Friday, January 28, 2011

Future of food report looks to aquaculture

UK - Findus Group has welcomed the attention brought to the issue of sustainable aquaculture by Foresight, the Government’s futures think tank, in it its report published on 24 January 2011. The report, entitled ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, argues for fundamental change to the global food system and beyond if a rapidly expanding global population is to be fed over the next 40 years.

The Future of Food and Farming’, argues that aquaculture will have a major role to play in meeting the supply and resource challenges ahead and will need to produce more with increased sustainability. Commenting on the potential scope of aquaculture, the report claims that global productivity in aquaculture typically could, with limited changes to inputs, be raised by around 40 percent.

Leendert den Hollander, managing director, Young’s Seafood and Findus UK, said: “We welcome the attention this report has brought to the issue of sustainable aquaculture. As an ongoing source of good quality protein, fish has an essential part to play in the healthy diet of the UK consumer. Read more...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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