Research showed consuming animal sourced foods is an important means of addressing India’s glaring nutritional deficiencies, however the current government has been targeting animal sourced food which could have adverse outcomes. Demand for meat bans have been echoed recently in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and also in Karnataka where, going a step further, a demand has emerged for a boycott or ban on halal meat. “Meat bans take a toll on vulnerable communities but this seems to be of no consequence to elected representatives who have convinced themselves that they cater to a narrow religious or caste group. We need to ensure that availability of meat is ensured as it is a rich source of protein for the development and growth of children,” stated Dr Sylvia Karpagam, noted medical practitioner and public health expert. According to a recent Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report, South Asia has the lowest per capita availability of meat (19g/day) and India is the lowest in any country (10g/day).

Iffath Fathima, ‘Meat of the matter’, Bangalore Mirror

Aquatic foods’ global consumption increases by 3% in 61 years

Aquatic foods’ global consumption increases by 3% in 61 years

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has stated that global consumption of aquatic foods, excluding algae, has increased at an average annual rate of 3.0 per cent since 1961, reaching 20.2 kilogram per capita. According to the FAO, the increase is more than double of consumption in the 1960s, adding that the growth in aquaculture, particularly in Asia, lifted total production of…

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How we can all collaborate to ensure food safety?

In acknowledgment of the World Health Organisation (WHO) / Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) World Food Safety Day (7 June, 2022),  Ai Group’s Head of Industry Development and Policy, Louise McGrath, was joined by four experts in food safety to discuss how we can all collaborate to ensure food safety.

On June 25th 1971 , John Boyd Orr, biologist and Nobel Prize Winner, died.

John Boyd Orr's pioneering research led to millions of children across the UK being given free school milk from 1946 to 1971 when Margaret Thatcher, then education secretary, cut provision giving her the mick name Thatcher, "Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher”

Boyd Orr was born in Ayrshire into a religious and highly literate family, and it was perhaps inevitable that he should be destined for a career in teaching after studying theology. However, his studies at Glasgow University also opened up new avenues for him. He became interested in the theories of Darwin, and this led to a fascination with zoology.

When he graduated with his MA in 1902, he was assigned to a teaching position in the Glasgow slums to fulfil the obligations required by his scholarship. He lasted only a few days before resigning and going back home to Ayrshire where he was reassigned to a school in Saltcoats. There he completed his teaching but left as soon as he could, saying: "though I liked the children, I hated teaching them”.

Boyd Orr returned to university to study biology and medicine, and he graduated with a BSc in 1910 and MB ChB two years later. He only practised for one month before returning to university to undertake nutritional research. His MD thesis in 1914 was awarded the Bellahouston Gold Medal for the most distinguished thesis of the year.

On the recommendation of his supervisor, he was asked to be the first director of a new research institute in Aberdeen, which would later become the world renowned Rowett Institute. At the time of his appointment, it did not exist, but he would spend the next twenty-five years raising both funds and the profile of nutritional research to make it a reality.

The initial work to build the institute was, however, interrupted by the outbreak of war. Boyd Orr enlisted in the RAMC and saw active service on the Western Front where he was awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. Later he would never wear the medals saying that the truly brave men had all died.

In the interwar years, he travelled widely and published extensively, emerging as one of the country’s leading experts in nutrition. He first came to national attention in 1936 with the publication of Food, Health and Income, a report of a dietary survey by income group, which revealed that the cost of a diet meeting basic nutritional needs was beyond the means of half the British population.

This led to similar studies being conducted in nineteen other countries and prompted the creation of a Commission of the League of Nations, which tried to formulate a global food policy. It became the forerunner of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Boyd Orr would become the Director General of the FAO from 1945-48. These were important years because the predicted European post-war famine was averted in part by policies put forward by the organisation.

Boyd Orr was no stranger to the challenges of developing and implementing food policies, many of which are still with us today. He spent his later career trying to persuade governments and presidents, organisations and companies to rethink the way they did things. However, he would often bemoan the fact that while he could persuade farmers of the importance of the nutrition of their animals, he could not stir their interest “in the food of their ain bairns, far less in the bairns of ither folks”.

