and frameworks, procedures and specifications, - technical assistance to contractors - coordination with all the stakeholders in France and in several countries.

Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute provides a full technical assistance to both client and contractor, as follows: 1- Technical assistance to client (DAVAR) on: • global design of the framework: identification and description of the main tasks, steering and monitoring activities... • strategic planification of the implementation : main steps, schedule, budget... • security of the information system, in connexion with the Department of technologies and information services (DTSI) of New-Caledonia 2- Technical assistance to contractor (Chamber of Agriculture of New-Caledonia) on : • design of procedures regarding farms, eartags, livestock farmers notifications towards the client and the other stakeholders • as the system will partly be based on electronic identification : desgin of specifications regarding materials, mobile of fix lecture • design of quality monitoring procedures for eartags • organisation of operational steering of farm management activities, eartags and livestock farmers • design of conventional and electronic eartags specifications for eartag producers • design of specifications for information systems providers on the following subjects: o database and its management rules o interfaces with external informaiton systems o valorisation, for example to the attention of livestock farmers o etc. • operational planification and project monitoring • organisation of communication and training The services provided by the French LIvestock Institute consist in: • 2 missions in New-Caledonia • concertation and coordination of the metropolitan stakeholders (ARSOE, EDE,...) able to provide an assistance and to contribute to the development of the animal identification and traceability system un New Caledonia, taking into account its integration to other information systems • organisation of study tours and training sessions in France for the persons reponsible for the project • participation to the design and writing of documents (specifications, procedures,...) • phone-meetings with the persons in charge of the project in New Caledonia Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Formulation of an institutional twinning project of technical assistance to the implementation of a traceability system of animals and animal products in Tunisia Contrat cadre bénéficiaire 2009. Lot 1 : rural development. Europeaid/127054/C/SER/MULTI

Country: TUNISIA

Location: Tunisia Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Middle term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal products traceability

Name of the Client: CA17, in consortium vith Landell Mills Contact: François BEAUDOUIN, CEO, [email protected]


Address: 5 rue Jacques Monod 17000 LA ROCHELLE - France





Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 18,500 Co-financing French Livestock Institute: No

Name and position of the project leader: Christophe Denoyelle, head of Meat quality department of the French Livestock Institute, master degree agronomist, senior expert in meat quality, technology and animal products traceability Description of the project : Main objective: Technical assistance to contractor, the Ministry of agriculture, water resources and fisheries of Tunisia, for the design of a national traceability system for animals and animal products. Services delivered : Technical assistance - Assesment of the current policies and strategic framework and diagnosis of the existing process regarding animal and animal products identification, through: . a review of the study regarding the current situation of animal and animal rpoducts traceability . a series of meetings with the persons responsible for animal and animal products traceability in the relevant public and private bodies of Tunisia, . an assesment of the identification methods and tools used within these different establishments in the traceability process among the different production fields (livestock farms, slaughter houses, value chain groupings, collecting centers, cutting and processing centers). - Presentation of several european countries experience of animal and animal products traceability that should be relevant for Tunisia and comparison with the methods and systems used by tunisian stakeholders.- Proposals so as to improve the architecture of a national traceability system of animals and animal products and design of recommendations on: . the institutional, regulatory, organisational framewor, including prerogatives, means in terms of management units and monitoring of the animal and animal products traceability . categories of identification data and registration, categories of codifications necessary by animal specie, product type and production system, allowing: management of herds to improve productivity, animal sanitory control and monitoring, economic, administrative monitoring and animal census, monitoring of animal movements in farms, traceability of living animals, traceability in slaughterhouses, meat cutting centers, and processing units, traceability in dairy collecting centers and dairy processing plants, labeling and traceability of milk, meat and other products . an information system (national data bases and registers, interfaces, hardware and infrastructures). - Definition of priorities by specie and product and proposal of a short and middle terms scenario for the creation and the effective launch of the traceability operations (starting and spreading phases) - Assesment, in collaboraiton with the beneficiary, of the current situation and acknoledgment of the main requirements for the implementation of the system selected (equipments, infrastructures, hardware, human resources, training...). - Assesment, in collaboration with the beneficiary, of the needs in terms of technical assistance and capacity building of the stakeholders involved in the traceability and identification system and design of the main parts of an institutional twinning programme aiming at providing theses stakeholders with the necessary support

for the design, achievement, implementation and management of a national animal and animal products traceability system. The technical assistance will provide a methodological note, a preliminary report and a final report. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has provided a senior expert on animal products traceability, who has accomplished: . 3 missions in Tunisia . Mission report . Twinning note draft Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Establishment of a National Animal Identification System in Macedonia Phase 2 Macedonia (No. 03MAC01-03/003) Small ruminants I&R expertise

