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Activities :

The Commission met three times:

• 3 February 2015 (Milan)

• 8 June 2015 (via skype)

• 22 September 2015 (via skype)

Regular e-mail exchanges were also maintained to circulate ideas and material of common use.

Consistently with the objectives set, the following activities were carried out:

• carrying out a survey among ASPA members (form via e-mail), to which 15 members replied, for a total of 30 surveyed projects started from 2010 to 2015, plus two reported in previous years.

• presentation of the data obtained from the aforementioned survey at the CUCS Conference (Brescia, 10-12 September 2015) in a poster entitled " Survey on animal production projects in development cooperation ".

• drafting and publication of two reviews in the Italian Journal of Animal Science on typical local products of animal origin in Africa.

NEWS :

Publications :

• Mattiello S., Caroprese M.,. Ciliberti MG, Crovetto GM, Fortina R., Martini A., Martini M., Parisi G., Russo C. (2015) Survey on animal production projects in development cooperation. In “Strengthening Human Capital in Countries with Limited Resources: Health and Wealth for All by the Year 2030”. Proceedings of the IV CUCS Congress of the University Network for Development Cooperation. Brixia University Press. Brescia, 10-12 September 2015. p 118.

• Mattiello S., Caroprese M., Crovetto GM, Fortina R., Martini A., Martini M., Parisi G., Russo C., Severini C., Zecchini M. (ASPA Commission "Animal productions in development cooperation projects") (2018) Typical edible non-dairy products in Africa from local animal resources. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 17 (1): 202-217. Doi: 10.1080 / 1828051X.2017.1348915.

• Mattiello S., Caroprese M., Crovetto GM, Fortina R., Martini A., Martini M., Parisi G., Russo C., Zecchini M. (ASPA Commission "Animal productions in development cooperation projects") (2018) Typical dairy products in Africa from local animal resources. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 17 (3): 740–754. Doi: 10.1080 / 1828051X.2017.1401910.