Report on organic protein availability and demand in Europe = Deliverable 1.2 of the CORE Organic project (ICOPP)

Summary

The aim of this study, carried out as part of work package 1 of the project “Improved Contribution of Local Feed to Support 100% Organic Feed Supply to Pigs and Poultry” (ICOPP), was to assess feed availability and demand throughout the countries of the ICOPP project and Europe. The ICOPP project is funded by national funding bodies that are part of the CORE Organic II project (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming Systems, www.coreorganic2.org). Partners from the following ten European countries were part of the project: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. All partners provided information from their country on feed production, livestock numbers and feeding strategies. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the Swiss project partner, conducted the survey and made the calculations on the supply and demand of concentrate feed, crude protein as well as essential amino acids from certified organic origin. Consequently, the self-sufficiency regarding organic feed for monogastrics was calcu-lated for each of the countries participating in the project.