Animal Task Force 7th Seminar Report available
Animal Task Force published the Session Report of its last Annual meeting held in Brussels, the 28th October 2017, entitled: “Food integrity in the food chain: How can the animal production sector contribute?”.
The topics discussed were the visions of the animal primary production both from civil society and private sector. The document gathers the point of view of its most preminent representatives, organised in short essays. A preminent part is dedicated to edited minutes of the panel discussions.
The Report updates state of the art of the needs of livestock economy research presented in Second White Paper at the end of 2016.
This document indicated research priorities for Horizon2020 2018-2020 Work Programme in innovation and sustainability in European animal production. The study was focused on herbivores (ruminants, horses, rabbits) and monogastrics (pigs, poultry), thinking of livestock production as part of a circular bio-economy, involving agriculture and energy production.
The three main topics analysed in the agenda are the efficient use of biomass (approaching both manure utilisation and food production efficiency), sustainability of the livestock sector and animal health. Emerging technologies are discussed in the cross-cutting issues chapter, as the use of precision instruments and infrastructure development.
The document is available in a short and extended version at
http://www.animaltaskforce.eu/Ourwork/Publicationsanddownloads.aspx
The 7th Seminar Report is available at
http://www.animaltaskforce.eu/Newsandevents/Events/ATFSeminar2017.aspx
