I am a veterinarian with wide experience on food security and livelihoods. I have worked for government (>30 yrs), UNFAO (7 yrs), and NGOs (>10 yrs), still working as consultant to government, NGOs and Tufts University. I have a postgraduate degree in PVM and Public Health from Denmark and previously postgraduate studies in Meat Hygiene and Technology and Tropical Animal Diseases from former Yugoslavia.