MILLING AND GRAIN - JUNE 2016 - FULL EDITION

PHYTOGENIC

FEED ADDITIVES

• Grain hydration

• Commodities - Funds fail

to buck the markets

• Separating dust - applied

fluid dynamics

• FEED 2.0 - more than just a

nutrition delivery system

• IGC Grains Conference

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Volume 127 Issue 6

June 2016

In this issue:

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VOLUME 127

ISSUE 6

NEWS

FEATURES

42 We can expect more from new generation NSP enzymes

46 Separating dust

50 FEED 2.0

50 Australian spray dried porcine plasma offers solutions to nutritionist and pig producers

56 Grain hydration

60 Milling innovations

STORAGE

64 New Farm Africa project to help boost grain trade across East Africa

66 Richardson doubles capacity at Vancouver Port Terminal

2 GUEST EDITOR

Martin Schlauri 74 MARKETSJohn Buckley 106 INTERVIEWDavid Wernsing

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EVENTS

82 Event listings, reviews and previews

COLUMNS

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108 People news from the global milling industry

TRAINING

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CASE STUDY

Grain & Feed Milling Technology magazine was rebranded to Milling and Grain in 2015

JUNE 2016

Africa and the Middle East are markets in constant development. Along with the population growth, metropolitanisation is taking place as well. The result is a rapidly increasing demand for basic foods, which in turn allows the food-processing sector to grow. Companies, particularly those that process grain, are ready to invest in new capacities. However, the lack of trained personnel for operation and maintenance is frequently a limitation.

The opening of the African Milling School (AMS) at the beginning of 2015 was a milestone. It is Buhler’s contribution to the development of the grain processing industry in Africa and the Middle East, which is so vital in people’s lives. Our mission is to transfer skills to reach operational milling excellence! The African Milling School offers comprehensive and intensive training to professionals in the industry with a well-balanced training syllabus on theoretical and practical training.

The target is to offer vocational training for the next generation of millers and to expand on the knowledge base of experienced millers. The aim is to ensure millers come to understand the technology and equipment used to process grain into high value finished products.

The school addresses the need for milling professionals in the whole of Africa and the Middle East. This year, a new class of 26 apprentice millers from 8 nations comprising East African countries but as well from far countries such as Egypt, Oman, Nigeria, The Gambia and South Africa have taken up the Apprenticeship Program. There are great talents working hard and committed to milling.

The facilities of the African Milling School with the classroom, laboratory and the school mill have proven to be aligned with the demands for operating a modern vocational school.

Our apprentice program for millers is a two-year

dual milling vocational program. This means that the apprentices come in for residential training three times a year for four weeks at a time. They then go back to their work places to apply what they have learnt at the AMS. After going through the first year’s program, apprentices will be admitted into the second year and continue their learning program.

The six modules follow the process of the wheat processing value chain from grain intake, storage, cleaning, wheat and maize milling, finished product handling and quality control. This gives the apprentices a good understanding of the process and the value chain. The successful trainees will be graduated to Millers. After going through this miller’s apprenticeship program and with a further two years of work experience, we offer an advanced training. This training is foreseen for head millers or supervisors who can manage a mill. The program is designed to give the participants more knowledge on production management and quality control as well as bringing in the aspect of preventive maintenance of a mill.

Short courses in mechanical and electrical maintenance as well as bakery and feed technology empower employees of the grain processing industry to take the best care of the equipment for reliability, efficiency and durability of the plants.

The kind of flour demand in each market follows the eating habits. Whereas in the Sub Saharan Africa maize meal called ugali or mielie-pap, bread and pastries are staple food, in West Africa and the MENA region the consumption of pasta and noodles are steadily increasing. The syllabus of the African Milling School takes care of such different demands and teaches the technology to process wheat and maize in a high valuable finished product.

Highly skilled millers and maintenance staff will ensure that plants are operating and maintained at high levels leading to plant efficiency and longevity.

Martin Schlauri

Principal of African Milling School, Nairobi, Kenya

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Ending Hunger and Malnutrition in Africa

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have acknowledged the need to respect, protect and fulfill the fundamental human right to food and optimal nutrition in Africa. During extensive deliberations at the Second Ordinary Session of the Fourth Parliament, the Parliamentarians agreed to establish a Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security. See the full story on page 16

Boosting grain trade

across East Africa

Farm Africa has received a new £3 million grant from the UK Government, through the FoodTrade East and Southern Africa trade enhancement and promotion programme.

See the full story on page 64

Transfering skills to

reach operational

milling excellence!

Africa and the Middle East are markets in constant development. Along with the population growth, metropolitanisation is taking place as well. The result is a rapidly increasing demand for basic foods, which in turn allows the food-processing sector to grow.

