Aborde les thèmes suivants : gestion durable pour un pâturage de qualité, manipulation nutritionnelle et qualité des produits, gestion des animaux au pâturage pour des produits de qualité, méthodologie d'évaluation des parcours et d'aliments non conventionnels. ©Electre 2024

The first joint seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Sheep and Goat Nutrition and Mountain and Mediterranean Pastures Sub-Networks, was held in Granada (Spain), from 2 to 4 October 2003 and was organised, under the auspices of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, by CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and CIHEAM (Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes), in collaboration with INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Tecnológica Agraria y Alimentaria), Caja Rural de Granada, Junta de Andalucía (Consejerías de Educación y Ciencia y Agricultura y Pesca), DAP (Empresa Publica de Desarrollo Agrario y Pesquero), Grupo de Desarrollo Rural del Altiplano de Granada, ANCOS (Asociación Nacional de Criadores de Ovino Segureño) and Ayuntamiento de Huéscar (Granada).

The international coordinators of FAO-CIHEAM Networks on Sheep and Goat and on Pastures and Fodder Crops decided to combine the 10th Seminar on Sheep and Goat Nutrition with the 12th Meeting of the Sub-Networks on Mountain and Mediterranean Pastures and organized the first joint seminar.

This joint seminar focused on topics related to sustainable grazing, nutritional utilization and quality of sheep and goat products. Sessions dealt with sustainable management for quality pastures, nutritional manipulation and product quality, management of grazing animals for pastures and non-conventional foods evaluation. Furthermore, three round tables were organised to discuss the following topics: traceability of products in grazing systems, alternative methods to control pathogens in grazing animals and indicators of sustainable systems.

In addition to the scientific programme, a field trip was organized to the area of the Altiplano, in the north of the Granada province, where different groups are involved in local development of goat and sheep production and rural tourism.

Ninety-six participants from 20 countries attended the seminar (Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK, USA) as well as representatives or scientists from CIHEAM and FAO. A total of 70 papers were presented and discussed, including introductory papers, oral presentations and posters, sixty-three of which have been selected to be published in these proceedings.