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Dear colleagues,

Following publication, released this week by FAO, is now available for downloading

Utilization of fruit and vegetable wastes as livestock feed and as substrates for generation of other value-added products

URL:  http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3273e/i3273e.pdf


About the publication
By 2050 the world will need to feed an additional 2 billion people and will require 70 per cent more meat and milk. The increasing future demand for livestock products, driven by increases in income, population and urbanization will impose a huge demand on feed resources. Sustainability of feed production systems is being challenged due to biophysical factors such as land, soil and water scarcity, food-fuel-feed competition, on going global warming and frequent and drastic climatic vagaries, along with increased competition for arable land and non-renewable resources such as fossil carbon-sources, water and phosphorus. A key to sustainable livestock development is: efficient use of available feed resources including reduction in wastage, and enlargement of the feed resource base through a quest for novel feed resources, particularly those not competing with human food.

A huge quantity of fruit and vegetable wastes (FVW) and by-products from the fruit and vegetable processing industry are available throughout the world. For example fruit and vegetable processing, packing, distribution and consumption in the organized sector in India, the Philippines, China and the United States of America generate a total of approximately 55 million tonnes of FVW. A large proportion of these wastes are dumped in landfills or rivers, causing environmental hazards. Alternatives to such disposal methods could be recycling through livestock as feed resources and/or further processing to extract or develop value-added products.

This publication presents information on the chemical composition, conservation methods, nutritive value and guidelines for incorporation of FVW in animal diets. It also covers aspects related to utilization of such wastes as a substrate for the generation of value-added products. It is expected that this document will promote conversion of wastes to resources and help generate opportunities for development. The recycling of these resources will economise on animal feed and also alleviate the environmental pollution associated with disposal of FVW.

The document is intended for use by extension workers, researchers, feed industries, food processing industries, NGOs, farmers' associations, producers, policy-makers and science managers.



Harinder Makkar

Livestock production Systems Branch
Animal Production and Health Division
FAO, Rome

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