Turning the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy into a far-reaching reform of EU agriculture

Despite the EU’s claim to lead the world on farm animal welfare, much of the EU livestock sector is industrial with poor welfare standards. Moreover, the crowded, stressful conditions of industrial livestock production contribute to the emergence, spread and amplification of pathogens, some of whic...

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Autor principal:	Peter Stevenson
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Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2020
Materias:	animals livestock animal welfare pathogens agroecology antimicrobials. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3608d272da5e4695889c2fe95a67c13e2021-11-27T08:41:37ZTurning the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy into a far-reaching reform of EU agriculture10.5565/rev/da.5212462-7518https://doaj.org/article/3608d272da5e4695889c2fe95a67c13e2020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/521https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 Despite the EU’s claim to lead the world on farm animal welfare, much of the EU livestock sector is industrial with poor welfare standards. Moreover, the crowded, stressful conditions of industrial livestock production contribute to the emergence, spread and amplification of pathogens, some of which are zoonotic. Industrial production is dependent on the routine use of antimicrobials to prevent the bacterial diseases that are inevitable when animals are kept in poor conditions. This leads to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in animals which can in turn be transferred to people, so undermining the efficacy of the antimicrobials that are so important in human medicine. In order to reduce disease risk and save our antibiotics, we need to move to ‘health-oriented systems’ for rearing animals in which good health is inherent in the farming methods rather than being propped up by routine use of antimicrobials. Industrial livestock production is also dependent on feeding human-edible cereals to animals who convert them very inefficiently into meat and milk. 57% of EU cereals are used to feed farm animals. Industrial production’s huge demand for cereals has fuelled intensive crop production which with its monocultures and agro-chemicals has led to soil degradation, overuse and pollution of ground- and surface-water, and biodiversity loss including sharp declines in pollinators and farmland birds. We need to transform the role of animals; they only make an efficient contribution to food security when they are converting materials we cannot consume – e.g. grass, crop residues, by-products and unavoidable food waste – into food we can eat. We need to move to regenerative agriculture such as agroecology which can minimise the use of pesticides and fertilisers, while in some cases, enhancing productivity by supporting and harnessing natural processes. Peter StevensonUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dretarticleanimalslivestockanimal welfarepathogensagroecologyantimicrobials.Animal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2020)
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spellingShingle	animals livestock animal welfare pathogens agroecology antimicrobials. Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720 Peter Stevenson Turning the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy into a far-reaching reform of EU agriculture
description	Despite the EU’s claim to lead the world on farm animal welfare, much of the EU livestock sector is industrial with poor welfare standards. Moreover, the crowded, stressful conditions of industrial livestock production contribute to the emergence, spread and amplification of pathogens, some of which are zoonotic. Industrial production is dependent on the routine use of antimicrobials to prevent the bacterial diseases that are inevitable when animals are kept in poor conditions. This leads to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in animals which can in turn be transferred to people, so undermining the efficacy of the antimicrobials that are so important in human medicine. In order to reduce disease risk and save our antibiotics, we need to move to ‘health-oriented systems’ for rearing animals in which good health is inherent in the farming methods rather than being propped up by routine use of antimicrobials. Industrial livestock production is also dependent on feeding human-edible cereals to animals who convert them very inefficiently into meat and milk. 57% of EU cereals are used to feed farm animals. Industrial production’s huge demand for cereals has fuelled intensive crop production which with its monocultures and agro-chemicals has led to soil degradation, overuse and pollution of ground- and surface-water, and biodiversity loss including sharp declines in pollinators and farmland birds. We need to transform the role of animals; they only make an efficient contribution to food security when they are converting materials we cannot consume – e.g. grass, crop residues, by-products and unavoidable food waste – into food we can eat. We need to move to regenerative agriculture such as agroecology which can minimise the use of pesticides and fertilisers, while in some cases, enhancing productivity by supporting and harnessing natural processes.
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Turning the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy into a far-reaching reform of EU agriculture

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