FAO is encouraging the use of co-products of the energy crop, Jatropha, as new livestock feed resources to reduce food-feed competition.
At a conference organised by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, EMBRAPA in Brasilia dedicated to ‘Advances in the detoxification of Jatropha and castor seed cake and their use as livestock feed’, FAO presented its animal feed and feeding programme including the opportunities and challenges in utilising Jatropha co-products as livestock feed and the possibilities of generating other value-added products using a biorefinery concept.