Country: MACEDONIA

Location: Macedonia Scope :



Specialised staff provided: Short term expert in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification

Name of the Client: Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water economy of Macedonia, EU-funded project managed by the European Agency for Reconstruction Contact: Mr Ferdinand Schmidt, ADT Projekt Phone: +49 (228) 91447 – 34 [email protected]


Address: Leninova 2 - 1000 Skopje, FYR Macedonia Quantity of staff/months: 0,33 Starting date: November 2004

Ending date: May 2006


Name of the partners (if relevant): ADT Projekt Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 42,664 Co-financing French Livestock Institute: No

Name and position of the project leader: Louise Marguin, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science and II, senior expert of the animal identification, information systems and traceability department of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project: The overall and specific objectives were - To improve national animal production and facilitate the export of live animals and products of animal origin. - To facilitate the introduction of an EU-compliant food safety control system allowing a stable to table concept and full traceability of all animal movements. - To develop a concept for the establishment of an EU-consistent ovine and caprine I&R system based on the cattle I&R scheme. - To prepare a concept for the integration of the I&R system with other ministerial information systems such as the veterinary surveillance network. The results achieved by the Consultant were: 1. �A detailed concept, system design and implementation plan for extending the present I&R system to ovine and caprine animals in line with EU legal requirements has been prepared and relevant EU legislation for ovine and caprine I&R has been harmonized with FYR Macedonian Law. A small ruminant holding census has been designed its implementation assisted, monitored and reported upon. 2. Sheep and goat holding register is established. 3. A concept, system design and implementation plan for developing an integrated animal I&R and veterinary surveillance network is prepared, including agreed solution, technical design, workflow and information flow, data model and tender documents for procurement of all system components. Description of the services provided: 1. Prepare secondary legislation (Book of Rules) for ovine and caprine I&R. 2. Examine and, if deemed necessary, prepare any amendments to the FYR Macedonian primary I&R Law as regards ovine and caprine I&R in line with current EU legislation. 3. Prepare a realistic concept compliant with EU requirements relating to sheep and goat I&R. • Explore possible transitional arrangements • Examine with the beneficiary and the contracting authority whether or not the sheep and goat I&R system should incorporate animal health features 4. Design of the sheep and goat holding register • Include a GIS interface; • Include a detailed work flow and information flow; • Describe precisely the role of stakeholders, • Describe precisely the hardware, software and communications network; • Define ear tags and printed documents; • Assess human resource requirements incl.

• Assess training requirements. • Consider the future development of animal health functions (whether in the NEIS/LABIS system or elsewhere). 5. Preparation of an implementation strategy, including: procurement timetable, hardware and software installation and testing programme, training requirements, awareness and publicity campaigns, time schedule. 6. Identification of costs for the initial and ongoing operation of the system and concepts for financing the system on a sustainable basis. 7. Prepare supply tender documents (computer hardware, software, communications and network requirements, ear tags and printed materials, and any other inputs required (except for external services)). 8. Design, provision of hands on assistance and supervision and monitoring of a sheep and goat holding census, entry of the data onto a computer database, data verification and allocation of holding numbers. 9. Elaboration of questionnaire/census form and bidding documents for provision of services for enumeration, data entry and processing. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Design and implementation of a pilot and demonstration identification and traceability information system for meat production in China

Country: CHINA

Location: Beijing, China Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional □ National □ Sub-national X Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist, specialised in animal science and IT, senior expert in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification Short term agronomist, specialised in animal sciences, senior expert of technical assistance to contractor and clien

Name of the Client: INTERBEV, French Association for Meat and Cattle value chains Contact: Mr Yves Berger, Chief executive officer, [email protected]


Address: 207 rue de Bercy 75012 PARIS FRANCE Quantity of staff/months: 5,5 Starting date: 2007 Ending date: 2009 Approximate value of the services provided

