Henning Steinfeld on sustainable livestock systems
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 2012-09-06

Interview__ Henning Steinfeld of FAO -- at the Livestock Futures conference in Bonn -- calls for more attention being paid to the impact that any international trade, including that of livestock products, would have on the environment.
Steinfeld is head of FAO Livestock Sector Analysis and Policy Branch and coordinator of the Global Agenda of Action for a Sustainable Livestock Sector. He speaks about the issue of cheap food imports posing a danger for local producers in developing countries. While he acknowledges the positive contribution livestock systems can make to global food security, he sees the need for more efficient animal production systems and therefore reducing the footprint of animal production.