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Editor’s note<br />
A<br />
battling world economy, escalating commodity<br />
prices continuing its volatile trend, cheap imported<br />
products and livestock at low prices (subsidised<br />
producers), climate change and governments<br />
with somewhat insensitive policies and legislation,<br />
make it very difficult to effectively and economically produce<br />
agricultural products.<br />
Consumers ultimately not only dictate the quality of the<br />
final food product, but are also becoming more concerned<br />
about the methods used to produce it. From a producer’s point<br />
of view, escalating input costs necessitate research to find even<br />
more efficient and sustainable means to increase output, thus<br />
decreasing environmental impact, but also maintaining (or<br />
even increasing) the quality of that same product.<br />
Producers are blessed with livestock that can convert<br />
valuable and even invaluable feed sources into quality proteins<br />
(food products). Maintaining herd/flock health and acquiring<br />
feed sources which comply with minimum quality standards,<br />
should ensure produce safe for human consumption.<br />
The new Matrix<br />
<strong>AFMA</strong> Matrix has undergone some changes following the joint<br />
venture of <strong>AFMA</strong> and Plaas Publishing. Although keeping its<br />
well-established reputable technical angle of reporting, more<br />
sections have been added to complement and expand the<br />
scope of <strong>AFMA</strong> Matrix: feed industry and processing matters,<br />
client focus and industry economics.<br />
On the technology front, there is currently a lot of interesting<br />
and promising research being conducted in the world. Just by<br />
reading through the Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC)<br />
<strong>2013</strong> programme, and a lot of impressive resumés of invited<br />
speakers, we are expecting a knowledge and information<br />
feast.<br />
On that note, the South African animal science and livestock<br />
production community welcomes all delegates, local and<br />
foreign, to the 4th Global Feed and Food Congress hosted by<br />
<strong>AFMA</strong> at Sun City in the beautiful North-West province. The<br />
programme promises to provide a meticulous insight into<br />
new technologies and innovations, good feed manufacturing<br />
practices and technologies, meeting the sustainability<br />
challenge, the latest developments in livestock nutrition,<br />
managing feed safety, various seminars and workshops, as well<br />
as the way forward.<br />
On behalf of the <strong>AFMA</strong> Matrix team and animal science<br />
colleagues, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all<br />
local and international speakers at the Global Feed and Food<br />
Congress/<strong>AFMA</strong> Forum <strong>2013</strong>. May the slogan of “Safe Feed<br />
& Food for All” remain the common denominator dictating<br />
the way we as scientists, producers, industry role-players and<br />
governments manage each sector to a common and attainable<br />
purpose of food security.<br />
Ockert Einkamerer, editor<br />
Email: EinkamererOB@ufs.ac.za<br />
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