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<p>The human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. One of the main challenges will be the demand for food and food security. With time farmland is being lost especially due to environmental change and anthropogenic activities. There is huge competition for the utilization of farmland for human food production, animal feed production, energy production and other sectors that are utilizing the farmland. To minimize the competition between human food and animal feed production, in terms of land use, alternative growing systems, such as hydroponics, may serve to address this problem. Hydroponics is a technology of sprouting grains or growing plants in a soilless environment, with only water or nutrient-rich solution. The present review aims to provide an evaluation of hydroponicallysprouted maize and barley in food producing animals, underlining benefits and limitations in its application.</p>
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The human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. One of the main challenges will be the demand for food and food security. With time farmland is being lost especially due to environmental change and anthropogenic activities. There is huge competition for the utilization of farmland for human food production, animal feed production, energy production and other sectors that are utilizing the farmland. To minimize the competition between human food and animal feed production, in terms of land use, alternative growing systems, such as hydroponics, may serve to address this problem. Hydroponics is a technology of sprouting grains or growing plants in a soilless environment, with only water or nutrient-rich solution. The present review aims to provide an evaluation of hydroponicallysprouted maize and barley in food producing animals, underlining benefits and limitations in its application.

Hydroponic Fodders for Livestock Production – a Review

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences

University of Milano, via dell’Università 6

Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems

Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta

Annals of Animal Science

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The human population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. One of the main challenges will be the demand for food and food security. With time farmland is...

Hydroponic Fodders for Livestock Production – a Review

Published Online: Jul 18, 2024

Page range: 645 - 656

Received: Dec 15, 2022

Accepted: Jun 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0075

Keywords
hydroponic fodder, ruminants, non-ruminants, sustainability, performance

© 2024 Grazia Pastorelli et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Hydroponic Fodders for Livestock Production – a Review

Published Online: Jul 18, 2024

Page range: 645 - 656

Received: Dec 15, 2022

Accepted: Jun 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0075

Keywordshydroponic fodder, ruminants, non-ruminants, sustainability, performance

© 2024 Grazia Pastorelli et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
hydroponic fodder, ruminants, non-ruminants, sustainability, performance