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With participation from Organised by :
Under the high patronage of
With financial support from
And support from
« SELECTING, DIVERSIFYING, ADAPTING AND
VALUING BREEDS »
WHY AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING STUDYING SHEEP AND GOATS
?
An unmatched occasion based on the sheep sector generally and local mountain breeds in
particular, the Festival de la Brebis (Ewe Festival) used to be organized every four years at the
Lycée Agricole de Saint-Affrique (Aveyron/France). This Festival has now been replaced by
the first Carrefour International Ovin/Caprin (international forum on sheep and goats)
(CIOC).
The four organising partners are : Unité Pour la RAce Lacaune (UPRA Lacaune), the COllectif
des RAces locales des Massifs (CORAM) and the Lycée Agricole La Cazotte de Saint-Affrique
(Aveyron). The goat sector, which faces similar problems to those in sheep rearing, is also
involved in the forum thanks to the participation of Capgènes (an organization advising and
dealing with goat selection).
This forum, on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 April 2015 at
Saint-Affrique, will enable participants to study in depth
the genetic choice of these small ruminants, whether for
dairy farming or breeding. Maintaining the animals on the
land, breeding viability and attracting people to the
profession all need economic cost effectiveness which
itself most especially requires constant improvement in
handling the flocks (breeding techniques, adapting to
environment, hardiness…). Sustaining a maximum of
breeds of these little ruminants, keeping them on their
native land and their development all rely on the
technical/economic results of stock farming, as well as on
genetic development.
During the ‘Carrefour’ the CIOC will stress the challenge and importance of maintaining the
diversity of ‘local’ small ruminant breeds in France and internationally. Insofar as managing
and selecting flocks and herds of sheep and goats is concerned in the principal milk or meat
producing countries, the CIOC will enable breeders, professionals, scientists, technicians,
administrators and elected representatives to become up-to-date with modern techniques
and technologies. It will be an outstanding opportunity to share and exchange the
information and experiences of different countries, covering not only the management of
local breeds but an occasion for participants from all over the world to question and study
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guidelines in such areas as genetics and selection. Most particularly it will allow participants
to analyze the possibility of intensifying work in connexion with animal population
management and protection, the organization of countrywide communal links, and scientific
studies of the two species in their natural habitats.
The objective is to increase the level of
awareness both politically and technically of
the importance of selecting small ruminants
which are genetically suited to territorial and
local constraints. This will lead to the launch
of an information exchange network and
international cooperation. At a time of
reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, of
international initiatives in favour of the
maintenance of agricultural biodiversity, or
of localized land ownership (the
International Year of Family Agriculture), this
forum will combine both conviviality and
dynamism, with numerous workshops and
visits designed to encourage and develop exchanges and meetings.
This occasion will be focused principally on sheep and goat breeding and the networks of the
Massif Central to bear witness to the French experience in genetic potential, the savoir-faire
and competence born out in management methods, the selection and value enhancement of
the flocks and herds of small ruminants.
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WHY AT SAINT AFFRIQUE ?
The Carrefour is being held :
- at the centre of an area essentially devoted to sheep production (the zone
of milk production for AOP Roquefort cheese)
- close to the ‘Causses et Cévennes’, the countryside of Mediterranean agro-
pastoralism classified as a UNESCO world heritage site. Stretching over 302,319
hectares to the south of the Massif Central, it consists of mountainous land
scattered with deep valleys, forming the divergent situations of agro-pastoral land
and their biophysical environment.
- at the heart of the Midi Pyrenees, the Languedoc Roussillon and the
Auvergne, it is home to 30% of France’s sheep and some 14,000 breeders.
- on the site of the Lycée de la Cazotte which specializes in education about
sheep and whose agricultural land is well suited to this conference.
View of the town of Saint-Affrique
The UPRA Lacaune experience, its close links with AOP Roquefort and the self-
sustaining amenities in the area and on the land, will be definite proof of the interest
in and impact of such a development. The CIOC will draw on this successful
example, visualizing and analysing it with workshops on the land, helping
participants understand the motivating forces, encouraging sharing and exchange of
experiences, and to take part in open debate.
