Acknowledgements

This 1st edition of the Livestock and Environment Toolbox was produced under the project "Preparation of a Livestock and Environment Toolbox" organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative (LEAD).

The toolbox was developed by an international consortium led by Natural Resources International Ltd., involving experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, UK), the International Agricultural Centre (IAC, the Netherlands) and Centre de cooperation internationale en recherche agronomique pour le developpement (CIRAD, France), sponsored by the European Commission (EC) and complemented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for the India case study.

The Livestock and Environment Toolbox is based on a global study on livestock and environment interactions. It constitutes an innovative electronic tool for the decision makers in livestock development. It was implemented by a core team consisting of M. Gill (NRInternational, UK), K.L.I. Campbell, J.F. Morton, and N.H. Hodgson (NRI, UK), B. Toutain, and A. Ickowicz (CIRAD-EMVT, France), and A.J. Nell, and P. Leegwater (IAC, The Netherlands), with contributions from case study counterparts including M. Adams, R. Poccard-Chapuis, J. Bastos da Veiga, (Goeldi and EMBRAPA, Brazil); F. Yan, G. Liu (RCRE, China); B. R. Mangurkar (BAIF, India); H. Mulder (SDC, Switzerland); A.T Diop, O. Toure (ISRA, Senegal); I. Toure (CIRAD, France); C. Ebong, and G.H. Ogwang (NAARI and NEMA, Uganda). Other people contributed through their participation in international workshops during the toolbox development in Kampala and Brussels, and in LEAD Steering Committee meetings in London and Paris.

The work was co-ordinated and guided by a FAO team (H. Steinfeld, M. Rosales, M. Sánchez, A. Kamakawa, C. Ellefson, and L. Contaldi) in collaboration with C. Cees de Haan (Chairman of the LEAD Steering Committee, WB) and P. Vialatte (EC).

Uganda Workshop

> J. Kabirizi, and C.P. Otim (NAARI, Uganda); P. Kristjanson (ILRI, Kenya); M. Rosales (CIPAV, Colombia) and J. Njoka (University of Nairobi, Kenya).

Belgium Workshop

> Case Study countries: M. S. Neto (EMBRAPA, Brazil); G. Gumisiriza (NAARI, Uganda); Z. Wen (Ministry of Agriculture, China); M. Faye, C.G. Sylla, and I. Sall (Ministries of Senegal) and V. K. Taneja (Ministry of Agriculture, India).

> EU Livestock experts: L. A. Cardoso (Centro de Veterinaria e Zootecnica, Portugal); J. Domenech (CIRAD-EMVT, France); M. Ghirotti (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy); H. Hondrokouki (FMD Institute, Greece) and J. Tanner (DFID, UK).

> Steering Committee: J. Henriksen (DANIDA, Denmark); J. Madsen (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark); P. Chedanne (Ministére dela Coopération, France); B. Ke. (RCRE, China) and J. Gauthier (WB).

> Observers: U. Werblow (DG VIII, EC); Gavché (SCR); F. Jacobs (DEV-A-5); K. Ayviercom (DG VI.II.I.A); M. Jensen. (ECOTEC); S. R. Van Eysinga (DG.DEV.AI7) and B. Rey, (Delegation Kenya).

Steering Committee Meetings in London and Paris

> J. L. François, E. Leblanc (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France); P. Kerby (DFID); S. Holden (LID); J. Turk (USAID); M. Ibrahim and C. Pomareda (CATIE); I. Pradeep (SDC); A. Von Lossau (GTZ); S. Jutzi (FAO); W. Masiga (OAU/IBAR, Kenya); P. Ndiaye (Université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, Senegal); A. Khare (ERM, India) and P. Gerber (FAO).

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