His was a life filled with honours and awards, from Gold medals at University to military decorations to honorary degrees and more. He was elected Rector of Glasgow University and subsequently became its Chancellor. He was briefly a British Member of Parliament, and in 1935 he was knighted for his services to agriculture. In 1949, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize, Prime Minister Clement Attlee ennobled him as Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns.

Reading of Boyd Orr’s long career it seems he had a series of false starts and perhaps even failures. But he was no dilettante. He combined a powerful intellect with an admirable work ethic to achieve a mastery in everything he tried. That he chose to move from a career in teaching to medical practice, to research, to politics and then to governance and policy making was not evidence of mere restlessness but of a constant desire to do meaningful work.

Boyd Orr was at heart a man with an ambitious vision for the world, and he firmly believed that real peace and prosperity would only ever be achieved when no one was hungry.

The citation for the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize read: “for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war”.

PLEASE HELP THE ANIMALS IN GAZA‼️

@sulalaanimalrescue (in this link you can see the desperate cries for help people in Gaza are sending to Sulala) is the only animal shelter in Gaza and they are running out of animal food to help all the animals, cats, dogs, birds, donkeys and horses!

Currently they are sheltering cats and dogs, but also donating food to animals owners in Gaza, helping lots of gazans feed their beloved pets (including the donkeys and horses that are working extra hard since fuel is not allowed thanks to 🇮🇱).

Please, for many people their pets are one of their only sources of hope and happiness during this genocide. Can you imagine surviving all they have endured and now having to watch their pets dying of hunger?

YOU CAN HELP THEM!

Here are two ways to help:

Donate to one of these two links: LINK1 LINK2

Email the following text to the Organizations emails below the text.

E-mail copy:

"Dear,

I am writing to you on behalf of Sulala Society for Animal Care in Gaza, the sole animal protection organization operating in the Gaza Strip.

I am reaching out to bring your attention to the dire situation that animals in Gaza are currently facing due to the ongoing conflict. As you are likely aware, the Gaza Strip has been under siege for the past 49 days, and the recent hostage exchange deal has granted a brief 4-day truce, allowing for much-needed aid to enter through Egypt.

However, amidst the chaos, the crucial issue of animal welfare is often overlooked.

The animals in Gaza, including cats, dogs, horses, donkeys, and birds, are suffering immensely. The scarcity of food and shelter has left them in a state of desperation.

Of particular concern are the working horses and donkeys, which serve as the primary mode of transport, carrying both humans and vital water supplies. Unfortunately, due to the lack of fuel, these animals are now struggling with insufficient food, compounding their misery.

On behalf of Sulala Society for Animal Care, we urgently appeal for your assistance in facilitating the entry of essential animal aid into Gaza.

We kindly request the following items:

1. Cat food and dog food (dry and canned);

2. Veterinary medicine supplies, with a focus on painkillers and anti parasite medication;

3. Food for donkeys and horses;

4. Food for birds.

We understand the complex nature of the current situation, but we believe that addressing the plight of these animals is a humanitarian imperative. Providing assistance to the animals not only alleviates their suffering but also contributes to the overall well-being of the community.

We kindly ask for your immediate attention to this matter and request that you take all necessary measures to facilitate the entry of the specified animal aid into Gaza.

Time is of the essence, and we believe that with your support, we can make a significant difference in the lives of these innocent creatures.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

We look forward to your positive response and collaboration in this critical humanitarian endeavor.

Sincerely, [your name if you feel comfortable]."

Preliminary list of United Nations organisations active in the occupied Palestininian territories or in Animal Rights - these addresses are publicly available:

OCHAOPT (organisation for the coordination of humanitarian affairs occupied Palestinian Territories) Email main office: [email protected]

UNRWA (UN organisation created to meet Palestinian refugee needs since 1948) New York office: [email protected]

Washington DC office: [email protected]

Cairo office: [email protected]

UNCAHP (UN Convention on Animal Health and Protection): [email protected]

FAO (food and agriculture organisation of the United Nations): [email protected]

UNICEF: [email protected]

World Food Programme: [email protected]

World Animal Protection: [email protected]

ICRC: [email protected]

It's highly important that you email the organizations, because GAZA itself is running out of animal food, so we need to pressure the orgs to let animal food enter Gaza along with human food, also animal medications since a lot of them were also hurt by the bombings.

Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️

P.S. obvious but worth saying, keep talking, sharing, pressing your Reps, calling for an ACTUAL ceasefire AND A FREE PALESTINE!

Reforming the world’s food systems will be a key step in limiting global temperature rises, the UN has said, as it set out the first instalment of a roadmap for providing food and farming while staying within 1.5C.

Food production is highly vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, with research suggesting that as much as a third of global food could be at risk from global heating.

Agriculture and livestock farming are also major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing roughly a 10th of global carbon output directly, and more than double that if the conversion of natural habitat to farming is included.

Until now, however, the UN has held back from setting out in detail how the world can both meet the nutritional needs of a growing population, which is forecast to reach 10 billion by 2050, and reduce global greenhouse gases to net zero by the same date. The latter is required to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Maximo Torero, the chief economist for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), told the Guardian: “We need to act to reduce hunger, and to stay within 1.5C. This is about rebalancing global food systems.”

The roadmap will be laid out over the next two to three years, starting with a document published at Cop28 in Dubai that contains 20 key targets to be met between 2025 and 2050, but little detail on how they can be met. Further detail on how the aspirations can be achieved will be set out in future instalments at the next two Cop summits.

The targets include: reducing methane emissions from livestock by 25% by 2030; ensuring all the world’s fisheries are sustainably managed by 2030; safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030; halving food waste by 2030; eliminating the use of traditional biomass for cooking by 2030.

Torero said the plan would not include calls for a meat tax, which some experts have advocated, but would examine measures to tax sugar, salt and super-processed foods, and better food labelling.

More climate finance should be devoted to agriculture, he added, which accounts for only about 4% of climate finance today. He also called for much more efficient use of agricultural land and resources.

Emile Frison, an expert at IPES-Food (the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems), said: “The FAO should be applauded for this first step in laying out a plan to eliminate extreme hunger and the third of greenhouse gases that come from food systems, and particularly for its emphasis on a just transition – it is not easy.”

But he said the plan did not go far enough. “This current draft puts a huge emphasis on incremental changes to the current industrial food system. But this is a flawed system that is wrecking nature, polluting the environment, and starving millions of people,” he said. “These efficiency-first proposals are unlikely to be enough to get us off the high-pollution, high-fossil-fuel, high-hunger track we are on.”

He called for more radical proposals in the coming instalments. “The next rounds of this process will need to go much further in proposing a real transformation of the status quo, by putting much more emphasis on diversification, shorter supply chains and agroecology, and on tackling the massive power inequalities imposed by a handful of companies that define what we grow and eat.”

Ruth Davis, a fellow at the European Climate Foundation, and senior associate at Oxford’s Smith School, said: “The world desperately needs a roadmap which points us to a fairer, more resilient and sustainable future for food systems. The FAO has made a useful start but it doesn’t take us all the way to the destination we need."

"Good news for consumers," farmers' union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus writes on Monday, noting that food prices finally began to fall last month and should continue to do so throughout the rest of the year.

Figures provided by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) suggest that increased trading and a spike in the supply of agricultural commodities has pushed down prices globally, including in Finland, where prices had been seeing double-digit rises.

In April, the Food Price Index (FFPI) - which measures the monthly change in international prices of vegetable oil, cereal, dairy, sugar and meat products - showed a 2.6 percent decrease from April and a 22.1 percent decrease from its all-time high in March 2022.

May's decline was largely due to a significant fall in the price of vegetable oils, cereals and dairy products, but was partly offset by increases in the prices of sugar and meat.

MT tells its readers that while Finland's grain harvest is looking slightly weaker this year, improved global supply and a drop in fertiliser prices have also alleviated the price of grain products in Finnish supermarkets, with the declining trend likely to continue towards the end of the year.