(USD) : - Name of the partners (if relevant): Sino-French Center for research and development of cattle meat, Beijing, China, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 92,460

Name and position of the project leader: Louise Marguin, agronomist specialised in animal science and IT expert, project manager of the animal identification, information systems and traceability department of the French Livestock Institute Jean-Noël Bonnet, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, former head of the international affairs of the French Livestock Institute and of the international bureau of the French livestock organisations, in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : The development of traced value chains and products appears as an opportunity for Chinese cattle meat productions. Traceability is needed to improve livestock farmers revenue through enhancement of productivity and of sales price. It is strategical for maintaining livestock farming activity and for the development of meat industries. The Sino-French center for research and development of meat production held by the China Agricultural University and INTERBEV was entitled by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture to provide traced cattle meat during the Shanghai Olympic Games of 2008. This project was applied in two entreprises of cattle fattenning and slaughtering located near Beijing, chosen by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, named BEIJING JINWEIFUREN HALAL FOOD CO. and KERCHIM (which is the second producer of meat in China). The French Livestock Institute provided the technical assistance to contracting authority (INTERBEV) for the design and implementation of the pilot and demonstration information system for animal identification and traceability for the meat value chain. This project ended with a Forum on meat traceability held at the Sino-French Center for research and development of meat production in 2009, and the presentation of a paper by the French Livestock Institute on "French bovine meat quality : carcass grading, commercial quality and bovine meat cutting". Besides this projet, the French LIvestock Institute had provided a technical assistance to the Chinese Ministry of agriculture from 2003 to 2009, by exchanging on the two countries experience : - organisation and welcome of a study visit of several Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and the National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture (NERCITA) representatives concerned by animal identification in France in 2003, - participation in a seminar on animal health and veterinary public health in Beijing in 2005 (lecture on"The individual identification and traceability of cattle, the French experience of animal identification and traceability and information systems") - participation in the "Symposium on Safety Management, Inspection and Traceability Technology for Agro-products Quality, 2008" organised by NERCITA and lecture on "Traceability of Beef production and industry in France: unique identification number, passport, movements, slaughtering number..."

Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has provided the services of technical assistance to contracting authority (INTERBEV) for the design and implementation of a pilot and demonstration information system applyed to animal identification through technical recommendations, actions preparation and monitoring, including: - adaptation and implementation in the Chinese context of a French data collecting information system used by fattening centers and slaughtering houses linked with an eartags ordering database - design of a numbering, ear targs ordering system, supply chain, quality control, choice of the type of eartag - implementation of electronic identification and traceability of living animals in two fattening centers - technical assistance for the design of data collection, their analysis and reporting to small livestock farmers- writing a documentation of lobbying to help the extension of the pilot system into a national system - training in France of a Chinese student on the desgin and implementation of an information system for meat traceability. this student has become a permanent staff the Sino-French center for research and development of meat production. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Technical assistance to the national animal identification system in Jamaïca Agricultural support services project N RFP/ASSP/RFP 01-2008

Country: JAMAICA

Location: Jamaica Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal identification databases, information systems

Name of the Client: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica Contact: Agro-Investment Corporation Mr Chevannese Ricketts, Procurement Manager: [email protected]; [email protected] Dr. Candice Phipps: [email protected] Mr. Hershell Brown, Chief Executive Officer: [email protected]


Address: Hope Gardens. Kingston 6. Jamaica WI Quantity of staff/months: 2 Starting date: 2009 Ending date: 2011 Approximate value of the services

provided (USD) : 85,090

Name of the partners (if relevant): ADT Project, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica


Name and position of the project leader: Isabelle Boulesteix, master degree agronomist specialised in animal production, senior expert of information and technology systems for animal identification, recording and traceability, at the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : The objective of the consultancy is to guide the Ministry of Agriculture of Jamaica in the implementation of a naitonal animal identification system for Jamaica. The major activities are: 1- Defining and documenting the proposed national animal identification system. The current focus is on cattle; however; the prototype developed mist be applicable to the other species of farm animals. 2- Determining the economic cost and impact of the national animal identification system with recommendations for financing 3- Assisting in the drafting of appropriate legislation and regulations aimed at facilitating the national animal identification system 4- Designing a detailed implementation plan for the naitonal animal identification system 5- Guiding the initial start of the tagging process in at least two species. The study aims at drafting a detailed implementation plan including initial start of the tagging process in at least two species. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has provided the services of an information technology specialist, in charge of : - Assessing technical feasibility and IT requirements - Proposing IT strategy and general IT system requirement in terms of hardware and software nees at headquarters and field stations - Specifying hard and software procurement solution - Drafting technical specificaitons for hardware and software - Asissting tender evaluation of hard- and software and verify proposal of the software supplier. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Montenegro EU Animal Identification & Recording petits ruminants - phase II Europaid/126627/C/SER/ME (Animal Identification & Registration (I&R) - Phase II at Pogdorica Montenegro)

