An expert panel answered questions about the future of antibiotics, animal welfare, genetics and consumer preferences at EuroTier 2016.
The global population is steadily growing, as is its appetite for meat, and the world’s animal protein producers are facing challenges like never before.
As global incomes increase, developing nations want more quality meat in their diets. At the same time, consumers in developed countries want to know more about where their food comes from and are demanding better animal welfare. And, farmers face a limited supply of natural resources and demands for better environmental practices.
On November 16, WATT Global Media gathered a panel at EuroTier 2016, in Hanover, Germany, of animal health, animal agriculture and financial professionals to discuss these problems and others facing the global poultry and pig businesses. The panelists were Nan-Dirk Mulder, senior global animal protein analyst and associate director at Rabobank International, the Netherlands; Dr. Paul Wigley, professor of avian infection and immunity at the University of Liverpool, U.K.; Dr. Alberto Redondo Cardeña, commercial director at Grupo SADA p.a.S.A., Spain; and Mick Sloyan, strategy directory at the U.K.’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Pork. ;The event was sponsored by Danisco Animal Nutrition and moderated by former WATT employee and consultant Peter Best.
Here are six topics the panelists covered spanning animal welfare, antibiotic-free (ABF) production and antibiotic stewardship and the factors influencing long-term consumer demand:
1. Can consumers have it all?
The panelists were asked if there is a way for the global poultry and pig industries to give consumers everything they want. Can producers provide low prices, high quality and safe meat from animals raised to good welfare…
Fuente: WATTAgNet
