LD4D meeting Hanoi, November 2018
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Photo: Native pigs in Dak Lak, credit: Kat Orbizo (ILRI)
From 28-30 November 2018, the Livestock Data for Decisions (LD4D) Community of Practice met in Hanoi, Vietnam
Meeting objectives
- LD4D working group progress updates and future work plan development for the community
- Address big questions in the livestock data sphere and debate our collective role in addressing these:
- What is needed to make an impact through livestock data?
- Livestock data quality – how good does data need to be? How can data quality be improved?
- How should we go about communicating livestock ‘facts’ in ‘post truth’ world?
- Offer LD4D members a platform to share new concepts/innovations and to network
Header Photo: Native pigs in Dak Lak, Vietnam. Part of ILRI's Livestock Portrait Album. Photo: Kat Orbizo (ILRI)(source)
Presentations and session videos
Password for presentation downloads: livestockdata
Day 1 – Impact (Wednesday 28th November)
| 0845 – 0900 | Welcome and introduction | Andy Peters (SEBI/LD4D), Shirley Tarawali (ILRI), Shannon Mesenhowski and Stan Wood (BMGF), Tong Xuan Chinh (DLP/MARD), Nguyen Do Anh Tuan (IPSARD/MARD) |
| 0940 – 1000 | Introducing LD4D | Karen Smyth (SEBI/ LD4D) |
Session 1 – Making an Impact Part I
| 1030 – 1150 | Setting the context – why data for livestock impact? Introduction – why does LD4D need to get a handle on impact? Download Maggie’s presentation BMGF, DFID & USAID – What is impact? Why is impact important to you? What should we measure? What does success look like? | Stanley Wood (BMGF) Maggie Gill (session chair) Andrew Bisson (USAID) Hannah Reed (BMGF) Tim Leyland (DFID) |
Session 1 – Making an Impact Part II
Grantee Impact Modelling Working Group – CSIRO and ILRI are undertaking a smallholder impact evaluation of GALVmed’s work | Mario Herrero (CSIRO) and Neil Gammon (GALVmed) | |
Consolidating outputs from BMGF animal health investments – SEBI will update on their pilot study for BMGF on reviewing grantees outputs. | Shannon Mesenhowski (BMGF), Louise Donnison (SEBI/LD4D) and Gareth Salmon (SEBI/LD4D) | |
| 1150 – 1200 | Modelling Consortium update | Tim Robinson (FAO) |
| 1200 – 1215 | Livestock data for decisions in Vietnam | Dr Tong Xuan Chinh, Deputy Director General, MARD Vietnam |
| 1215 – 1230 | Synthesis of the Impact discussion | Tim Robinson (FAO) |
Ethiopian Livestock Data Demand Study
| 1445 – 1500 | Feedback, achievements and methodology | Hannah Reed (BMGF) and Brian Perry |
The Global Burden of Animal Disease (GBADs)
| 1500 – 1515 | GBAD – What is it and what will it aim to achieve? | Jonathan Rushton (Uni Liverpool) |
Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW) 3.0
| 1520 – 1530 | Introduction to the new GLW | Tim Robinson (FAO) |
Day 2 – Data quality (Thursday 29th November)
Password for presentation downloads: livestockdata
| 0830 – 0900 | Welcome, review of existing working groups and reporting back from Working Group discussions Download Demand Study WG presentation Download Impact Modelling WG presentation Download Global Burden of Animal Diseases WG presentation | Alan Duncan (SEBI/LD4D) to lead, with rapporteur from each Working Group |
Session 2 – Raising the standards
A consideration of what is meant by data standards. Do we need them in the community to improve interoperability?
| 0900 – 1000 | Panel discussion:
| Tim Robinson (FAO) (chair), Steve Kemp (ILRI), Keith Weibe (IFPRI), Mario Herrero (CSIRO), Dolapo Enaharo (ILRI) and Hannah Reed (BMGF) |
Session 3 – Data Quality – Rubbish in – Rubbish out?
An opportunity to discuss data quality. When is data good enough and is there anything we can do to improve the situation
| 10:30 | Improving on the ground data collection and training | Louise Donnison (SEBI/LD4D) and Orsolya Mikecz (FAO) (chairs) |
| Introduction to session | Orsolya Mikecz (FAO) | |
Data portal: types of data collected by the community and types of projects | Louise Donnison (SEBI/LD4D) | |
Improving data at source – training enumerators | Roy Woolley (GALVmed) | |
Training for reporting – challenges in reporting notifiable diseases | Alex Cook (vHive) | |
Overcoming the challenges in gathering reliable data – sales data at source | John Muthee (Acumen) | |
Creating quality data- experience from R&D | Alex Brink (Clindata) | |
WAHIS experiences in global surveillance systems and challenges | Paulo Tazzini (OIE) | |
| Discussion: What can the community contribute to data quality improvements? | ||
| 1215 | Synthesis of the sessions 2 and 3 | Roy Woolley (GALVMed), Hannah Reed (BMGF) |
Panel studies role in data quality
| 1415 – 1430 | Details and room for development in the LSMS | Harriet Kasidi Mugera (World Bank) |
| 1430 – 1445 | LSMS from a user’s perspective. Areas for development and the role of other household studies e.g. Rhomis | Mark van Wijk (ILRI) |
| 1445 – 1500 | Questions from the floor and online audience | Alan Duncan (SEBI/LD4D) |
Day 3 – Communicating facts (Friday 30th November)
| 0830 | Welcome and reporting back from Working Group discussions |
Session 4 – Communicating livestock facts in the misinformation age
A consideration of effective and responsible communication to inform conversations and debates
| 0930 – 1015 | Chat show | |
| Introduction and aims | Vanessa Meadu (chair) (SEBI/LD4D) | |
Livestock Fact Check – reactions, developments and the future | Gareth Salmon (SEBI/LD4D) | |
| Strategic approaches to livestock advocacy | Shirley Tarawali (ILRI) | |
| Influencing the global debate through research and engagement | Maggie Gill (Uni Aberdeen) | |
| Translating data to key messages: Communicating through High-impact publications | Mario Herrero (CSIRO) | |
| Moderated panel discussion with questions from audience | All |
Session 5- Connecting the community
| 1015 | Working Group synthesis (new and existing) Download Livestock Facts WG synthesis Download Communications WG synthesis Download LD4D future synthesis | Alan Duncan (SEBI/LD4D) |
| 1100 | Future Development of LD4D | Karen Smyth (SEBI/LD4D) |
| 1200 | Final report back from Working Group discussions Any other topics to discuss (from the Holding Pen) Activities 2018-2019 Wrap up and prize-giving Next meeting
| Working Group rapporteurs and SEBI |