Country: MONTENEGRO

Location: Montenegro Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in small ruminants identification and recording Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in small ruminants identification, recording and breeding programmes

Name of the Client: European Commission on behalf of the Government of Montenegro Contact: Leopold Mauer, Head of Delegation; [email protected]


Address: European Commission, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium


Starting date: 2009 Ending date: 2011 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 85,090

Name of the partners (if relevant): ADT projekt Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 28,140

Name and position of the project leader: Jacques Holtz, expert in identification and recording of small ruminants, agronomist specialised in animal science of the French Livestock Institute Eric Jullien, backstopper, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert on animal identification and associated information systems of the French Livestock Institute Description of the project : The project provides technical assistance and institution building support to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. Its overall objective is to improve food safety standards of animal origin. The specific objective of the contract is to strengthen and expand the concept, system and implementation plan for an integrated animal I&R and veterinary information system (VIS) in line with EU standards to comprise the bovine, ovine and caprine species, with the possibility of future expansion to other animal species. The project has to strengthen the recently started bovine I&R system, expand the system to sheep and goats and develop a veterinary information system (VIS) including animal disease surveillance. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has provided the services of : 1, A small ruminants identification and recording (I&R) expert, to make a technical review of detailed implementation SR I&R, especially eartags, documents and registers, that is to say : - Assessment and recommendations on the type of eartag - Assessment and recommendations on eartag losses, infections, wounds - Assessment and recommendations onelectronic identification / RFID - Recommendations for SR data in the central database Output produced : report, draft notes. 2, A backstopper on small ruminants I&R issues Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Design and implementation of a national individual identification and traceability system for cattle in Colombia

Country: COLOMBIE

Location: Colombia Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist, specialised in animal sciences, senior expert of technical assistance to contractor and client on livestock policy, animal identification engineering and genetic improvement programmes Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of the design of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) (backstopping)

Name of the Client: FEDEGAN (National Federation of Colombian livestock farmers), ICA (Ministry of Agriculture of Colombia) Contact: Mrs Hélène DEZOTEUX, French Embassy, Economic services, Phone: 00.57.16.38.14.68 [email protected]


Address: Calle 37 No. - 31 PBX : 578 2020 - Colombia Quantity of staff/months: 1 Starting date: 2005 Ending date: 2005 Approximate value of the services provided

(USD) : 21,440 Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by

the French Livestock Institute (USD): 21,440

Name and position of the project leader: Arnault Villaret, master degree in agronomics specialised in animal science, senior expert in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Erik Rehben, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute (backstopping) Description of the project : The 914 Act of 2004 decided the design and implementation of a national animal individual identification and traceability system and its information system for cattle in Colombia (SINIGAN), including animal health monitoring, commercial data for internal market and exportation of meat. A national commission in charge of its definition was created, under supervision of the National Government. From 2003, the Colombian and French Ministries for agriculture and concluded a veterinarian and animal health cooperation agreement, aiming at improving animal food security in Colombia. This agreement include a cooperation on the national identification information systems. Thanks to its experience of technical assistance to the French ministry of agriculture (contracting authority of the French genetic information system), the French Livestock Institute was asked to provide its consultancy services and to accompany the Colombian ministry of Agriculture. The Resolution 377 dated 2009 launched officlially the design and implementation of the animal individual identification associated to the SINIGAN. It now registers 180,000 farms and 450,000 animals. Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has provided the following services: - presentation of the French experience of the design, implementation and adaptation of a national animal identification and traceability system and of other countries experience (Mexico in particular) - guidance on general concepts for the design of an animal identification and traceability system for cattle in Colombia - technical guidance to Technical Advisory Committee and recommendations on work plan and methodology for the development of the SNIIG including animal health monitoring, genetic improvement monitoring, commercial data for internal market and exportation of meat, fight againts cattle rustling, especially on: . project engineering : organisation, orientations, implementation process, methodology and procedures, involvement of different stakeholders . design of an animal identification tagging and registration system . design of an operation organisation and implementation process These services were delivered in two phases: - One mission in Colombia of 1 experts during 2 weeks. Backstopping from 1 expert in France - Comprehensive report including project analysis and recommendations and remote technical assistance. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Strategy for the design and implementation of a national animal identification and traceability system and its associated information system in Senegal

