AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Agriculture and Agricultural Infrastructure
  • Veterinary Services and Animal Health
  • Food Safety and Food Security
  • Agribusiness Development
  • Rural Development
  • Farm Management
  • Plant Health
  • Fishery
Environment
  • Coastal & Marine Resources Management
  •  Pollution and Waste Management
  • Watershed Management
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry 
  • Water Resources
  • Management
Environment
  • Coastal & Marine Resources Management
  •  Pollution and Waste Management
  • Watershed Management
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry 
  • Water Resources
  • Management
Social Development
  • Human Resources Development
  • Labor Market Interventions
  • Local Development
  • Education
  • Health
  • Civil Society Strengthening
Social Development
  • Human Resources Development
  • Labor Market Interventions
  • Local Development
  • Education
  • Health
  • Civil Society Strengthening
Economic Development
  • Trade Development
  • Investment Promotion
  • Regional Economic Integration
  • Regional Development
  • Private Sector Development
Economic Development
  • Trade Development
  • Investment Promotion
  • Regional Economic Integration
  • Regional Development
  • Private Sector Development

Animal Identification and Registration system (AIRS)

Country: Abu Dhabi

Sector(s): Agriculture and rural development

Date: 08/2010 - 08/2011

Client / Beneficiary: ADFCA (Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority)

Financing Agency: ADFCA (Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority)

Project Value: 7,707,000 €

Description of the project and Services provided:

  • Mobilization, Logistics, and staffing
  • Field staff identification
  • Analysis of the IT environment within ADFCA
  • Study of existing documents and field reality relative to veterinary & food safety sectors
  • Analysis of the available information relative livestock population, breeding methods, farming techniques etc.
  • Assess current organisation of veterinary control
  • Assessment of the existing method of farm registration and other ID codes for population or statistical surveys
  • Preliminary awareness campaign and Project presentation
  • Field team (58 teams, each one made of 4 persons) selection and recruitment
  • Finalize technical specifications for ID equipment and other material
  • Procure identification material, equipment, software and hardware
  • Prepare manuals for in the field activity
  • Organize and implement training for the 58 field teams
  • Implement a massive awareness campaign
  • Field Animal Identification work phase (organization and implementation)
  • Quality Control of the field animal work
  • Training of ADFCA staff
  • Setting up a specific I&R helpdesk
  • Finalize technical specifications for software and hardware
  • Software development and testing (Install test and debug the software, Software customization; Quality Control of the data capture; Revision of the data entry and on the spot inspection; Data Clean; Resolve software and other anomalies; establish

Subsectors of activities:

  • Trainings
  • Animal Identification and registration
  • Procurement (tenders)
  • Financial analysis
  • Agro-economics
  • Information technology
  • Information and media/journalism