WG1 - Animal Housing in Hot Climate Working Group

Introduction

The group was established in 2003 by joining researchers from different institutions, countries and continents. The aim of the group enhancing CIGR actions on Animal Housing in hot climate by solving the problems in barns in hot regions. That per pass the different CIGR Sections considering different supply chains and systems, it aims at contributing with discussions, planning and actions to ensure good environmental for animals all over the world. The Hot Climate Working Group CIGR Section II is a worldwide group of experts interested solving problems related to managing livestock under hot climate conditions.

Chair: Prof. Mohamed Hatem

Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza

EG Egypt

TEL: +2 02 5738000

E-mail: hatem@cu.edu.eg
Vice Chair: Prof. Eileen E. Fabian Wheeler

The Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 228 Agricultural Engineering... read-more

US United States

TEL: +1 814-865-3552

E-mail: fabian@psu.edu
Secretary: Prof. Baoming Li

Dept. of Agricultural Structure and Bioenvironmental Engineering, China Agricultural University Beijing 100083

CN China

TEL: +86 10 62736904

E-mail: libm@cau.edu.cn

Mission

  • To Improve understanding of controlling the animals environment
  • To enhance the scientific knowledge and contribute to technological advances for assuring livestock under hot climate conditions
  • To better understand the problems and improve environment basis.

Objectives

The CIGR-Section II Hot Climate WG has lead and organized a number of interesting workshops all over the world. However, the intention of the WG is to generate project opportunities based on funding available in countries that are faced with hot climate problem.
The group might create visibility in the EU, America (North and South) and China to submit proposals for funding and generate some focused research to find implementable solutions.

Scope

  • Technologies, methods, practices and analyses for ensuring interested solving problems related to managing livestock under hot climate conditions.
  • Avoiding and /or minimizing and predicting risks related to hot climate, environment and gases hazards

Activities

  • Member meeting was conducted in Iguassu Brazil in 2008.
  • Member meeting was conducted in Valencia, Spain, July, 2012

The new focus of the Working Group will be on “application” and the next workshop will be an “extension related conference”.

Israeli colleagues at the Volcani Institute have been asked if they are willing to organize the fourth Hot Climate workshop. As an alternative, the workshop can also be organized by Prof. El Houssine Bartali from Morocco.

Events organized by the working group

Title Date Event type Location Country
Animal Housing in Hot Climate Workshop 3 Fri, 21/06/2019 Workshop Chongqing CN China
Animal Housing in Hot Climate Workshop 2 Sun, 01/04/2007 Workshop Cairo EG Egypt
Animal Housing in Hot Climate workshop 1 Tue, 21/06/2005 Workshop Catania IT Italy