Country: SENEGAL

Location: Senegal Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal databases, information systems Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal identification and recording, international cooperation and breeding p

Name of the Client: Ministry of Livestock of Senegal Contacts: - Mrs Oumou Khaïry Gueye Seck, Minister of livestock; [email protected] - Dr Mamadou Ousseynou SAKHO, Chief of Livestock productions; [email protected] - Dr Ibrahima THIAM, Technical advisor, Ministry of Livestock, [email protected], phone: 00 221 33 859 06 31 / 77 657 14 41


Address: Dakar, Senegal Quantity of staff/months: 0,75 Starting date: 2009 Ending date: 2010 Approximate value of the services provided

(USD) : 16,080 Name of the partners (if relevant): - Approximate value of the services provided by

the French Livestock Institute (USD): 16,080

Name and position of the project leader: Béatrice Balvay, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, expert of animal information technology systems and traceability, at the French Livestock Institute Arnault Villaret, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : During the last years, the Ministry of Livetock (MINEL) of Senegal has launched several influential programmes for the modernisation and development of the livestock sector: health campaigns, a national information system (SIGEL), agricultural assurance (CNAAS), artificial insemination (PSIA),… From the beginning of year 2000, Senegal has also initiaed a national cattle identification system (le PRONIBS) with an aim fighting against cattle robbery. Like other livestock countries, and to allow national politics to reach their aims, this cattle identification system has to be reinforced and developed. Beyond technological aspects, its succes will rely on its good adaptation to the Senegal livestock context, on its operational organisation and on its good integration with other different information systems. Within this framework, the French Livestock Institute provides the Ministry of Livestock of Senegal with a permanent technical assistance to contractor, thus offering access to the French experience acquired by the French Livestock farming organisations during the last 40 years. This technical assistance aims at: - consolidating the national animal individual identification system of Senegal, so as to make it the reliable and efficient milestone of all important livestock development projects (SIGEL, CNAAS, PSIA, health monitoring…) launched these last years, - adaptating the current identification organisation in terms of technology (ear tags, electronic identification, web based applications, databases, software and hardware), of organisation and use development) to the context (livestock management, local staff available,…) and to the specific aims (fight against cattle robbery for example). Scope of the technical assistance: • writing a regulatory framework (livestock Act project) taking into account regional regulations applying to Senegal, • designing a identification organisation, including technical, organisational, administrative aspects), • designing an identification and information recording system able to be linked with other existing systems (SIGEL, PSIA, sanitairy and health monitoring system, CNAAS...) • staff training representatives and technicians and communication towards livestock farmers and other stakeholders.

Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute provides a permanent technical assistance to Ministry of livestock of Senegal including: - missions in Senegal - remote assistance - training, advice, documentation, regulation projects, action plan review Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: Design of an advising system to livestock farmers, relying on the use of the national system of animal identification in Poland 2006/018-180.04-02 - Twinning No: PL/06/IB/AG/01 "Development of integrated advisory system for farm management"

Country: POLAND

Location: Poland Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal databases, information systems Short term agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert in animal identification and recording

Name of the Client: French ministry of Agriculture, on European Commission Twinning programme funding concluded with Comité d'intégration Européenne de Pologne (UKIE) Contact: ADEPTA, Daniel PERRIN, chairman of ADEPTA, contracting authority: [email protected] Yves VAN HAECKE, General Council for Agriculture, Food and rural areas, phone: +33 1 49 55 55 64; [email protected] Mr Tadeusz KOZEK, Undersecretary of StateOffice of the Committee for European integration, phone: +48 22 455 52 41


Address: 78 Rue de Varenne 75007 Paris, France Quantity of staff/months: 1,35 Starting date: 2006 Ending date: 2008


