by Dr Neil Auchterlonie
One of the very fortunate aspects of working for the IFFO is that, in representation of the marine ingredients industry, we find ourselves attending very many interesting meetings in different locations around the world every year.
March was an opportunity to attend the 6th Global Feed and Food Congress, held in Bangkok, Thailand, an event organised by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF). The Congress is held every three years, this year having a theme of “The Future of Feed & Food – are we ready?”
This was a really interesting event that afforded the opportunity, that sadly only happens occasionally given time constraints in the normal day-to-day business, to think strategically about where the ingredients sectors, the feed industry and the food that is produced across the world for humanity is produced.
A series of very interesting sessions and presentations was held over three days, from intergovernmental organisation representatives such as the FAO, academics, and other thought leaders in the field.
The audience was treated to a view of the fourth agricultural revolution – that of digitalising agriculture, which included strong reference to precision livestock farming, and the application of new technology such as Blockchain in securing the traceability of animal protein production systems. For some time, we at the IFFO have been considering how Blockchain may have a role to play in the fishmeal and fish oil sector, so it was interesting to see what the adoption level is like in other industries.
One of the more regularly communicated messages about the importance of managing environmental impacts was raised, and there was a very strong quote from one speaker that “we can only manage what we can measure”. With an increasing focus on the adoption of approaches that align with or adopt life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, this is coming increasing to the fore.
Read more HERE.
One of the very fortunate aspects of working for the IFFO is that, in representation of the marine ingredients industry, we find ourselves attending very many interesting meetings in different locations around the world every year.
March was an opportunity to attend the 6th Global Feed and Food Congress, held in Bangkok, Thailand, an event organised by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF). The Congress is held every three years, this year having a theme of “The Future of Feed & Food – are we ready?”
This was a really interesting event that afforded the opportunity, that sadly only happens occasionally given time constraints in the normal day-to-day business, to think strategically about where the ingredients sectors, the feed industry and the food that is produced across the world for humanity is produced.
A series of very interesting sessions and presentations was held over three days, from intergovernmental organisation representatives such as the FAO, academics, and other thought leaders in the field.
The audience was treated to a view of the fourth agricultural revolution – that of digitalising agriculture, which included strong reference to precision livestock farming, and the application of new technology such as Blockchain in securing the traceability of animal protein production systems. For some time, we at the IFFO have been considering how Blockchain may have a role to play in the fishmeal and fish oil sector, so it was interesting to see what the adoption level is like in other industries.
One of the more regularly communicated messages about the importance of managing environmental impacts was raised, and there was a very strong quote from one speaker that “we can only manage what we can measure”. With an increasing focus on the adoption of approaches that align with or adopt life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, this is coming increasing to the fore.
Read more HERE.
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