REVIEW PAPER
Some thoughts on feed resource management
in different ecosystems and socio-economic
circumstances
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International Feed Resources Unit,
Macaulay Institute,
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, United Kingdom |
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2002;11(4):545–553
Publication date: 2002-10-11
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ABSTRACT
In this article aspects of feed resource management is discussed. It is emphasised that feed
resource management is generally poor in developed countries due to high labour costs and relatively
low costs of fossil fuel. Similarly, subsidized agriculture in EU and other countries has led to many
problems of environmental degradation and since subsidies have become part of the cost of land etc.,
it has not contributed greatly to farm incomes. Drastic changes in the Common Agricultural Policy
will be necessary in the next decade, made necessary also by EU expansion.
Total resource management can be seen practised in many developing countries in which crop
livestock are not separated and where crop by-product and animal excreta are both valuable resources.
When crops and animals are separated as in many so called developed countries, both crop by-products
and animal excreta contribute to waste.
Examples are given of systems in which plant, animals and soil are seen in holistic relationships.
Examples are also given on how human food production can be increased by unlocking bonds between
lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose.
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