Department of Economics & Business Management

Export Facilitation Center for Livestock and Poultry Industry (EFCLP)

Director’s Message

Recently the livestock sector has emerged as a priority sector. Livestock has been subsistence sector dominated by small holders to meet their needs of milk, food and cash income on daily basis. In the rural areas, livestock is considered as a more secure source of income for the small farmer’s and landless poor’s. It has become important source of employment generation in rural areas. The poverty incidence in Pakistan is determined by income variability and thus livestock is the best hope for poverty reduction as it can uplift the socioeconomic conditions of our rural masses.

Agriculture of Pakistan has always contributed largely in its economic activity and development. When it comes to livestock the share of this particular subsector in the national economy is consistently at arise in the last decade or so. It was contributing merely 39% in agriculture in 2002, which has now grown up to 58.6% (Economic survey of Pakistan 2015-16). If we compare the significance of livestock in national GDP of our neighboring countries, Pakistan is again at the top with 11.80% contribution as compared to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (2014). Now, there is a need to facilitate the livestock sector to excel in export through capacity building. The countries, which have a big share in export of Livestock products in Global market, have a well-established/active Export facilitation centers, which continuously guide the industry for getting cutting edges and competitive advantages.

It’s a great pleasure for all of us that Export Facilitation Center for Livestock and Poultry Industry (EFCLP) has started its formal functioning at UVAS Business School, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. This center is aiming to facilitate exporters in the fields of livestock and poultry sectors.

Objectives

To identify the export opportunities in global markets regarding livestock and its products through providing feasibility studies.
To make aware the livestock industrialists regarding export modalities and requirements in terms of quality of product and international certifications.
To develop the human resource which may include technical staff, managerial staff and laboratory staff of stakeholder’s organizations.

Project Director
Prof. Dr. Rana Muhammad Ayyub

Trainings Organized by EFCLP

#	Training Title	Stakeholders	No. of Participants
1	ISO 2200:2005 Food Safety Management System Documentation and implementation	Staff of export organizations	20
2	Managerial Training of HACCP Level III (02 Days)	Managerial staff of food and meat export organizations	15
3	ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, Documentation and implementation	Staff of export organizations	12
4	Laboratory Diagnostics of Meat/Food quality testing round01	Quality Assurance Team of export organizations	12
5	Onsite Training of Slaughterhouse Staff for slaughter house Hygiene and sanitation	All Slaughterhouses Approved for Meat Export	All Staff
6	Onsite Training for Production Quality Meat and Primal Meat Cuts	All Slaughterhouses Approved for Meat Export	Staff of Production Department
7	Onsite Training of Slaughterhouse for maintenance of record regarding ISO and HACCP Standards	All Slaughterhouses Approved for Meat Export	HACCP and ISO team
8	Onsite Training of Slaughterhouse Staff for in-house Laboratory testing and documentation	All Slaughterhouses Approved for Meat Export	Lab. Staff
9	International Training for the resource persons from Halal Science Center Chulalongkorn University of Thailand	Experts of Livestock and Poultry product	08
10	Training for Recommended Int. tests at slaughter houses	Lab In-charge	12
11	2 Days Workshop on Quality Assurance, Meat Safety and Further Processing at PC Lahore	Managerial staff of food and meat export organizations	70
12	Foreign Expert assistance for Poultry Product (Dr. Peter Shared)	Managerial staff of food Big Birds & SABROSO	12

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