Name of the partners (if relevant): APCA, ACTA, IFIP, Contrôle Laitier de Bretagne, MAAP DPEI, Arvalis-Institut du Végétal, CETIOM, Chambres Régionales d’Agriculture de Bretagne, du Centre, de Rhône Alpes, Arsoe de Bretagne/SENOE

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 15,598 Co-financing Institut de l’Elevage : No

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Bénédicte Fusai, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, animal identification information systems Description of the project : Overall objective of the project: development of an integrated advisory electronic management system in advisory units in Poland. Project purposes: - Establish for full application of advisory computer network - Development of effective system of farm management consisting of database for plant production, animal production, production economics, marketing of products, diversification of activities, interactive spread sheets , etc - Training of advisors to be ready for full operation within the framework of the integrated advisory system aimed at providing a feasibility study for the design of an information system including several aspects of advising in the agricultural sector, and on the adaptation of technical support tools. The 20 research and development units linked to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, have actively taken part in modernisation processes through R&D activity, as well as through implementation and dissemination of its results. All those public R&D Institutes and advisory services should take benefit from network connection and ICT both in Intranet view to disseminate information and harmonise development at country scale, as well as in individual Internet application at farm level. To build up such an integrated advisory system for farm management the present project will take benefit: - from the very wide experience of French R&D Institutes and professional and public advisory services; - from the Danish experience in performing an integrated advisory service.

Five thematic components structure the whole project for BC policy strategy and developments and can be easily connected to the main priorities assessed by the Rural Development Plan for 2007-2013 i.e.: - Axe 1 (Economy) competitiveness of agricultural sector including measures for modernisation of the holdings and added-value improvement of the basic products - Axe 2 (Environment): sustainable development caring about environmental issues – components 1 and 2 including cross-compliance approach - Axe 3 (Social): diversification of rural areas in which French experience should be very profitable – component 5 Components: 1: to define network computer applications in plant production 2: to define network computer applications in animal productions 3: to define network computer applications in production economics 4: to define network computer applications in marketing 5: to define network computer applications in diversification 6: to define a computer network infrastructure 7: to define applications of Information and Communication (ICT) systems and programs Regarding ruminants (Axe 1 - component 2), the following actions were completed: - Diagnosis was performed by Institut de l’Elevage - General architecture of the information system Architecture générale du système d’information : Institut de l’Elevage - Technical advisory system in dairy production : Regional chamber of agriculture of Brittany - Hardware pecifications for technicians/livestock advisors (ARSOE de Bretagne/SENOE) - Seminar grouping all working groups - Publication on websites - Final Twinning project closing conference in October 2009 in Kracow Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has supplied 6 experts on the animal production phase: o Needs and constraints analysis o Design of the informaiton system global architecture o Coordination of patners of the ruminant sector (Regional chamber of agriculture of Brittany, ARSOE de Bretagne/SENOE) Nom du Consultant :


Title of the project: Strategic analysis of the cattle genetic improvement value chain in India

Country: INDIA

Location: India Scope: □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomist, specialised in animal sciences Short term agronomist, specialised in animal sciences, senior expert of technical assistance to contractor and client on livestock policy, animal identification engineering and genetic improvement programmes

Name of the Client: French Livestock Genetics Contact: Pierre-Louis Gastinel, General secretary Phone: +33 1 40 04 52 02 [email protected]


Address: 149 rue de Bercy 75595 Paris cedex 12 - France



Ending date: June 2009 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 76,648

Name of the partners (if relevant): BAIF, French Livestock Genetics members

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 76,648 Co-financing Institut de l’Elevage : No

