More than 70 international participants from the science, agriculture, feed and food production sectors attended the 'Your future with Dr Eckel: Profitable, sustainable, animal welfare' trade conference at the Dorint Parkhotel Bad Neuenahr.
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They concluded that modern animal nutrition must find a balance between animal welfare and profitability in order to be applicable to the future. The significance of the occasion did not take second place to the technical lectures, discussions and networking: a convivial dinner was followed by a tantalising evening programme.
No less than the future of the industry featured in this year's trade conference. Sustainable, profitable and animal-welfare oriented: these are the guiding principles for tomorrow's food production. But which is the path that will lead to success? What are the challenges that need to be overcome? And how can growers, producers, processors and retailers be economically viable while fulfilling all the requirements for animal welfare, the climate, the environment and resources? Speakers and participants addressed these major issues in talks and panel discussions.
Prof. Johanna Fink-Gremmels, Chair of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology at Utrecht University, made the role of nutrition in animal health and welfare particularly clear in her talk, stating that, besides contributing significantly to stable health, proper nutrition is also a key factor for better performance, lower medical costs and consequently better returns. Dutch company New Generation Nutrition is also all about nutrition. In her talk, CEO Marian Peters clearly demonstrated how important insects could be to nutrition, both animal and human, in the future.
Read the full article on the International Aquafeed website, HERE.
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