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TAKING PART
Around 400 participants are expected : breeders, specialists from selection organizations,
researchers, advisers and professional agriculturalists coming mainly from France, Europe,
around the Mediterranean and the Pacific.
Carrefour International will bring together breeders and researchers from all backgrounds and
sectors. It will be a shop window of technologies implementing different methods of sheep
breeding internationally.
HOW THE CARREFOUR WILL TACKLE ISSUES ?
1. Bring together specialists and those working with small ruminants on the ground in a
multi-disciplinary framework, mobilizing them to examine an international approach.
2. Initiate debate, exchange experiences, adding value to existing savoir faire, sharing
knowledge on breed selection and types of organization.
3. Underline the importance of breed diversity : create a synergy between local breeds
to encourage global development.
4. Raise awareness and provide evidence that maintaining small ruminants can be at
the root of developing a durable local economy.
5. Encourage dialogue between breeders, specialists and scientific researchers, so vital
in defining and recognizing complementary and common objectives
EXPECTED RESULTS
o Produce a review of the current situation concerning genetic diversity and choice in
connexion with sheep and goat breeds
o Assemble and express the efforts of the different sectors in connexion with genetic
selection so as to create priorities and follow up research in fields such as
innovation/training/popularization
o Define strategies to add economic value to small ruminants
o Set up and launch the first international network dealing with genetic selection, adding
value to small ruminants and concentrating on common problems and projects.
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o Highlight the strong points of small ruminants, their breeding and sectors.
o Formulate proposals put together with the participants, especially those stressing the
place of small ruminants in agricultural and rural politics
o Collectively initiate strategies bearing on breed selection so as to emphasise the need
to improve technical, economic and environmental approaches to small ruminants.
This conference will be an ideal occasion to study French and international research and create an
approach which will be a model for the sheep and goat breeding sectors for the next ten years. The
organizers plan to mobilize the leading specialists in the subject who will lead the meetings and
workshops which will take place over the two days of the Carrefour, and cover a large choice of
themes.
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THE PROGRAMME (Subject to modification)
Wednesday 8 april 2015
9h15 – Registering of participants
10h00 – Welcome by the organisers
10h30 - Presentation of issues and role of the CIOC
Speakers :
� Mr Etienne Verrier, Agro Paris Tech/INRA
� Messers Jean Luc Chauvel and Luc Estienne, France, Genetic breeding
Around the following areas :
- What does genetic selection achieve ? On which fundamentals should it be
based ? For what results ? How to organize it ?
- How to get the best out of genetic selection ? What links between research,
innovation and popularization ?
- How can research/development support breeders ? How to favour and
encourage genetic action by breeders ?
11h15 – Testimonies by participants and international experience exchanges led by Mr
Maurice Barbezant, late Director of UNCEIA (national Union of breeding and animal
insemination cooperatives)
- What do we learn from world wide practice : Opportunities to examine
genetic improvement programmes with presentation of international experience.
Debate with the audience
12h30 – Comment by official personalities and presentation of afternoon projects.
13h30 – Lunch based on local products
15h00 – Workshops, reflexions and themed exchanges with trips illustrating local
experience in the Saint-Affrique region.
19h00 – End of workshops and return by coach to Saint-Affrique
20h00 – Settling into hotels
21h00 – Convivial evening
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4 WORK PROJECTS BASED ON 8 THEMED VISITS
In order to illustrate the type of work carried out in the CIOC framework, on Wednesday afternoon visits covering each breed will be organised near Saint Affrique (animal insemination centres, experimental farms, sheep and goat holdings) based on the following themes :
MANAGING STOCK NUMBERS AND BREED SELECTION : What selection criteria for which objectives in conjunction with different
productionsystems ?
PRODUCTS AND ADDING VALUE TO BREEDS : How to put a value on breeds ?
INNOVATION What are the innovatory technologies and strategies which help preserve the
specificity of small ruminants ?
