Valorization of Agri-Food Waste Bioresources for Sustainable Livestock Feeding
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 1130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal nutrition; alternative feeds; in vitro degradability; microplastics
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Interests: agri-food waste valorization; aternative feed; feed additives; ruminal digestibility; ruminal fermentation; microplastics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
The use of bio-waste from agriculture for sustainable livestock feed is an important strategy for tackling environmental problems, optimizing resource use and securing feed supplies. With a high portion of the global agri-food produced being wasted, reusing this biomass as animal feed offers a promising way to mitigate its ecological impact and promote a circular economy. This eco-friendly approach improves the economic viability and competitiveness of farms, diversifies feed sources, bridges the gap between demand and supply, and reduces the competition between feed and food. Recent studies have highlighted the nutritional richness of agri-food waste, which has many bioactive compounds that can increase animal productivity and the quality of their products, strengthen disease resistance, promote animal welfare and reduce the environmental footprint associated with methane emissions from ruminants.
This Special Issue aims to explore the potential benefits and challenges of using agri-food waste bioresources in animal feed, investigate the way they are incorporated into the diet, and explore innovative approaches to improve their use in animal nutrition and to promote the sustainability of the livestock sector. We welcome interdisciplinary studies from different research areas, including agriculture and animal science, and invite contributions in various formats, including original research and reviews.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Agriculture.
Dr. Sonia Tassone
Dr. Khalil Abid
Guest Editors
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Dr. Sonia Tassone
Dr. Khalil Abid
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- agri-food waste
- agricultural structures
- animal production
- bioactive compounds
- greenhouses
- circular economy
- environment
- livestock feed
- sustainability
- waste management
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