Poultry International - December 2012 - 19
17 Read: Dutch egg producers, researchers seek optimum layer housing www.WATTAgNet. com/149388.html Ellis Rubinstein, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences, emphasized the need to work together to respond to rising demand for food. create a world-leading institute for innovation in livestock genetics and brings together the university's Animal Breeding Genomics Centre, Cobb Europe, Hendrix, CRV and Topigs. There are now ever more opportunities to improve traits, such as resource efficiency, product quality and animal welfare, often thanks to developments in deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing, and bringing these various partners together should ensure that these opportunities are exploited. Similar collaborative ventures are taking place between the Centre for Animal Nutrition and major players in the animal feed industry under the umbrella of the Feed4Food initiative. These efforts have been extended beyond the Netherlands' borders; work is also being carried out with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRA, particularly about scarcity of protein. Another new initiative is Healthy Livestock Farming, which aims to combine husbandry and veterinary approaches to health in the hope of finding alternatives to using antibiotics in livestock production. Building a future that works As well as these new initiatives, there is investment in existing structures and facilities, which should help to take agricultural production forward. In September, the upgrading of the High Containment research facilities at the Central Veterinary Institute in Lelystad was started. This upgrading should enable research institutes and life sciences companies to develop new vaccines and diagnostic tools for zoonotic diseases under the highly controlled conditions of level 3 biosecurity. Much of the research is focused on the sustainable intensification of livestock production, Scholten explained. To make the right choices in sustainability, farm, chain or global level his team is developing the next generation of Life Cycle Assessments, based on broad knowledge of animal production systems. This is being conducted as part of the European Sustainability Consortium. "The grand global challenges of the 21st century-poverty, hunger, health, climate change and so on- are so complex, they cannot be addressed by isolated initiatives no matter how well-meaning," summed up Ellis Rubinstein, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences. "Academia's geniuses alone cannot solve them. Industry, academia and government must all work together to create the synergies required." □ Product Innovation Leader control pans Bulk Feed tanks aV Heaters Broiler Feeders Visit us at the International Poultry Expo - Booth#951 Hired Hand Ph: 1-256-287-1000 1759 County Road 68 Bremen, AL 35033 www.hired-hand.com December 2012 | www.WATTAgNet.com Cumberland Farm Duty Meets Innovation. Cumberland/Hired-Hand. Better Service. Better Products. ® Copyright © 2012 AGCO Corporation Ph: 1-217-226-4401 1004 E. Illinois St. Assumption, IL 62510 www.cumberlandpoultry.com
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