SOCIAL LINKS, GOVERNANCE AND ORGANISATION How does one organise relationships and exchanges between different members of
the genetic network ?
HOW THE THEMED VISITS ARE ORGANISED
Each workshop will consist of some thirty participants led by a guide and a reporter whose role is to write a summary of the events, the contributions and recommendations. These will be presented at the plenary session on Thursday afternoon. Workshop content will concentrate on introductory statements of relevant facts, the acquisition of ideas, site visits and the experience of individual participants who will be invited to react and share their understanding or testimony. Each workshop will be divided into 2 groups for visits. So as to maximize information exchange and keep travel time to a minimum, only one visit will take place. At the visits’ end there will be witness reports and comments on the various workshop themes. English translation is guaranteed at the workshops.
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PRESENTATION OF THE 8 TRIPS
1 THEME = 2 CHOICES OF VISITS
Issues :
What selection criteria for which objectives in conjunction with different production systems ?
Adapting breeds according to production constraints (economic, breeding types, difficult environment, production specifications)
Resources
Visit to chosen breeding establishment
Summary – Context
Where this fits into management of breeding type, adapting breeds to the
environment.
Objectives
To illustrate the contribution of selection in adapting breeds to types of
production in the interest of breeders and their networks.
Key words
Selection Objectives, types of production
Visit 1 :
- Breeder of milk ewes near Saint-Affrique, introduction to a Lacaune milk producer including on site selection criteria based on breed, selection objectives and anticipated results for the breeder in his production system.
- Discussion : breeding and selecting, end user, production chain, territory.
Visit 2 :
- Visit to milk producing ewe or goat farm
- Discussion : . breeding and selecting, end user, production chain, territory.
MANAGING STOCK NUMBERS AND BREED SELECTION :
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PRODUCTS AND ADDING VALUE TO BREEDS
Issues : How to put a value on breeds ?
Resources
Business end users in the chain
Summary – Context
Link between breeds, products, land
Linking the genetic chain
Impact of maintaining breeds on local economy
Objectives
Emphasise tools enabling processing of and adding value to products
from specific breeds
Key words
Official marks of quality, labeling, meat and milk sectors, valuing
Visit 1 :
- Milk sector : Caves de Roquefort for its links with the Lacaune breed and the AOP Roquefort cheese
- Discussion : from breeder to consumer, producer, Roquefort inter-professionals
Visit 2 :
- Meat sector : abattoir or cutting plant or the producers’ organisation (Organisation de Producteurs :OP)
- Discussion : breeders, sector management, technical worker …
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L’INNOVATION
Issues : What are the innovatory technologies and strategies which help preserve the specificity of small ruminants ?
Resources
Visit to experimental farm and the Entreprise de Sélection (ES)
Summary – Context
How can technology be useful in preserving the specificity of small
ruminants? What are future plans and strategies?
Objectives
The importance of innovation in a small specific sector (comparing the
cost of technology with the price of the animal…)
Key words
Innovation, technology
Visit 1 :
- One of the two animal insemination centres of the Roquefort basin (contribution of reproduction technologies, extent of usage, evaluating reproducers, for the development of managing genetic programmes).
- Discussion with managers of genetic schemes (sucklers or milk producers)
Visit 2 :
To the INRA experimental farm, La Fage, on benefits emanating from research and innovation in schemes for selecting milk producing or suckling sheep.
- Discussion with INRA researchers
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SOCIAL LINKS, GOVERNANCE AND ORGANISATION
Visit 1 :
- The Lycée La Cazotte farm combines training, experimentation and selection. Represents a link between sector partners for a common project.
- Discussion : head of operations, professional managers, INRA, IDELE, territories , Selection Organisation (Organisme de Sélection :OS).
Visit 2 :
- Centre for Animal Insemination (CIA), organisation and management of a genetic scheme covering all selection methods.
- Discussion : managers, the Selection Organisation (OS) and the Selection Enterprise (ES), responsible for genetic schemes.
Issues : How to organise relationships and exchanges between different members of the
genetic network ?
