Biorefinery Glas: Use of Grass Protein Concentrate as Novel Monogastric Feed for Pigs
A factsheet on the suitability of using grass protein concentrate as monogastric feed for pigs. As Ireland imports over 3 million tonnes of animal feed annually, there is a major opportunity to offset some of these imports if we can use grass in a more resource efficient way using the biorefinery approach. The majority of these imports are GMO and emission intensive and are often associated with negative land-use effects such as soil degradation, and the decline in forest areas and subtropical savannahs. During the Biorefinery Glas project grass protein concentrate was trialed as a protein source in pig feed diets. Overall, 800 kgCO2-e released per tonne of soya meal produced. 1.7 million tonnes of soya and maize genetically modified (GM) products imported into Ireland annual out of a total of 3.47 million feed imports. 90% of soya bean and maize feed products imported from Argentina, Brazil and the USA. Approximately two thirds of the feed materials marketed in Ireland are imported, compared to 37% in the UK, 27% in France, and 26% in Germany.
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Contribution detail info
- Location
- Ireland
- Authors
- James Gaffey
- Purpose
- Communication
- Dissemination
- Education/Training
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 8.34 MB
- Created on
- 31-12-2019
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- NUTRI-KNOW
- License
- CC BY
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