Can countries in the region do without mobile breeding systems? Should livestock be relocated closer to consumption areas, or should animals be slaughtered nearer to production zones? How can cross-border trade be secured and distance-related costs reduced?
These questions will be at the heart of a roundtable discussion bringing together economists, sociologists, animal production specialists, and representatives of professional and interprofessional organizations.
Jean-Marc Gravellini – Head of the FERDI Chair "Agricultural modernization policies in Africa"
Catherine Araujo Bonjean – CNRS researcher at CERDI-UCA, Scientific Advisor to the FERDI Chair on Agricultural Modernization Policies in Africa
↪ Economic analysis of the spatial distribution of activities within the regional beef value chain.
Bernard Bonnet – Program Manager at IRAM, Actors, Resources, and Territories Division
↪ Discussion on the comparative advantages of Sahelian countries: availability of pastoral resources, land accessibility, forage production, and species adapted to local conditions.
Bio Goura Soulé – Professor-Researcher and Coordinator Milk offensive Project of West Africa (PAOLAO), Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
↪ Presentation of the vision shared by key public and private stakeholders regarding the development of livestock and mobile livestock systems across West Africa.
El Hadj Issaka Sawadogo – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of National Federations of the Livestock and Meat Sectors of West Africa (COFENABEVII)
↪ COFENABEVI’s actions to improve the governance of regional trade in Sahelian cattle destined for coastal cities.