Cheap and clean energy

Economically viable, green energy — particularly wind power — could be the Finnish economy's holy grail in the period of green transition, according to Fingrid's CEO Jukka Ruusunen.

Speaking to newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the head of the Finnish power grid operator said that the fast development of wind energy technology is the best thing that has happened to the country's economy in decades.

Low prices and secure supply have made Finnish wind power among the most competitive in the global market, attracting international investments worth about 90 billion euros, according to the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK).

"It is an unprecedented amount," HS writes, adding that an additional five million euros in investments are also in the pipeline.

Seasonal temperature fluctuations create strong winds in Finland, according to the paper.

The country is also sparsely populated so there is plenty of space on which to build wind power stations. This is the ace up Finland's sleeve compared to central Europe, which is more densely-populated, HS writes.

The benefits of a booming wind power sector to the economy could help support funding of the Finnish welfare system for decades to come, Ruusunen says.

"If this opportunity is not missed in the House of the Estates, that is," Ruusunen adds, referring to the ongoing government negotiations which have just entered their sixth week.

A future rat problem

Milder winters could mean that Finland will soon be dealing with a serious rat problem, according to Tampere-based Aamulehti.

Most rats die during Finland's cold winters, evolution biologist at the University of Helsinki Tuomas Aivelo explains, but he warns that global warming could help larger populations survive into spring.

If there are more rats in the spring, their numbers will increase rapidly as they start to reproduce. They also benefit from the lack of snow, as it is easier to move around and source food on snow-free ground, Aamulehti notes.

Rats are already common across Finland from the southernmost regions all the way up north, in the area of Oulu.

"The more people there are, the more likely there are to be rats. That's why rats are particularly abundant in big cities," Aivelo said, adding that so far Finland has managed to keep populations under control once a peak has been observed.

International aid workers from World Central Kitchen killed in Israeli airstrike

A World Central Kitchen team has been hit by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip. Five people died, including helpers from Poland, Australia and the UK.

Israel had a right to self-defence, the key word being " had past tense".

What else must happen to the eternal back and forth chasing of the Palestinian civilian population for supposedly necessary measures or, to put it clearly, military attacks with more and more civilian deaths!

israel is doing itself a disservice with this strategy, it is creating even more terrorists and driving extremism in the arab countries even further.

Pressure creates against pressure physically law. It's only stupid if you have caused the waves that are coming your way.

The massacre on 7 October was cruel and despicable and represents the sick ideology of hamas and its contract killers. The murder, rape and kidnapping of innocent people is not a fight for freedom but a war crime.

Never forget who is responsible for the consequences - the murderers and those behind the hamas massacre.

However, retaliation on this scale is no longer justifiable and must be stopped immediately.

Stop the Gaza war immediately, it is against international law.

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The UN Security Council has been given a stark warning about the consequences of inaction in Gaza: in its latest report to the UN Security Council, the United Nations (UN) warns that at least 576,000 people in Gaza are at risk of famine as a result of the conflict.

The UN Security Council met under the auspices of Resolution 2417: representatives of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) presented the findings of their report. The report highlights how warfare, including the impact of the Israeli military blockade before 7 October 2023, is preventing people in Gaza from accessing food. This includes Israel's far-reaching restrictions on access and delivery of humanitarian and commercial goods, as well as targeted attacks on aid convoys. Humanitarian aid and access to the population across Gaza is also restricted due to the denial of security guarantees and the ongoing blockade of water and electricity and bombardments. The UN also emphasised the impact of the attacks on the food production infrastructure: due to the destruction of agricultural land and numerous forced displacements, fields have been abandoned and food production is limited.

While the entire population in Gaza does not have sufficient access to food, the situation in northern Gaza is particularly catastrophic. According to the WFP, one in six children under the age of two now suffers from wasting. 155,000 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers do not have access to sufficient, nutritious food. Malnutrition has a devastating and intergenerational impact on vulnerable populations, including long-term effects on children's cognitive and physical development and well-being, as well as compromising their future quality of life.

