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IFIF Annual Report 2018/19 Start Welcome Letters Our Vision One Voice Partnerships Our Pillars National & Regional Updates IFIF MEMBERS IFIF LEADERSHIP 2018 — 2019 EXPERT COMMITTEES 2018 — 2019 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS IFIF CONTACT International Feed Industry Federation ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 X Letter from the Chairman DR. DANIEL BERCOVICI, Chairman IFIF 2018/19 Dear IFIF Members, dear friends and colleagues, The feed industry is at the center of one of the most significant challenges facing our societies in the next decades: how to feed a growing, urbanizing, world population expected to reach over 9 billion by 2050 and do so safely, sustainably and affordably. Looking ahead, as many of you know well, demand for livestock products will continue to increase over the decades to come. In meeting these future demands, I believe sustainability – produce more with using less high-quality and safe livestock products at an affordable cost under efficient production systems – is not optional. Animal nutrition has a role to play to develop even better livestock farming for the human population, the planet environment, animal health and welfare under diverse production systems around the world. I believe that science-based standards must be further constructed and implemented to evaluate the quality of products and their contribution to a better human and animal health, as well as the solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of livestock farming. I believe this is what consumers need and request. At the same time, we have to invest in the development of innovation and technology through a dynamic private sector and public research, in conjunction with an adequate regulatory frame and fair trade rules. Together, we can tackle the challenges of the animal nutrition to support the production of nutritious, safe and healthy foods. I am pleased to report that the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) is fully engaged in meeting these challenges and providing a unified leadership for our industry in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious and affordable food for a growing world population. And through all of this do our part to ‘feed the world’ now and in the future. As you will see in this IFIF Annual Report 2018/19, our Federation is working on a number of strategic projects, which will positively impact the environmental footprint, the international regulatory framework, as well as the efficiency of our sector, while supporting capacity development for feed safety in key world regions. In 2018 and 2019 our Federation has gone from strength to strength. In March 2019 many of you joined us for the 6 th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC) in Bangkok, Thailand. Together with 300 high level delegates and speakers we discussed the ‘The future of Feed & Food – are we ready?’ Based on our excellent discussions I am proud to say the GFFC can rightly claim to be the leading global platform to discuss critical issues of food and feed safety, technology and sustainability. Thank you to all IFIF members and our Sponsors for supporting such a world class forum. In 2018 and 2019 we held two successful International Feed Regulators Meetings (IFRM) organized by IFIF together with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and I am very pleased this meeting continues to grow and attract government officials and IFIF members from around the world. The success of our joint IFRM, as well as our long-standing partnership on capacity development in feed safety and spreading of good feed manufacturing practices, are just two highlights of the strong collaborative relationship between IFIF and FAO dating back many years. IFIF is also an active participant in the FAO-led Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, and an official stakeholder in the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership. IFIF will continue to be strongly engaged in these efforts and I am very pleased that LEAP this year finished an important guidance document on feed additives, which our IFIF experts contributed to. IFIF also strengthened its long-standing relationships with the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Over the last two years, we launched a number of important new initiatives, which will benefit not only IFIF members, but also the wider feed chain. For example, in May we launched our first ever IFIF e-learning course on ‘Good Production Practices in the Feed Industry’, an online training programme based on the IFIF FAO Feed Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry, which focuses on increasing safety and feed quality at the production level. This further expand the reach of the successful IFIF Global Animal Nutrition feed safety training programme ‘Train the Trainer’, which has reached over 150 participants in emerging markets since 2016. In 2018 we stablished the IFIF working group on Nutritional Innovation. which has already highlighted how the feed sector plays a critical role in supporting animals’ optimal health with high resilience capabilities to stressors through safe and high-quality feed (feed formulation and processing) and access to nutritional innovation. Each of these initiatives and our successes would not be possible without our IFIF members’ engagement in our expert committees, as well as the support of the IFIF Board of Directors and the IFIF Executive Committee. I want to thank all of you for your involvement and your continued support of our Federation. Finally, over the last two years, our Federation continued to increase its membership and geographical reach and I want to again welcome all our new Members to the IFIF family! I want to thank Alexandra de Athayde, IFIF’s Executive Director, for her leadership and together with Sebastian Csaki, for their continued excellent work and dedication to IFIF. It is an honor and a pleasure to serve as your Chairman and I want to thank all of you for your continued trust to lead IFIF over the next two years. IFIF is on a strong footing and I know that together we will continue to work to the meet future challenges and advance our industry for the benefit of consumers worldwide. Yours sincerely, Dr. Daniel Bercovici Chairman 2018 – 2019 International Feed Industry Federation Letter from the Executive Director X Letter from the Executive Director ALEXANDRA DE ATHAYDE, Executive Director IFIF Dear Members, dear Colleagues, The last two years IFIF has grown even stronger and I am pleased to report that in 2018 and 2019 our Federation initiated and participated in a number of important activities, while strengthening our relationship with key stakeholders across the chain, and solidifying IFIFs position as the voice for our industry globally. IFIF has continued to focus strongly on our vision and mission with our work centered on three strategic pillars, which reflect the key priorities of IFIF to support our industry on the road to the future. This 2018-2019 IFIF Annual Report highlights the work we have undertaken and details our accomplishments and how we have managed to positively impact our industry by working together with our members and stakeholders. This report also includes updates from all our national and regional association members, including feed and livestock production statistics, and I want to thank all of them for their contributions. The IFIF family continues to grow and I want to recognize our new IFIF members, which joined in the last two years. These organizations all are continuing to IFIF mission and vision and we thank them for supporting IFIF’s work: AB Agri, Arasco, CALYSTA Inc., Chamber of Feed Industry at the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI), Delacon, Dupont / Danisco, FAMSUN, Nigerian Feed Industry Association (FIPAN) and Pancosma S.A. I want to thank our dedicated 2018-2019 expert standing Committee Chairs Karine Tanan (Regulatory), R...