The Laboratory of Livestock & Wildlife in Arid and Desert Areas, organizes with its partners

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE IN ARID AND DESERT ENVIRONMENTS - SIEFAD2014 - Livestock and wildlife

facing the climatic and socioeconomic changes 16–18 December 2014, Djerba, Tunisia

Introduction

Arid and desert regions are endowed with a wealth of domestic and wild animal resources that constitute an important component of human livelihoods in these areas. Farming remains one of the main agricultural activities contributing to the self-sufficiency of people in animal products. Wildlife plays an important role in the maintenance and diversity of the ecosystems. Altogether, these resources offer economic opportunities through reduction of poverty and migration of local inhabitants.

To address the challenges posed by climate and socio-economic changes as well as globalization and permanent evolution of the market demand, the animal production sectors should develop local expertise and adopt emergent and innovative technologies. These technologies offer many opportunities in the field of animal reproduction, genetic improvement and conservation of local breeds adapted to harsh climatic conditions, disease control and prevention, and diversification of livestock products. Furthermore, research and development of non-conventional low-cost animal feeds, increasing livestock profitability and quality of animal products are also objectives shared by stakeholders including farmers, researchers, consumers, etc.

Despite national and international efforts, wildlife remains under constant threats of extinction caused by the combined effects of climate change and other anthropogenic factors. In the context of implementing adaptation strategies for sustainable

management and conservation, wildlife should be integrated into national development plans as well as scientific research strategies.

Livestock and wildlife play important socio-economic and ecological roles and may well actively integrate arid and desert regions in the national economies and prevent environmental degradation through adequate policies for sustainable use of natural resources.

Objectives

The international seminar on livestock and wildlife in arid and desert areas SIEFAD 2014 organized by the Laboratory Livestock and Wildlife - Institute of Arid Regions Medenine and its partners has the following main objectives:

highlighting the biological particularities and adaptation of animal species to arid and desert conditions and opportunities for improvement,

analyzing structural and functional trends of livestock and wildlife in face of current and future challenges and in relation to the resources and constraints,

sharing and exchanging ideas and disseminating knowledge for better use and exploitation of research results

Themes

Animal biology and behavior: biological particularities, physiological adaptation to stress, behavior, animal welfare.

Reproduction and genetics: physiology of reproduction, genetic characterization and improvement of livestock species.

Animal health and emerging diseases: analysis of epidemiological risks, tools and intervention methods against existing and emerging diseases.

Animal production and processing: individual performance, productivity improvement, quality, diversification and animal products sectors.

Pasture and other animal feed resources: current valorization and opportunities for improvement, expected impacts of climate change.

Wildlife diversity and conservation challenges: actions relative to wildlife species including rare taxa in decline and / or at risk of extinction, conservation and management strategies.

Impact of climate and socio-economic change on livestock and wildlife systems: impact on metabolism, performance and quality of animal products; effect on domestic and wild populations, species distribution and ecosystem functioning, mitigation strategies.

Languages

French and English

 

Scientific commitee

Registration fees

With the partnership of

Schedule 30 June 2014: Deadline for abstract submission in a Word file (doc) with

author name. July-August 2014: Review of abstracts by the scientific committee. 1 September 2014: Announcement of selected contributions and publication of

the provisional program. 30 September 2014: Deadline for registration

15 October 2014: Deadline for submission of full papers (max. 10 pages including figures and tables, Times New Roman, size 12, single spaced). Selected papers by the scientific committee will be published in a special issue of the journal “Revue des Régions Arides” published by IRA and will be distributed to participants during the seminar.

31 October, 2014: Publication of SIEFAD final program. 16, 17 and 18 December 2014: SIEFAD holding in Djerba, Tunisia.

Scientific coordination: Houcine Khatteli and Touhami Khorchani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizing commitee [contact : siefad2014@gmail.com, www.siefad2014.com]

Khatteli Houcine IRA, Tunisia Guidara Hela DGF, TunisiaKhorchani Touhami IRA, Tunisia Moslah Mekki IRA, TunisiaBen Abed Mohamed Ali IRA, Tunisia Gaddour Amor IRA, TunisiaChammem Mohsen IRA, Tunisia Jeder Habib IRA, TunisiaYahyaoui Mohamed Habib IRA, Tunisia Ltifi Mohamed Ben Belgacem IRA, TunisiaSalhi Imed IRA, Tunisia Dhaoui Mohamed IRA, TunisiaHammadi Mohamed IRA, Tunisia El Hatmi Halima IRA, TunisiaSeddik Mabrouk Mouldi IRA, Tunisia Jarray Aicha IRA, TunisiaEl Fkih Ezzeddine OEP, Tunisia Mabrouk Abderrazak IRA, TunisiaOueryemi Abdelaziz OEP, Tunisia Mahjoub Afef IRA, TunisiaEl Aini Rafik DGF, Tunisia

Abdelguerfi Aissa ENSA El Harrache, Algeria Hammadi Mohamed IRA Medenine, TunisiaAbaab Ali GIZ Tunis, Tunisia Hammami Hedi Agro-Bio Tech Liege, BelgiumAbdouli Hedi ESA Mateur, Tunisia Jaoud Mohamed IRA Medenine, TunisiaAhtach Ahmed Tripoli University, Lybia Kraiem Khemaies ISA Chott Meriem, TunisiaAnnie Dary Lorraine University, France Lacalandra Giovanni Bari Aldo Moro University, ItalyAtti Naziha INRA Tunis, Tunisia Marnet Pierre Guy AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Rennes France Aulagnier Stephane INRA Toulouse, France Najjar Taha INA Tunis, TunisiaAyadi Moez KSU Riadh, Saudi Arabia Neffati Mohamed IRA Medenine, TunisiaBen Goumi Mohamed FAO Tunis, Tunisia Nefzaoui Ali ICARDA, TunisiaBen Hamouda Mohamed IRESA, Tunisia Nouira Said FST El Manar Univrsity, TunisiaBen Salem Hichem ICARDA, Jordan Nowak Raymond INRA Tours, FranceBen Salem Mondher INRA Tunis, Tunisia Ouled Belgacem Azaiez ICARDA, United Arab EmiratesBouajila Jalloul Toulouse University, France Petretto Maria Marwell TunisCaja Gerardo UA Barcelona, Spain Sakli Faouzi ISET Ksar Helal, TunisiaDegrave Pascal Lyon 1 university, France Selmi Slaheddine FSG Gabes University, TunisiaDeSmet Koen Expert ecology, Belgium Sghaier Mongi IRA Medenine, TunisiaEl Bahrawi Khalid DRC Cairo, Egypt Sghiri Abdelmalek IAV H II Rabat, MaroccoFaye Bernard CIRAD Montpellier, France Souilem Ouajdi ENMV, Sidi-Thabet, TunisiaGharbi Mohamed ENMV Sidi-Thabet, Tunisia Such Xavier UA Barcelona, SpainGhozlane Faissal ENSA El Harrache, Algeria Tibary Ahmed Washington State University, USAGuezzah Mohamed FST El Manar University, Tunisia Znari Mohamed FS Marrakech, MoroccoHaddad Brahim INA Tunis,Tunisia

Scientists and

professionals Students

currency TND euro TND euro

Registration + accommodation in 4-star hotel (3 nights) + transfer airport-hotel-airport

550 300 370 200

Registration without accommodation (3 days) 200 100 150 80

Registration without accommodation (1 day) 90 50 70 40