Resolution 2417, adopted unanimously in 2018, is intended to prompt the UN Security Council to act when there is a risk of conflict-related famine for the civilian population. It strengthens existing international law, according to which starving the civilian population is a war crime. However, despite constant warnings of the risks and contrary to the UN Security Council's own resolutions, it remains inactive - as a result of the use of the veto power of the permanent members. At the beginning of the month, the United States vetoed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire for the third time.

The signatory non-governmental organisations are calling on the UN Security Council to urgently adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. This is the only way to curb the famine in Gaza and protect the civilian population, including by preventing a military operation in Rafah, which would have catastrophic consequences for the civilian population and bring relief efforts to a complete standstill.

At the same time, humanitarian aid for Palestinians must now be massively increased, which will be essential even if the fighting stops. This includes continuing to support the vital work of UNRWA and partner organisations to help the Palestinian civilian population survive one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time. The role of UNRWA cannot be replaced. The approval and renewal of visas for humanitarian workers must also be accelerated.

The UN Security Council must ensure the implementation of the resolutions on Gaza, which call for unrestricted, rapid, safe and unhindered access for humanitarian aid organisations to all of Gaza. In addition, the UN Security Council has a crucial role to play in ensuring compliance with the judgement of the International Court of Justice and upholding the consistent application of international law.

Elevating Food Safety Standards: ISO 22000 Certification in Tanzania / Uncategorized / By Factocert Mysore

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"Go back to the bowl and avoid the box"- Pres Ali talks up food security

President Irfaan Ali addressing the opening of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. President Irfaan Ali on Monday appealed to people in the Caribbean and Latin America to return to the days of taking home-cooked food to work and school and reduce their dependence on fast foods. “How do we ensure that the next generation just don’t eat…

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FG addressing food, nutrition insecurity — Agric ministry

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fashedemi, says the Federal Government has put machinery in place to address challenges of food and nutrition insecurity. Fashedemi spoke at the presentation of the March 2024 round of Cadre Harmonisé analysis national consolidation report on Friday in Abuja. The Cadre Harmonisé(CH) is a Food and Nutrition Insecurity Analysis by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with technical partners including the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Fashedemi, who was represented by the Director of Special duties, Adedayo Modupe, said the results of the cycle of CH analysis came at a time when government was leaving no stone unturned in reinvigorating the nation’s economy. The permanent secretary said the removal of petroleum subsidy had further heightened pressure, resulting in food inflation and increase in consumer price index’ He assured of the ministry’s commitments to upholding and utilising the outcome and recommendations proffered at the workshop for the implementation of food and nutrition security interventions. The Cadre Harmonisé report indicated that no fewer than 31.5 million people including 83,846 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 26 states and the FCT were expected to be in crisis between June and August 2024. According to the report, no fewer than 24.7 million people including 14,000 IDPs in 26 states and the FCT are in food crisis between March and May 2024. The report revealed that about 1.1 million people in Adamawa were expected to be in crisis or worse between June and August 2024, and about 2.1 million people in Borno were expected to be in crisis or worse between June and August. “Also, 1.5 million people in Yobe are expected to be in crisis or worse between June and August this year. “During the current period, food consumption was under stress in most of the states and Crisis in some LGAs in Adamawa, Borno, Katsina, and Yobe, Zamfara States. “Deteriorated food consumption situation was also observed among populations in the inaccessible areas and the IDPs in Adanawa, Borno, Sokoto, and Zamfara States. “During the projected period (June to August 2024) more households are expected to face crisis level of food consumption in the states.” It said that the deteriorating food consumption resulted from a significant spike in food prices due to high production and transportation costs caused by the removal of fuel subsidies and its resultant impact on inflation and consumer price index rates on both food and basic non-food items. The report said that in all the states analysed, livelihood evolution was either under stress or crisis.“The consequences of insecurity have led to the loss of livelihoods in Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Yobe states. “Poor macroeconomic conditions are restricting access to agricultural inputs in the country; the high cost of transport, inflation rate, and the volatile dollar-naira exchange rate have negatively affected households’ income. “In the projected period (June to August 2024), poor microeconomic conditions and conflicts are expected to drive limited access to livelihood opportunities. “The nutrition situation in the Borno, Adamawa and Yobe and northwest states of Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara revealed the prevalence of malnutrition for Under-5 children to be in crisis in the current situation,” the report said. The report said key drivers of the crisis included conflict and insecurity, fuel scarcity, naira devaluation currency crisis, and rising inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI) rates. In his remarks at the presentation, the Country Representative of the FAO to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr Koffy Dominique, said the main goal of the CH workshops was to analyse available food security data. Dominique, who was represented by the Deputy FAO Country Representative, Suleiman Abubakar, said the CH analysis produced the most reliable and widely acceptable data/results for humanitarian programming and food security. He said the FAO would continue to support the CH process, both in terms of funding as well as technical support and capacity building across the country. Read the full article

