Animal Health and Welfare, Human Well-being, Food Security and Sustainability 61- international and regional liaison and cooperation;
- licensing of vaccines and drugs;
- close liaison with farmers’ groups and private-sector animal-health and
human support services;
- quality assurance of public and private animal health and welfare services.
Some key areas where support networks can provide resources are
shown in the following list (the last five bullet points are adapted from FAO,
2002). They could enable:
- Identification of farmer well-being issues (FCN, 2015).
- Provision of contact details for support services.
- Communication and alert networks for professionals visiting farms oc-
casionally (vets, auditors, neighbouring farmers, etc.).
- Identification of poor animal and human welfare issues.
- Analysis of data to assist any of the above by triggering early-warning
systems which can enable early-stage support mechanisms to both
farmers and animals.
- Use and development of people’s abilities and skills to analyse and evaluate
their surroundings, including the livestock and their environment.
- People to analyse their situations and see how human, animal and envir-
onmental resources are being used efficiently and effectively, thus setting
local priority needs.
- People to study their own methods of animal care, production and
management.
- An increase in the sense of collective responsibility for implementation,
monitoring and evaluation.
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