Name and position of the project leader: Mathilde Fonteneau, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, expert at the internaitonal cooperation office of the French Livestock organisations Jean-Noël Bonnet, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, former head of the international affairs of the French Livestock Institute and of the international bureau of the French livestock organisations, in charge of coordinating the technical assistance to foreign public and livestock organisations bodies on designing and implementing national AI&T projects Description of the project : Main goals: Considering the needs of the Indian bovine genetic improvement sector for high genetic value proven bulls semen and embryos with an aim to: - securing the dairy producers revenue, - increasing the indian dairy production and profitability by improving animal productivity, - strengthening the dairy industries, - responding the the increasing demand of indian consumers for dairy products,... France Génétique Elevage (France Livestock Genetics interprofession) has ordered the French Livestock Institute an analysis of the Indian bovine genetic improvement sector. Description of the services provided: The French LIvestock Sector has provided the following services: - Bibliography, review of existing data (reports, articles, Internet websites, scientific publications, etc.) ; - Meetings in India and in France with Indian and French genetic improvement specialists and dairy sector and genetics stakeholders - Writing of a provisional draft - Review of the draft by Indian representatives of the genetic sector and scientists - Concertation with French stakeholders - Preparation and 10 days mission in India to collect complementary information - Final writing - Communication and publication in France and India through 3 conferences in Karnal, Ahmedabad et Bangalore grouping several hundred staholders of the Indian genetic improvement and dairy production sector. - Publication of an information letter to the attention of Indian stakeholders edited by France Génétique Elevage promoting the French genetics and their assets for the Indian production improvement. Name of the Consultant :


Title of the project: A Strategy and an Action plan for an Animal Identification and traceability System for India TCP/IND/3302 (D)

Country: India

Location: India Scope : □ Regional □ Sub-regional X National □ Sub-national X Pilot

Specialised staff provided: International expert in AI&T and team leader International expert in AI&T operations and costs International expert in AI&T processes International expert in AI&T strategy

Name of the Client: Food and Agricutlure Organization of the United Nations Address: 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110003, India


Origin of the funding : FAO, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries of India



Ending date: December 2012 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 228,797

Name of the partners (if relevant): Institut de l'Elevage, Senoe


Name and position of the project leader: Hans Schild, team leader; Erik Rehben, expert of Animal identification and traceability Institut de l'Elevage Description of the project : The 2003 agricultural census showed that India has a total bovine population of 289 million animals. The sheep population is 58 million; there are 124 million goats and 13.5 million pigs; which, including other minor species, gives a total livestock population of 485 million. In addition there are 489 million poultry. The livestock sector provides significant self-employment opportunities. In a national survey, 11.44 million people list the animal husbandry sector as their primary work and a further 11.01 million gave it as a secondary source of work. These numbers represent 5.5% of the total working population of the country. Out of the 22.45 million persons engaged in the animal husbandry sector, 16.84 million are women (75%). The value of output from livestock during 2007-08 was INR 2,40,601 crore (USD53.5 Billion) which is about 27% of the output from the Agriculture and Allied Sectors. The Government of India requested technical assistance and advice from FAO for the establishment of an animal identification and traceability system which will initially focus on cattle and buffaloes. A short fact finding mission was undertaken by the Senior Animal Production and Health Officer, RAP. The mission highlighted the following issues: • There are no national guidelines, strategy or standards for an animal identification and traceability system. Existing systems serve specific needs and do not link. • An FMD control programme has been launched, but animal movements cannot be controlled. Quarantine border controls are not completely functional. • There is considerable potential to expand the export of buffalo meat, provided that an AI&T system is in place to meet the hygiene and traceability requirements of the importers. • Genetic improvement programmes are in place, but they are having mixed results. Animal identification and performance recording would support these programmes. • Livestock insurance companies also require an animal identification scheme. The project has produced a strategy and an action plan for an animal identification and traceability system for India. This will enable the Government to implement such a system in one pilot state. A complete description of the current status of the factors which are critical to the design and implementation of an animal identification and traceability system will be undertaken in order to prepare the strategy and action plan.

Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Institute has achieved the following tasks and produced the following outputs: Output 1: A complete description of the current status of the factors which are critical to the design and implementation of an animal identification and traceability system Activities: • Establishment of a work plan and terms of reference for individual studies related to the critical factors. This will include an inception workshop to share information and to endorse the work plan. • National experts undertook studies on each of the critical factors over a three month period and prepare reports on each • Peer review and confirmation of the findings of each study through a workshop. Output 2: Strategy and action plan for an animal identification and traceability system • Based on the review of results from studies prepared under Output 1, map the legislative, policy, institutional, technical, human resource and farming system landscape that the AI&T system must operate in. • Design a strategy for an AI&T system in India. This will include the objectives, principle system features and coverage within the country. • Identify an area for a pilot intervention of the AI&T system. • Elaborate an implementation plan for the introduction of the AI&T system in the pilot area. This will include a description of the architecture and procedures of the AI&T system in the pilot area, roles and responsibilities, human (staffing), technical (devices and software) and organizational requirements, investment and running costs (initial for census and on-going operation), provision of guidance to prepare legislation for AI&T, phasing and timing. • Prepare a road map for staggered implementation with full functionality after 10 years. • Obtain an endorsement of the strategy and action plan for an animal identification and traceability system in a workshop involving key stakeholders. Nom du Consultant :

