1. Katrien van’t Hooft New opportunities for Natural Livestock Farming Symposium Green Solutions for Reducing Antibiotics Zwolle, 1 October 2015 Overview of the E-Motive exchange program on the reduction of antibiotic use in dairy farming 2014-2015

2. E-Motive: KLICK between North & South

3. Objectives Initiated in 2006 by Oxfam Novib, Movisie and NCDO – with EU funding Includes Dutch, Spanish and Polish partners Brings together professionals on specific themes Exchange on basis of equality New vision on development cooperation

4. Project dairy farming Goal: Promote practical ways towards reduced antibiotic use in dairy farming How: Exchange farmers and veterinarians in India, Ehiopia/Uganda and the Netherlands Vision: Combination of use of medicinal plants and improved animal management Funding: E-Motive program of Oxfam Novib + Province Overijssel

5. Participating organizations Netherlands India _________________________________________ Ethiopia: Uganda:

6. Expected output of project 1. Practical and economically viable ways to reduce the use of antibiotics and other chemicals in dairy farming 2. Collaborating action-learning communities of veterinarians and farmers in 4 countries 3. New methods of development cooperation: on basis of equality and joint learning

7. Auspicous timing: Dutch farmers and veterinarians are looking for alternatives in case of: mastitis, calf diarrea, hoof problems + increase life-span of dairy cows 2012 Dutch government decided: reduction of antibiotic use in livestock sector 70% before end of 2015 (compared to 2009)

8. Dutch exchange to India – april 2014

9. India: Solutions for mastitis through curative use of herbs and medicinal plants

10. Summer 2014 Trial on sub-clinical mastitis with Indian Ayurvedic recipe

11. October 2014 Indian delegation to Netherlands

12. Improved animal- & farm management Use of medicinal plants Milk quality control system Milk quality payment system One output of 2014: 4-layer antibiotic reduction strategy

13. Another output of 2014: Film Green Antibiotics

14. New in 2015: -Dutch group: besides farmers and veterinarians also institutes: Vet Faculty, Animal Health Service/GD, LTO, VHL -Exchange incudes African delegates to India – and Indian delegates to Africa -Proposal with Oxfam: Healthy Cows – Healthy Food Ethnoveterinary medicine Breeding Milk quality -Developing joint services

15. New in 2015: Exchange extended to Africa: ESAP (Ethiopia) and PENHA (Uganda) with focus on breeding

16. Output of 2015: Film Milk dilemma in Africa On National TV, NPO 2, weekend 17-18 October

17. In 2015 Center of Expertise for Natural Livestock Farming (NLF) Formalized collaboration between Netherlands, India, Ethiopia, Uganda NLF board+ coordination Platform Ethiopia Platform Uganda Platform India Platform NL

18. Towards the future: -Proposal with Oxfam: Healthy Cows – Healthy Food Ethnoveterinary medicine Breeding & animal management Milk quality control -Developing joint services, e.g. Support to developing (organic) dairy chain Training for veterinarians, farmers Support in reviving local breeds

19. All activities developed in 2014-2015 now in 10 symposium workshops Have a nice day!