by VSF | Oct 15, 2018 | News
VSF International organized two workshops to share experiences on One Health implementation in pastoral areas. The workshops took place on 12th September at the Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) conference in Bologna, Italy, and on 19th September at the...
by VSF | Oct 9, 2018 | News
VSF International participated to the FAO-OIE Global Conference on Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) held in Brussels on 6th and 7th September 2018. The conference, titled “Partnering and investing for a Peste des Petits Ruminants-free world”, counted over 150...
by VSF | Jul 6, 2018 | News
From 2007 to 2013, the VSF network run two subsequent EU funded projects to raise awareness on small scale farming in relation to food security and climate change. 2007-2010: “Promoting small-scale farming in the southern countries: a stake for fighting...
by VSF | Jul 3, 2018 | News
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has become an endemic disease in West and Central Africa. Although it remains a low-mortality disease, its overall impact is enormous in terms of the number of animals affected and the direct and indirect losses it causes. For small...
by VSF | Jun 12, 2018 | News
Once again, the debate on sustainable diets and in particular on (not) eating animal-derived products is resurfacing in the media, as illustrated most recently by an article in The Guardian. The paper reported on a study by J. Poore and T. Nemecek entitled ‘Reducing...
by VSF | Apr 9, 2018 | News
On the occasion of the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology (3-5 April 2018, Rome) Hervé Petit of VSF International participated to a panel session on Agroecology, Health and Nutrition, explaining how Agroecology and One Health go hand-in-hand. The concept of...
by VSF | Mar 4, 2018 | News
On 23rd February, VSF International, LEGS, ECHO and the FAO liaison office in Brussels organized a panel session on “Livestock-based Interventions to Build Resilience in Pastoral Areas”. The panel session aimed at introducing the rationale behind...
by VSF | Feb 19, 2018 | News
VSF International, the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) project and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) are co-organizing a lunch-time conference on 23rd February 2018 at ECHO headquarters in Brussels. The...
by VSF | Nov 20, 2017 | News
VSF International supports the declaration of a family farming decade, and signed the following letter of support: « Family Farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a...
by VSF | Oct 11, 2017 | News
At the annual meeting held in Lisbon on 7th October, VSF International welcomed two new members of the network: VIVA and VSF Sweden. VIVA (Volunteers in Irish Veterinary Assistance) was founded in 1999 to assist livestock aid programmes in the Developing World. VIVA...
