Sustainability

Sustainable food production includes elements as the efficient use of renewable resources, the maintenance of profitability and productivity, continued availability of high quality, diverse food products, the promotion of appropriate levels of animal welfare, and the preservation of biodiversity.

Sustainable breeding and reproduction means balancing:

• Safe and healthy food
• Robust, adapted, healthy animals
• Biodiversity
• Social responsibility
• A competitive and distinctive Europe

 

A future with a sustainable animal agriculture can be created with the contribution of animal breeding and reproduction. Many opportunities are open for improvement in biological and economical efficiency of food production and increasing food supply. These opportunities are particularly attractive in a sustainability perspective. 

There are three pillars of sustainability: Consumer, Environment, and Economy. The animal breeding and reproduction sector is directly linked to these pillars through interactions with societal developments, implications for biodiversity and the environment, and contribution to economic growth. 

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