Institut de l’Elevage

Title of the project: AgriXchange - A common data exchange system for agricultural systems in the European Union

Country: European Union

Location: Europe Scope: X Regional □ Sub-regional □ National □ Sub-national □ Pilot

Specialised staff provided: Short term agronomists, specialised in animal sciences and IT systems

Name of the Client: European Commission Contact:


Address: 149 rue de Bercy 75595 Paris cedex 12 - France Quantity of staff/months: 10

Starting date: 2009 Ending date: 2012 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 228,797

Name of the partners (if relevant): . The project consortium consists of 15 partners from 11 countries: Wageningen University & Research Center (LEI, LSR, Alterra) - The Netherlands Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (KTBL) - Germany MTT Agrifood Research - Finland Wireless Info (WRLS) - Czech Republic Institut de l'Elevage (ELEV) - France Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA) - Spain Teagasc - Ireland Universität Rostock - Germany Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau (FIBL) - Switzerland Altavia - Italy Poznan University of Life Sciences (PULS) - Poland ACTA Informatique - France Progis software - Austria . supporting partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality - The Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture - France

Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 107,535 Co-financing Institut de l’Elevage : Yes

Name and position of the project leader: Erik Rehben, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, senior expert of animal identification, information systems and traceability (AI&T) of the French Livestock Institute Bénédicte Fusai, master degree agronomist specialised in animal science, animal identification information systems Description of the project : Within the knowledge-based bio-economy, information sharing is an important issue. In agri-food business, this is a complex issue because many aspects and dimensions play a role. An installed base of information systems lack standardization, which hampers efficient exchange of information. This leads to inefficient business processes and hampers adoption of new knowledge and technology. Especially, the exchange of information at whole chain or network level is poorly organized. Although arable and livestock farming have their own specific needs, there are many similarities in the need for an integrated approach. Spatial data increasingly plays an important role in agriculture. The overall objective of this project is to coordinate and support the setting up of sustainable network for developing a system for common data exchange in agriculture. This will be achieved by: - establishing a platform on data exchange in agriculture in the EU; - developing a reference framework for interoperability of data exchange; - identifying the main challenges for harmonizing data exchange. First, an in-depth analysis and investigation

of the state-of-the art in EU member states will be carried out. A platform is built up that facilitates communication and collaborative working groups, that work on several, representative use cases, guided by an integrative reference framework. The framework consists of a sound architecture and infrastructure based on a business process modeling approach integrating existing standards and services. The development is done in close interaction with relevant stakeholders through the platform and international workshops. The results converge into a strategic research agenda that contains a roadmap for future developments. The project consortium consists of 14 partners from 11 countries covering different disciplines, stakeholder views and experiences with information management and standardization. First, an in-depth analysis and investigation of the state-of-the art in EU member states will be carried out. A platform is built up that facilitates communication and collaborative working groups, that work on several, representative use cases, guided by an integrative reference framework. The framework consists of a sound architecture and infrastructure based on a business process modeling approach integrating existing standards and services. The development is done in close interaction with relevant stakeholders through the platform and international workshops. The results converge into a strategic research agenda that contains a roadmap for future developments. The project consortium consists of 13 partners from 11 countries covering different disciplines, stakeholder views and experiences with information management and standardization. www.agrixchange.eu/ Description of the services provided: The French Livestock Sector has provided the following services as a partner: participation in project meetings and work packages: WP2 : Analysis of current situation in EU-27 and Switzerland (2.5 mois homme pour l’Institut de prévus) WP3 : Set-up of agriXchange platform (0.5 mois homme pour l’Institut de prévus) WP4 : Development of a reference framework for interoperability (5 mois homme pour l’Institut de prévus) WP5 : Synthesis, recommendations and defining of the SRA (1 mois homme pour l’Institut de prévus) WP6 : Stakeholder integration and dissemination (1 mois homme pour l’Institut de prévus) Name of the Consultant :


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