by luciano.pinotti@unimi.it | Jul 13, 2021 | news
Diet habits are shifting towards a meat-based diet, especially in developing countries due to increasing GDP, and poultry meat will play a predominant role in the sector, with a growth rate of more than 4% p.a. in the last few years. Among livestock sub-sectors,...
by luciano.pinotti@unimi.it | Jun 15, 2021 | news
Agriculture accounts for 70% of the available freshwater supply and roughly 30% relates to the livestock sector (Hoekstra and Mekonnen, 2012). Similarly, around half the world’s agricultural area and 40% of all arable land is used for livestock feed production and...
by luciano.pinotti@unimi.it | Jun 15, 2021 | news
The increasing global need to find alternative protein/energy sources encouraged and promoted the research in the field of non-conventional nutrients. Insects, algae, ex-food (also termed former food products) as well as duckweed are looked as an interesting...
by luciano.pinotti@unimi.it | Jun 15, 2021 | news
The consumption and supply of water are increasingly constantly, creating not only water availability issues, but also competition among industrial, domestic, agricultural and energy uses (Krasna, 2019). Agricultural uses dominate in terms of the appropriation of...
by luciano.pinotti@unimi.it | Jun 15, 2021 | news
The livestock sector in developing countries, has evolved in response to the rapidly increasing demand for livestock products. Population growth, increasing urbanization and rising incomes are predicted to double the demand for, and production of, livestock and...
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