{Tool} Agrifood by-products in sustainable pig production. Issuing Organisation(s): Ecovalia - Asociación Valor Ecológico. (2026)
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Document available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VMSp6ohVRE&list=PLYIQvlR9vmg6i9zCvmdbPgz6fWW_sUnAX
Summary
This mEATquality video explores incorporating agri-food industry byproducts into pig diets for sustainable production. Pigs act as efficient waste processors, turning fruit/vegetable processing residues into high-quality pork while lowering costs and environmental impact. Examples show benefits like increased weight gain, better meatness, and positive effects on pork quality.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| Teaser: | Turn agri-food waste into sustainable, high-quality pork with innovative pig feeding strategies. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Modern pig production generates waste and relies on resource-intensive feeds, contributing to environmental strain, high costs, and consumer demand for more sustainable, healthy, and ethical meat options amid overwhelming choices in stores. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | The video promotes using agri-food byproducts—like residues from flax seeds, milk thistle, dried apple, and chokeberry—in pig feed mixtures to create a circular economy: reducing waste, cutting feeding costs, boosting pig health/welfare, improving growth/meat quality, and enhancing pork sustainability. |
| Country: | Spain |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Video |
| Keywords: | swine, feeding, feeds, feed quality, animal nutrition, sustainability |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English swine http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7555 English feeding http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2838 English feeds http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2843 English feed quality http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15850 English animal nutrition http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27925 English sustainability http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 |
| Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge European Union > Horizon 2020 > mEATquality |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 101000344 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/57419, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54537, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/43802, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/38660 |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Dietemann, Lauren |
| ID Code: | 57419 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Mar 2026 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2026 08:40 |
| Document Language: | English, German/Deutsch, Danish/Dansk, Dutch/Nederlands, Italian/Italiano, Polish/Polski |
| Status: | Published |
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