Bernard Faye is Doctorate in veterinary medicine at Lyon (France) in 1974, then MSci in animal nutrition and endocrinology in 1980, PhD of Paris University in 1995 and HDR (French Research Capacity) at Montpellier University in 1998.

He is former scientific project manager in animal production sector at the International Cooperation Centre for agronomic Research in Development (CIRAD- France) and International camel expert at FAO (Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Mauritania, Chad, Kazakhstan)

After an eight-years African experience both in development (Niger) and in research (Ethiopia) on the topic “epidemiology of mineral deficiencies in livestock”, he passed his PhD in animal epidemiology in 1995 (Paris University), then his habilitation to manage research team (HDR), a French capacity diploma at Montpellier University in 1998

After African period, he joined the National Agronomic Research Institute -INRA as epidemiologist at the Ecopathology laboratory at Clermont-Ferrand (France) and was head of this laboratory for ten years (topic: studies on risk factors of diseases in dairy farming systems).

In 1996, he joined CIRAD- Montpellier as head of animal production program (1996-2007) and from 2010 to 2015 working as FAO international consultant in Saudi Arabia in the Camel Center at Kharj.

During this time, he achieved many expertises and missions in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Since 2016, he is retired from CIRAD and is at present independent international camel expert for FAO, OIE, WHO and private sector.

He is awarded of the French Vet academy and “Chevalier du mérite agricole” (Ministry of Agriculture high distinction). He is author of 23 books and chapters in different books and more than 600 scientific papers. Moreover, he is one of the founders of ISOCARD (International Society of Camelid Research and Development), first chairman of this Society.