(1) Placed under the authority of a Head of Department, the Department for the Extension and Promotion of Innovations is responsible for:

• the preparation and implementation of themes for the popularization of production techniques in livestock and pastoral animation;
• monitoring of private extension structures in the field of livestock;
• participation in the publication of technical bulletins on livestock farming;
• the programming and execution of continuing education sessions for producers and professionals in the livestock and animal industries;
• the popularization of standard livestock infrastructure plans;
• the popularization of artificial insemination and embryo transfer techniques;
• the inventory of the results of zootechnical research;
• the collection, processing and dissemination of scientific information;
• the promotion of artificial insemination and embryo transfer techniques;
• regular assessment of the state of implementation of technological innovations in animal husbandry;
• the centralization of production constraints and participation in the formulation of related research themes;
• the design of standard livestock infrastructure plans, in conjunction with the competent structures;
• regular assessment of the state of implementation of technological innovations in animal husbandry;
• the implementation of the biotechnology development measures concerned; the production of periodic activity reports;
• preparing and monitoring the application of the rules on the protection and welfare of animals by promoting the rules of good conduct in animal breeding, slaughter, promotion and exploitation.