by
Michael Binder, Vice President Sustainable Development, Evonik
Sustainability is central to the animal feed industry, and here at Evonik we play our part by developing evidenced-based products and solutions; we call it Sciencing the Global Food Challenge.
However, we are well aware that feeding our growing population in a sustainable
manner is something that no one company or organisation can manage alone. We
are just one cog in the huge machine that needs to work in harmony to develop
and maintain our food system in a more viable, long-term manner.
One step towards helping this happen is the publication of the FAO’s ‘Environmental performance of feed additives in livestock supply chains: Guidelines for assessment’. I am a member of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership's Feed Additives Technical Advisory Group and contributed to the development of the guidelines, especially with regards to the production and use of amino acids.
The new publication explains, among many other things, how the digestibility of feed is an important contributor both to feed efficiency and to the environmental impact of feed production on livestock production. It says, “With the exception of ruminants, which are able to digest a large variety of feeds (in particular diets with a high percentage of fibres), monogastric animals (pigs and poultry) are not able to digest fibres efficiently. For this reason, a high energy diet for monogastric animals comprises mainly feed ingredients with high digestibility (e.g. cereals and legumes).
Read more HERE.
Sustainability is central to the animal feed industry, and here at Evonik we play our part by developing evidenced-based products and solutions; we call it Sciencing the Global Food Challenge.
One step towards helping this happen is the publication of the FAO’s ‘Environmental performance of feed additives in livestock supply chains: Guidelines for assessment’. I am a member of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership's Feed Additives Technical Advisory Group and contributed to the development of the guidelines, especially with regards to the production and use of amino acids.
The new publication explains, among many other things, how the digestibility of feed is an important contributor both to feed efficiency and to the environmental impact of feed production on livestock production. It says, “With the exception of ruminants, which are able to digest a large variety of feeds (in particular diets with a high percentage of fibres), monogastric animals (pigs and poultry) are not able to digest fibres efficiently. For this reason, a high energy diet for monogastric animals comprises mainly feed ingredients with high digestibility (e.g. cereals and legumes).
Read more HERE.
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