Resources
Visit the Lycée de La Cazotte farm/ Centre for Animal Insemination
Summary – Context
Relationship selection/end user. Relationship between research and
world networks. Who profits from genetic progress ? How to reconcile
general and individual interest ?
Objectives
Prioritise the organisation of a genetic scheme between the different
players (breeders – selection organizations (OS) – Selection enterprises
(ES) – research and development …) and the importance of a common
project.
Key words
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Thursday 9 April 2015
9h – Opening of second day by organization officials,
9h15 – Study session on :
Sucklers and milk producers, presentation of international experiences and
debate ,
11h30 - Break
12h – Themed discussions initiated by the organisers and/or participants
13h00 - Lunch
15h00 – Summing up, summaries and recommendation of the workshops in plenary
session by the recorders of the four themes.
Assessment and way ahead, the Carrefour conclusions
16h30 – End of work
During the 2 days of the Carrefour International, there will be
animals on site at the Lycée Agricole de La Cazotte to illustrate a
selection of different breeds.
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THE ORGANISERS
The Lycee Agricole la Cazotte is a public teaching establishment which
has, since 1970, trained potential breeders and technicians in the
Roquefort sector. Situated in Saint-Affrique, it will welcome those
attending the forum by putting its infrastructure at their disposal. It
also manages an on site activity hub based on sheep known as PASTORALIA, whose personnel
are involved in the organization of the CIOC.
Lycée Agricole La Cazotte / Pastoralia - Bénédicte RIGAL - [email protected] Tél : 00
33 (0)5 65 98 10 23
UPRA Lacaune is an agency involved in selection of Lacaune breeds for milk and
meat, and breeding with low manpower (Races à Petits Effectifs RPE). It
provides technical structure support and coordinates genetic work, and is also
involved in the problems facing the milk producing sector, sucklers (Lacaune meat breeds
and RPE) and, linked to products with official quality recognition (SOQ) : labeling, AOP
Roquefort, on the mountainous zones; it collaborates with inter-racial and inter regional
activities.It is recognized internationally for its successful work with milk producing
genetics.
UPRA Lacaune - Gilles FREGEAT - [email protected] -
Tél : 0033(0)5 65 73 78 14
The COllectif des RAces de Massifs (CORAM) is responsible for
coordinating, representing and promoting local breeds of cattle,
sheep (both milk and meat producing) with roots on French mountainous countryside.
est l’union d’organisme de sélection chargée de coordonner, de représenter et de
promouvoir les races locales bovines, ovines, laitières et allaitantes des massifs français.
CORAM - Emeric JOUHET - [email protected] - Tél. : 00 33 (0)5 61 75 44 49
www.racedefrance.com
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THE CARREFOUR INTERNATIONAL OVIN CAPRIN
IS ORGANISED UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
WITH SUPPORT FROM :
AND ALL UNDER THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
USEFUL INFORMATION
CONTACTS and INSCRIPTIONS
- CORAM - Emeric JOUHET - Tél. 05 61 75 44 49 - [email protected]
www.races-montagnes.com/fr/collectif/presentation-chiffres-cles.php
- Lycée Agricole La Cazotte / Pastoralia - Bénédicte RIGAL - Tél :05 65 98 10 23
[email protected] - www.pastoralia.fr
- UPRA Lacaune - Gilles FREGEAT - Tél : 05 65 73 78 14 - [email protected]
www.brebis-lacaune.monsite-orange.fr/
SUBSCRIPTION LEVELS
- 2 days : with meals: 140 € / - without meals : 100 €
(Lower charge of 120 € (not valid with other offers) for reservation confirmed before
30 March or for more than 4 participants
Breeders 2 days with meals : 100 €
Students 2 days without meals : 20 € - 1 day with meals : 70 € / without
meals : 50 €
By car : 2h de Toulouse, 1h30 de Montpellier. 2h30 de Clermont Ferrand ou Brive -
proximité A75
Railway station SNCF : Millau
Airports : Toulouse, Montpellier, Rodez