Turning food loss and waste into animal feed: A Mexican spatial inventory of potential generation of agro-industrial wastes for livestock feed

Transformer les pertes et les déchets alimentaires en aliments pour animaux: Inventaire spatial mexicain de la production potentielle de déchets agro-industriels pour l'alimentation du bétail

Samuel Quintero-Herrera, Peggy Zwolinski, Damien Evrard, José Cano-Gómez and Pasiano Rivas-García
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Samuel Quintero-Herrera: G-SCOP_COSYS - Conception Systémique: Homme, Environnement, Technologies - G-SCOP - Laboratoire des sciences pour la conception, l'optimisation et la production - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]
Peggy Zwolinski: G-SCOP_COSYS - Conception Systémique: Homme, Environnement, Technologies - G-SCOP - Laboratoire des sciences pour la conception, l'optimisation et la production - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
Damien Evrard: G-SCOP_COSYS - Conception Systémique: Homme, Environnement, Technologies - G-SCOP - Laboratoire des sciences pour la conception, l'optimisation et la production - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
José Cano-Gómez: UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]
Pasiano Rivas-García: UANL - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon [Mexique]

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Abstract: It is estimated that 37 % of all food produced in Mexico for human consumption is lost or wasted, while the national dairy herd consumes approximately 455,000 tons of feed annually. This study proposes a method to carry out a national inventory of food losses (FL) from the agro-industry that can replace conventional feed in livestock diets. FL chosen should meet criteria such as documented evidence of its use as livestock feeds, knowledge of existing treatments to transform them into by-product feeds, information on its availability, nutritional composition data, and proximity to dairy farms. The method was applied in Mexico, considering national agricultural statistics data and livestock production statistics at the municipal level. FL estimation was made using the Commission for Environmental Cooperation method, considering the pre-harvest, post-harvest, and processing stages of the agri-food supply chain. The interaction between milk production and FL generation was calculated using the global desirability function and spatially assessed using geographic information systems. Twenty-nine potential "strategic food loss" were identified, including maize, carrots, broccoli, cotton, and potato. The highest opportunities to use FL as by-product feeds are in 52 municipalities, mainly in the West Central region, where the Bajio dairy area is located. This research is the first step toward developing a market for by-product feeds in a circular economy scheme that reduces the environmental impacts and costs in the dairy industry.

Keywords: Mexican national inventory; Food losses; Agro-industry; Waste valorization; Livestock diet; Geographic information system; Mexican national inventory Food losses Agro-industry Waste valorization Livestock diet Geographic information system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023, 41, pp.36 - 48. ⟨10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.023⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2023.07.023

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