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ABOUT ME
Dr. Aimable Uwizeye is interested in global change toward a low-emission and climate-resilient livestock sector. He is currently a Livestock Policy Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. He has more than 15 years of experience in livestock development, animal health, and environmental performance assessment of the global livestock sector. At FAO, Aimable leads a programme aiming at Policy Analysis to support the integration of more livestock-related mitigation and adaptation in Nationally Determined Contributions. He also leads several projects to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminants and assess greenhouse gas emissions from livestock systems in different countries.
He has previously supported the Koronivia Joint Work of Agriculture (KJWA) and provided technical expertise to the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership and the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL). He studied the effects of yeasts on subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in beef cattle at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre in Alberta, Canada, and was in charge of Veterinary Services in Western Province, Rwanda.
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Aimable holds a doctorate in Veterinary Sciences and Medicine and a double master's degree in Sustainable Development in Agriculture, focusing on sustainable livestock systems. He also has a Ph.D. in Global Animal Production Systems from Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, completed in collaboration with FAO and the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc).
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Life Cycle Assessment of agri-food
Environmental impact assessment of the livestock supply chain.
Sustainable Livestock Sector
Social, Economic and Environmental sustainability and global change towards integrated and circular agri-food systems.
Livestock systems analysis and policies
The interactions between food security, farming systems, ecosystems, and animals.
Animal health and One health approach
The interactions between animal diseases and human emerging diseases, epidemiology and the role of animal health in sustainability.
Livestock and environment
Addressing climate change, reducing methane emissions and nitrogen pollution, enhancing productivity and market access, enhancing biodiversity.
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