Role of Breeders Organisations in agricultural policy

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Role of Breeders Organisations in agricultural
policy

• Attila Takacs
• Hungarian Animal Breeders Association

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• History of breeders organizations
• Hungarian Animal Breeders Association
• Breeding and Legislation system in Hungary
• European Union
• European Federation of Animal Science
• Livestock exhibitions

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History of breeders organizations

• The new era for modern animal breeding in Hungary
  has started after the political changes. At the
  beginning of 1990s the main principles in
  breeding strategy were the follows
• establish Breeding Organizations
• complete the legislation in animal breeding
• develop a modern information system
• establish an Animal Breeding Fund
• Harmonization to EU law
• In 1993 Animal Breeding Act is published.

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Animal Breeding Act - 1993

• Based on the german law on Animal Breeding
• The scope of the law are all domestic species and
  all the activities that increase the breeding and
  economic value of animals.
• Was based on 3 posts, since 2004. on 4.
• 1. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
• Long term strategie, law, international
  coordination
• 2. Breeders Associations
• Breeding organization
• 3. National Authority
• Controll, certifie, audit
• Performance testing, or certificate of testing
• 4. Agricultural and Rural Development Agency
• Subsidies, and payment

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Role of the breeders organizations

• The Heerdbook
• Maintain the breeding program
• Progeny testing
• Not all of the Breeding Organizations (Herdbook
  organizations) are able to run a performance
  testing organization, thus outsourcing this
  activity to a State owned company, with a Central
  Laboratory.
• Preparation the Export Certificates and Pedigree
  Certificates.
• Organizing several livestock exhibitions, progeny
  group shows, auctions.
• Co-ordination of domestic- and International
  parallel progeny-test programs. (cattle)

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Role of the breeders organizations

• Organize programs for young breeders.
• Publishing special professional publications,
  etc. (Stud Books)
• Improving the animal breeding culture, moral
  appreciation of the breeders work.
• All of the Herdbook Associations are non-profit
  Civil Organizations based on democratic features.
  Everyone can be a member if accepts the
  Constitution of the Association.

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Role of the breeders organizations

• Data collection and processing
• The basic performance, breeding and pedigree data
  is coming from independent parties e.g. National
  Performance Testing Ltd.
• Breeding values estimation
• The MgSzH national authority- is running the
  Central Database and estimating the breeding
  values with high level of competence. They are
  responsible for IR, breeding value estimation
  and for checking the Herdbook Organizations, AI
  Companies activity.

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Subsidies and funds

• Member fees subsidies
• Until 2007 Animal Breeding Fund
• The breeders paid 0,5 - 2 from sold product as
  tax. The government allocated the resources
  directly to the breeding organizations
• From 2008 the subsidy is part of the ministries
  budget, the breeders are not paying in.
• In the last 2 years 780 million Ft per year (but
  never a guarantee)

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Hungarian Animal Breeders Association

• Refounded in 1995 by the four big Breeders
  Associations.
• President Executive Director
• Balázs Fekete dr. Zsombor Wagenhoffer Ph. D.
• 21 members in the presidency
• 120 members in the delegation

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System of Hungarian Animal Breeders Association

• Association of Hungarian Pig Breeders
• Association of the Hungarian Horse Breeding
  Organisations
• Association of Hungarian Cattle Breeders
• Association of Hungarian Sheep And Goat Breeding
  Organisations
• Association of Hungarian Small Animal Breeders
  For Gene Conservation
• Association of Hungarian Chinchilla Breeders
• National Association of Hungarian Honeybee
  Keepers
• Association of Hungarian Mangalica Breeders
• Associate members (universities, companies,
  Meatbord)

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Role of HABA

• Represent animal breeders at national and
  international level
• Ellaboration short and long term strategies for
  the Hungarian government and for the EU
  commision.
• Partipicate activly in legislation making at
  national and EU Level.
• Inform member organizations and breeders (Animal
  Breeders Newsletter, www.allattenyesztok.hu)
• Organizing livestock exhibitions

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European Union

• Report Commision law and rules (making
  statements)
• Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets
• Milk and Milk products
• Beef and veal
• Poultry meat and eggs
• Subsidy politics
• Commision level
• Subsidies after 2013 -
• National level
• The yearly national subsidies (top up)
• Actual SAPS SPS
• Investments subsidies

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Europian Federation of Animal Science

• The HABA is a full member of the EAAP
• EAAP represents the professional interests of
  scientists, academics, professionals and
  producers, technicians, extension officers,
  government departments and farmer organisations.
• The main aims of EAAP are to promote, by means of
  active co-operation between its members and other
  relevant international and national
  organisations, the advancement of scientific
  research, sustainable development and systems of
  production experimentation, application and
  extension to improve the technical and economic
  conditions of the livestock sector to promote
  the welfare of farm animals and the conservation
  of the rural environment to control and optimise
  the use of natural resources in general and
  animal genetic resources in particular to
  encourage the involvement of young scientists and
  technicians.

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Livestock exhibitions

• Organizer The HABA and the Breeders
  organiastions
• 4 livestock exhibitions around Hungary
• Hódmezovásárhely (one of the biggest in
  Middle-East Europe)
• Szentlorinc (hungarian domestic races)
• Debrecen
• Kaposvár
• The OMÉK in every 5 year is the biggest show in
  Hungary (the 74. was in 2005.)

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Forthcomming programs

• III. Livestock Exhibitions at Kaposvár
• 25 27 September 2009
• www.kaposvarinapok.hu
• 28th Congress of theEuropean Simmental
  Federation
• 22 27 september 2009.
• www.agroeurope.hu/simmental2009/

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Grand Champion cow in 1990
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Grand Champion cow in 2009
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