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Stakeholder roles and responsibilities
Stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities on Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR)
1. National department responsible for agriculture
- National coordinator and secretariat
- Source funding
- Administer policy, strategy and legislation
2. Provincial departments responsible for agriculture
- Coordination of provincial FAnGR management activities (including characterization)
- Collection and verification of FAnGR data
3. Breed societies
- Custodians of breed standards (phenotypic characterization).
4. Livestock breeders, owners and keepers
- Custodians of FAnGR
- Support conservation initiatives
5. Research institutions
- Conduct research and development relevant to the management of FAnGR
- Technology transfer relevant to the management of FAnGR
- Source funding
6. Institutions of higher learning
- Conduct research and development relevant to the management of FAnGR
- Technology transfer relevant to the management of FAnGR
- Graduate and post-graduate training
- Source funding
7. Commodity organisations
- Source funding
- Value-adding ( marketing)
- Support conservation initiatives