Africa Egg Production Report
Professor Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst’s report on the development of egg production in the sub regions of Africa between 1990 and 2008.
Professor Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst’s report on the development of egg production in the sub regions of Africa between 1990 and 2008.
A critical review provided by Dr Vincent Guyonnet, IEC Scientific Advisor upon ISO 26000: 2010 and statement on animal welfare.
A Brochure provided by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to provide a basic understanding of the voluntary International Standard: ISO 26000:2010, Guidance on Social Responsibility.
IEC Scientific References listed by Broad Topics and Publication Date -Last updated 8 February 2014
Background, Aims and Scope. Over the last five decades, the nature of food retailing has undergone an enormous transformation. Macro …
This overview analyses the key drivers of change in the global livestock sector and assesses how they are influencing current trends and future prospects in the world’s diverse livestock production systems and market chains; and what are their consequent impacts on the management of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. The trends are occurring …
The measurement of farm animal well-being has evolved through several stages to return to the most agreed-upon system of evaluation that uses a multidisciplinary approach. The multidisciplinary approach includes measures of animal behavior, physiology, anatomy and health and immunity. However, the multidisciplinary approach must be used in the context of other important society issues including: …
Sustainability is the possibility of all people living rewarding lives within the means of nature. Despite ample recognition of the …
This paper examines the challenges that climate change raises for animal agriculture and discusses the contributions that may come from …
Nowadays many debates are going on that relate to the agricultural and food sector. It looks as if present technological …
Organic agriculture addresses the public demand to diminish environmental pollution of agricultural production. Until now, however, only few studies tried …
A variety of policy strategies have been proposed and argued as capable of delivering more sustainable food systems, and accompanying …
Procedures that increase the sustainability of agriculture often result in animals being treated more humanely: both livestock in animal and mixed farming and wildlife in arable farming. Equally, procedures ensuring humane treatment of farm animals often increase sustainability, for example in disease control and manure management. This overlap between sustainability and humaneness is not coincidental. …
This paper is the report of a meeting that gathered many of the UK’s most senior animal scientists with representatives of the farming industry, consumer groups, animal welfare groups, and environmentalists. There was strong consensus that the current economic structure of agriculture cannot adequately address major issues of concern to society: farm incomes, food security …