Organic animal husbandry will flourish in the 21st century (9.1)

OA show ('918 '); with the development of human society and the improvement of living standards, people have higher and higher requirements for food hygiene, and the "organic animal husbandry" developed from this has shown a great vitality all over the world "Organic animal husbandry" means that in the process of raising livestock, it is forbidden to feed them with chemical feed or feed containing chemical fertilizer and pesticide When animals are sick, we should try not to use retention toxic drugs, so as to avoid people eating livestock meat and its products harmful to human health It is understood that in recent years, the average annual growth rate of meat produced through "organic animal husbandry" is 20%, and the consumption of organic by-products is also increasing day by day From 1995 to 1997, the consumption of ice cream made from organic milk increased by 293% In 1999, the sales volume of organic animal husbandry products in the world has exceeded 17.6 million US dollars, and 3.5 million hectares of organic pastures have been internationally recognized The United States leads in the development of "organic animal husbandry" Organic milk production is the fastest growing animal husbandry in the United States In the United States, each organic livestock farm covers an average area of 75.6 hectares The European community also attaches great importance to the development of "organic animal husbandry" In 2000, EC countries invested 227 million euros to develop "organic animal husbandry" and its products At present, in the European market, the price of organic milk is 37% higher than that of ordinary milk Latin American countries keep up with the development trend and have made great progress in developing "organic animal husbandry" Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are the countries with the fastest development of "organic animal husbandry" in Latin America, especially Argentina In 1999, the area of the internationally recognized organic pasture has exceeded 231000 hectares, of which 208000 hectares are used for grazing From 1995 to 1996, Argentina exported 211 tons of "organic meat" produced by organic animal husbandry to the European community, whose price was 30% higher than that of ordinary meat Agricultural experts predict that the development of "organic animal husbandry" and its products is an important part of the world's agricultural development, and is posing a severe challenge to traditional agriculture After entering the 21st century, if China's animal husbandry wants to "enter the customs" and connect with the world's animal husbandry, it must break the traditional development mode and take the road of "organic animal husbandry" Source: China animal husbandry and aquaculture News China feed industry information network qre (author:)