Animal identification and traceability Project References

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1 Animal identification and traceability Project References January 2013

2 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) 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 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 DESIGN OF AN ADVISING SYSTEM TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS, RELYING ON THE USE OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION IN POLAND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF THE CATTLE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT VALUE CHAIN IN INDIA AGRIXCHANGE A COMMON DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION A STRATEGY AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR AN ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY SYSTEM FOR INDIA... 15

3 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 Location: France Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot 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 bicma.sdspa.dgal@agriculture.gouv.fr, phone: Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard Paris, France Starting date: January Ending date: 1999 December 2012 Name of the partners (if relevant): France Génétique Elevage (FGE) Country: FRANCE 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) Number of staff provided: 13 Quantity of staff/months: 842 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 13,317,299 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

4 (identifications, movements, slaughters ). It concerns 215,000 farmers, 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 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 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 :

6 Title of the project: Design and implementation of electronic identification for sheep and goats in France Location: France Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national X Pilot 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 bicma.sdspa.dgal@agriculture.gouv.fr, phone: Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard Paris, France Starting date: Ending date: December 2005 December 2009 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 Country: FRANCE 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 ) Number of staff provided: 5 Quantity of staff/months: 54 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 3,618,000 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 implementation of batch traceability in implementation of individual electronic identification in implementation of a compulsory individual monitoring of small ruminants movings from 2011 to 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, 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.

7 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, 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 :

8 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 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 bicma.sdspa.dgal@agriculture.gouv.fr phone: short term experts in I & R, databases, information systems, animal identification Number of staff provided: 3 Address: 251 rue de Vaugirard Paris, France Quantity of staff/months: 10,3 Starting date: September 1999 Ending date: December 2012 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 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 :

9 Title of the project: Creation of the National Information System for genetic evaluation of cattle (SIG) Country: FRANCE Location: Toute France Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot 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, valerie.pieprzownik@agriculture.gouv.fr, phone: 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 Number of staff provided: 14 Address: 78 Rue de Varenne 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 Approximate value of the services provided by the French Livestock Institute (USD): 15,633,332 (National Institute for Agronomic Research), EDE (LIvestock Establishments), Dairy and meat performances recording organisations, artificial insémination centers and breeding companies and cooperatives 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.

10 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: : Dairy recording data : Meat recording data : Parentage recording and certification, artificial inseminations recording 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 :

11 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 Location: France Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot Name of the Client: AFSSA - Réseau Français pour la Santé Animale Contact: Mr Philippe Vannier, Head of animal health and welfare, ANSES, Phone: philippe.vannier@anses.fr Address: 27-31, avenue du Général Leclerc Maisons- Alfort Cedex France Starting date: April Ending date: December Name of the partners (if relevant): - Country: FRANCE 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 Number of staff provided: 18 Quantity of staff/months: 27 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 257,146 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

12 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 :

13 Title of the project: Management of the French genetic improvement of ruminants Location: France Scope: Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot 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, valerie.pieprzownik@agriculture.gouv.fr phone: Country: FRANCE 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 Number of staff provided: - Address: 3, rue Barbet-de-Jouy 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,

14 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 :

15 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) Location: Mexico Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot Country: MEXICO 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, oswaldo.chazaro@cnog.com.mx phone: Address: 714, rue Mariano Escobedo, Colonia Anzures, Mexico City, District Fédéral, Mexico Starting date: February Ending date: 2003 December 2012 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 Number of staff provided: 6 Quantity of staff/months: 47 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 25,125,000 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

16 - 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 :

17 Title of the project: Accompanying public policy of the Ministry of Animal resources of Burkina Faso on animal identification, tracability and genetic improvement Location: Burkina Faso Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot Country: BURKINA FASO 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 Number of staff provided: 5 of Burkina Faso Contact: - Mr Sékou BA, Animal Resources Minister, sekou.ba@mra.gov.bf - Mr Drissa SIRI, CMAP (National Breeding Center) Chief Executive Officer, idrissiri@yahoo.fr Address: Ouagadougou Quantity of staff/months: 12 Starting date: January Ending date: December Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : Name of the partners (if relevant): - 59,255 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 ( ) 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 :

18 Title of the project: Identification system for cattle in Morocco Location: Morocco Scope : Regional Sub-regional X National Sub-national Pilot 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) , GSM: +212(0) , a.benlekhal@yahoo.fr sagde2005@yahoo.fr Country: MOROCCO 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 Number of staff provided: 2 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 :

19 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 Location: France - New Caledonia Scope : Regional Sub-regional National X Sub-national Pilot Name of the Client: Government of New Caledonia (DAVAR), New Caledonia Chamber of agriculture Contact: Mr Michel FALCO, Vice-CEO of DAVAR, michel.falco@gouv.nc Address: DAVAR : 8, route des Artifices - BP M Nouméa cedex Chambre d Agriculture de Nouvelle-Calédonie : 3, rue Alcide Desmazures, BP Nouméa cedex Starting date: January Ending date: December Name of the partners (if relevant): - Country: FRANCE NEW CALEDONIA 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 Number of staff provided: 2 Quantity of staff/months: 2,5 Approximate value of the services provided (USD) : 53,600 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.

20 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 :