“Animal resources contribute significantly to an Africa free of hunger and poverty beyond 2015”.
Mission of AU-IBAR
“A centre of excellence of the AU with a mandate to enhance AU member states and their regional economic communities to sustainably improve the contribution of animal resources to the nutrition and incomes of their communities, especially the rural poor”.
Strategic Thrusts
The mandate of AU-IBAR has been organized into three core strategic programme thrusts of animal health, animal production and trade and markets that are supported by cross-cutting pillars covering livestock information, communication and knowledge management, quality assurance of livestock and products of animal origin and the harmonization of livestock related policies and legal framework.