4 March 2024: King Abdullah II received UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General Qu Dongyu, and discussed enhancing cooperation between Jordan and FAO.

His Majesty expressed appreciation for the organisation’s support for the process of developing a food security monitoring system for the Near East and North Africa region, which will be launched at the 37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC 37), which opened in Jordan on Monday, and will contribute to the design and development of information and communications systems for the food security dashboard in Jordan and other countries.

The King also expressed keenness to work with FAO to achieve the goals related to food security and agriculture in the Economic Modernisation Vision, in order to transform the Kingdom into a leading regional hub for food security.

The meeting also covered the humanitarian situation in Gaza, with His Majesty warning of the repercussions of food insecurity as a result of the ongoing war, stressing the need to continue all efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to the Strip by all available means, and work to restore basic services there.

Princess Basma bint Ali, the FAO goodwill ambassador for the Near East and North Africa, Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan, Agriculture Minister Khaled Hneifat, and Jordan’s Permanent Representative to FAO Qais Abu Dayyeh attended the meeting.

Feeding Systems Market Overview 2024-2033 – Competitive Landscape and Strategies

The Feeding Systems Global Market Report 2024 by The Business Research Company provides market overview across 60+ geographies in the seven regions - Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Africa, encompassing 27 major global industries. The report presents a comprehensive analysis over a ten-year historic period (2010-2021) and extends its insights into a ten-year forecast period (2023-2033).

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According to The Business Research Company’s Feeding Systems Global Market Report 2024, The feeding systems market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $1.82 billion in 2023 to $1.95 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to agricultural revolution, industrialization impact, focus on livestock efficiency, rise of livestock farming, precision agriculture introduction..

The feeding systems market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.58 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to focus on sustainable practices, demand for nutritional optimization, smart and connected farming solutions, consumer demand for quality products, data analytics and predictive insights.. Major trends in the forecast period include integration with mobile platforms, modular and scalable solutions, efficiency in feed conversion, health monitoring integration , eco-friendly solutions..

The rising demand for dairy products is expected to propel the feeding systems market. Dairy products are foods derived primarily from or containing milk from mammals such as cattle, goats, sheep, and others. This rising demand for dairy products increased the need for feeding systems to increase the productivity of diary sector. For instance, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, a collaborative effort, World milk production is expected to increase by 1.6 % annually between 2020 and 2029 and reach 997 million tons in 2029. Therefore, the rise in demand for dairy products will drive the feeding systems market.

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The feeding systems market covered in this report is segmented –

1) By Type: Rail-Guided, Conveyor Belt, Self-Propelled 2) By Technology: Manual, Automated 3) By Function: Controlling, Mixing, Filling and Screening, Other Functions 4) By End Users: Swine Farm, Equine Farm, Dairy Farm, Poultry Farm

Technological advancements are a key trend in the feeding systems market. Major companies operating in the feeding systems market are focused on developing new technologies such as real-time monitoring, diet deficiencies monitoring, and others to boost profitability and strengthen their market position. For instance, in April 2023, DeLaval, a Sweden-based company that specializes in dairy farming and milking equipment, launched a new autonomous feeding robot DeLaval Optimat. The Optimat solution encompasses a range of functions, including weighing, cutting, mixing, and delivering feed to the table, streamlining and automating the entire feeding process on dairy farms. This advancement is poised to reduce costs and labor associated with feeding, offering dairy farmers a more efficient and technologically integrated solution for their operations.

