The role of sustainable commercial pig and poultry breeding for food security

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Authors

Anne-Marie Neeteson-van Nieuwenhoven · Aviagen (United Kingdom)

P. W. Knap · Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen

Santiago Avendaño · Aviagen (United Kingdom)

Abstract

The increasing worldwide demand for animal products and the decreasing availability of resources such as land and water require livestock production to increase its productivity and to reduce its environmental impact. Animal breeding must support this.

Topics & Keywords

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Animal Nutrition and Physiology Livestock and Poultry Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Animal Frontiers

Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. 52-57

DOI: 10.2527/af.2013-0008

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