Partnership

“By combining our expertise with CJ Feed & Care, we can help farmers boost efficiency, professionalism, and profitability,” said De Heus.

The project aims to reduce meat imports, expand domestic production, and strengthen food security through strategic investment in ranches, grasslands, and rural livelihoods.

The feed is intended to stabilise livestock body conditions and protect pastoral livelihoods at a time when pasture has been depleted, and water sources have shrunk.

The partnerships are designed to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals of food security, circular economy growth, and environmental sustainability.

The validation underscores its fully circular model, which relies on repurposing agricultural by-products to produce insect-based protein.

Each edition of VietShrimp Asia and Aquaculture Vietnam has expanded in scale, drawing more than 200 exhibitors and over 4,000 trade visitors from across Asia and beyond

Concrete barges offer stability and durability for feed storage and distribution, and reduce operational energy use

The appointments come as the institute intensifies efforts to supply Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccines to affected SADC regions.

The long-term goal is to increase local meat and dairy production, reduce imports, improve farmer incomes, and position Nigeria as a leading livestock producer in West Africa.

In a pilot study conducted in 2023–2024, which served as a proof-of-concept, researchers achieved 4.3 MT of seabass per acre with an FCR of 1.2.