2nd Cattle Network Workshop

"Development Trends in Small Cattle Farms"

15 September 2006, Antalya - Turkey

 Session 1: The cattle sector from a global perspective

Chairman: Abele Kuipers

Global trends in beef production - Jean-Noël Bonnet

Trends in dairy husbandry - Abele Kuipers

Global trends in dairy production - Torsten Hemme

Cattle sector in Turkey - Çagla Yüksel Kaya

Overview of the cattle sector in South-East Europe, the Caucasian region, Central Asia and the Middle East - Kurt J. Peters

 Session 2: Success stories in the development of small cattle farms

Chairman: Arunas Svitojus

Advanced technologies allow small dairy farms in Israel to be competitive - Israel Flamenbaum

A profitable and sustainable improvement of the cattle production in small holders Egyptian herds by the use of adapted genetic material - Ahmed Tawfik

Improvement of dairy production in small holders Albanian farms by transferring a package of adapted technologies - Agin Cili

Specific trends of development in small and medium cattle farms in South Caucasus - Giorgi Saghirashvili

 Session 3: Regional development trends in small cattle farms

Chairman: Arunas Svitojus

Heifer International model of sustainable management of small scale cattle farms in Central and Eastern Europe - Rafal Laski

Cattle production trends in the region of ex Yugoslavia - Igor Stokovic

The condition and development of small cattle-breeding farms in Uzbekistan - Yusup Ibragimov

Dairy cattle breeding and production in small farms in Serbia - Vladan Bogdanovic

 Session 4: Group work

Chairman: Kurt Peters

Group discussion