The feeding systems market report table of contents includes:

Executive Summary

Market Characteristics

Market Trends And Strategies

Impact Of COVID-19

Market Size And Growth

Segmentation

Regional And Country Analysis . . .

Competitive Landscape And Company Profiles

Key Mergers And Acquisitions

Future Outlook and Potential Analysis

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Just to Know!

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has launched the Asia-Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023: Statistics and Trends, which said 74.1% of Indians were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021.

Southern Asia accounts for almost 314 million of the region’s undernourished people. This represents 85 % of undernourished people in the Asia and the Pacific region.

There are more severely food insecure individuals in Southern Asia than any other subregions.

Women across the subregions, except for Eastern Asia, tend to be more food insecure than men.

Comparison with Neighboring Countries: Pakistan had 82.2% and Bangladesh had 66.1% of their populations facing difficulties in accessing healthy food.

16.6% of India's population is undernourished. India has a lower prevalence of moderate or severe and severe Food Insecurity compared to the world since 2015.

Research published on Friday by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) at Cop28 reveals the huge impact of livestock emissions on the climate. Livestock produce methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, so are a key contributor to the climate crisis.

The FAO found that livestock agrifood systems – which include cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens – are responsible for 6.2 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) emissions.

This accounts for approximately 12% of all emissions in 2015, the baseline year chosen for the study.

It also found:

 Of all the six animal species considered, cattle contribute to more than 60% of global livestock emissions.

 Of the edible animal products – meat, milk and eggs – two-thirds of the emissions are linked to meat production across all species.

 A further one-third of emissions comes from the production, processing and transport of feed inputs.

By 2050, demand for animal products is likely to grow by a fifth from 2020 levels

Without intervention, this upward trend could result in increased emissions from livestock systems, potentially undermining efforts to reduce GHG emissions and exacerbating global temperature rises.

The FAO concludes that more sustainable practices are needed, including breeding livestock for lower emissions and changing their feed, as well as changing human diets.

The report included some data that will trouble campaigners. Cattle in sub-Saharan Africa produce relatively far more emissions than North American cattle, according to the study, although most conservationists would regard subsistence herding as more acceptable environmentally than the mega farms of the US midwest.

The report notes that the absolute emissions of US intensive livestock farming are far greater than those of African herds, but said there was scope for interventions in Africa that would reduce emissions.

Campaigners will not want to see the US given a clean sheet and subsistence farmers taking the blame – that would be the wrong conclusion to draw from their data.

FAO will also present, separately, on Sunday a road map for the world food systems for staying within 1.5C .

Ivo Vlaev, a professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, said: “Shifting public dietary habits, especially in affluent countries where meat consumption is high, is a complex challenge. People’s food choices are deeply ingrained and influenced by cultural, social, and personal factors.

“Interventions to change these behaviours must account for these influences, potentially employing strategies like social norming (highlighting the growing popularity of plant-based diets), framing (emphasising the personal health benefits of reduced meat consumption), and facilitating ease of access to alternative protein sources.”

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Preliminary reporting on the roadmap here

World food prices remain unchanged in November

The UN food agency’s World Price Index was unchanged in November, with a decline in global cereal prices offset by an increase in vegetable oil prices, Reuters reports.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) price index, which tracks the world’s most traded food commodities, averaged 120.4 points in November, the same level as in October, which was the lowest since March 2021.

Compared to November last year, November’s figures were down 10.7 per cent. The FAO Cereals Price Index decreased by 3.0 per cent in November compared to the previous month, driven by a sharp fall in maize prices, while wheat prices fell by 2.4 per cent. Vegetable oil prices increased by 3.4% compared to October. The FAO said in a statement:

“Palm oil prices rebounded more than 6% in November, chiefly underpinned by more active purchases by leading importing countries and seasonally lower outputs in major producing countries.”

Sugar prices rose 1.4 per cent month-on-month in November but averaged 41.1 per cent higher year-on-year thanks to worsening production prospects in Thailand and India.

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