João Marcelo Gomes brings nearly 30 years of experience in the sector to Kemin's agriculture business in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Africa is keen on increasing aquaculture production, but it needs affordable fish feed and feed ingredients. Here is a review of the current situation and challenges.
Recent developments in Ghana indicate that the production of commercial fish feed based on alternative ingredients will begin shortly.
Spanning an area of 29,300 square meters, the new facility has an annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons, featuring five production lines exclusively dedicated to shrimp feed products.
The new agreement with Nutrispices aims to represent A-Systems’ solutions to animal feed producers in Vietnam.
Cedric van den Bossche will oversee the development of the company's Asian markets.
The new target for Norwegian-produced raw materials in aquafeeds has increased to 25% by 2034.
Odd Helge Romarheim was appointed as a new specialist in nutrition and feeding who will oversee the grow-out feeds for salmon and trout.
MicroHarvest is working on diversifying its production to ingredients that are not only a source of protein but support growth performance in aquaculture.
The company is the first in the region to be ISO 20400 certified, proving its sustainable purchasing strategy.
Marcelo Oyarzún will represent the company both in Chile and Ecuador.
Vimifos achieved multi-site certification for three of its feed mills in Mexico that produce feed for shrimp, tilapia, trout and marine fish and Skretting has also achieved multi-site certification for two feed mills in Chile that produce feed for salmon.
The animal nutrition specialist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has completed the sale of its North America division to Easy Bio Corporation.
The work entails conveying to Vietnamese and Chinese stakeholders the benefits that U.S. animal food products bring to farmers in terms of improved animal production and health.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection was forced to suspend rail operations at key points to alleviate an increase in illegal immigration at the border.
This new $20 million vessel will enable BioMar to directly deliver up to 3,000 tonnes of fish feed on each voyage, directly into New Zealand.
Testing in three brands of Tasmanian salmon were within the maximum residue limits, 1mg per kg of salmon.
Sustainable shrimp production has significantly advanced with a commercial-scale trial showing that a new diet with lower levels of protein can produce the same-sized shrimps with less impact on the environment.