See the full story on page 2

STEAM INFUSION ADVANCED

HEATING AND MIXING

The hydration of grains is a critical process in the manufacture of Maheu, a grain-based drink widely consumed across Africa. Heating and mixing is a key aspect of the hydration process but an area where to date we have seen minimal change from the status quo. Steam jacketed vessels and agitation are the de facto method for heating products but manufacturers are turning to Steam Infusion advanced heating and mixing as a break from the traditional to process faster with quality benefits. See the full story on page 56

AFRICA

NEWS

GUEST EDITOR

FEATURE

STORAGE

43.6 percent of Africa’s land area

dedicated to agriculture in 2011,

compared to a global average of

37.4.

20.3 Mean percentage of the

agricultural land in Africa that is

arable. The world average is 28.6;

in Europe and Asia-pacific it is

over 75 percent.

54.2 percentage of Africa’s

population which is agricultural.

Globally, it is 31.7 percent.

45 Percentage of Latin America and

the Caribbean’s GDP accounted

for by exports of beef and poultry,

making the region the world’s

leading exporter

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Spring gives way to summer. A thick blanket of green

covers the trees lining the streets of Cheltenham. Parent

birds work incessantly, fluttering back and forth in a

constant attempt to fill the ever-hungry bellies of their

growing brood.

Likewise, the team here at Perendale Publishers are busily

pecking around, endeavouring to collect the latest and

most relevant news and features to keep you fed with the

juiciest morsels and the most up-to-date developments in

the world of grain and feed milling.

This month’s regional focus is on Africa - a huge,

incredibly diverse continent suffering from a terrible

paradox. According to the FAO, over half the population

are farmers (the global average is less than a third), and

the region’s land use reflects this: nearly half is dedicated

to agriculture. This is the highest percentage of any region

on earth. Yet Africa is also the region with the highest

percentage of undernourished people. Within Africa,

Niger is the regional leader for arable area per capita, yet

also the leader for underweight infants. All of this sadly

underlines the simple truism that it’s not necessarily

a question of how much land a farmer has, but rather

whether he has the means to use it to its full potential.

On page 16 you can read about how the Pan-African

Parliament and the FAO are attempting to speed up

progress on malnutrition and related issues. On page

64 you will learn about Farm Africa’s project to give

the East African grain trade a much-needed boost. Flip

back to page two for this edition’s Guest Editorial spot,

which discusses the important role of Bühler and the

African Milling School in Kenya. Page 56 talks about a

faster version of an essential process in the manufacture

of Maheu, a grain-based drink widely consumed across

the continent. Even the US Grains Council puts in an

appearance, promoting the use of distiller’s dried grain

with solubles in aquafeed in Egypt (p85).

As usual, Christophe Pelletier’s column (p20) does not

disappoint. Drawing on his own experience, he explains

exactly why governments who talk about sustainability

need to put their money where their mouth is, dig deep

and provide subsidies to help producers and consumers

with sustainable alternatives. Of course, he says, it’s not

only down to governments: the onus is also on us, the

consumers, to let go of our beloved sense of entitlement.

Chris Jackson talks about striking a balance between

farming and nature, with an emphasis on adapting to the

changing climate.

In our interview this month, David Wernsing shares his

thoughts on his recent appointment as General Manager

of Union Iron and shares his philosophy on what makes

an industry leader.

Campden BRI receives

UKAS accreditation for ergot

mycotoxin testing method

C

ampden BRI is pleased to announce that it

has received UKAS accreditation for its ergot

mycotoxin testing method. Ergot alkaloids are

mycotoxins which mainly affect cereals including wheat,

rye, barley and oats and can cause issues via long-term

dietary exposure.

Campden BRI is one of the few companies currently

providing this testing service in the UK. The company has

developed a sensitive mass spectrometry based method

to detect the six major ergot alkaloids defined by the

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (ergometrine,

ergotamine, ergosine, ergocristine, ergocryptine and

ergocornine) and their corresponding epimers at levels as

low as 1µg/kg. The new accreditation provides reassurance

that Campden BRI’s ergot testing service is impartial and

competent, and meets internationally agreed standards.

Julian South, Head of Chemistry and Biochemistry at

Campden BRI comments: “Here at Campden BRI, we have

been carrying out ergot testing for several years to help

manufacturers working with cereals and grains maintain

the quality and safety of their products. EFSA has proposed

that in 2017 maximum levels will be set for alkaloids

in unprocessed grain. Our UKAS accredited method

will help our clients ensure their products meet the legal

requirements.”

Campden BRI has received UKAS accreditation for 94

tests. A list can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/1W5YZVW

worked in oil-tight casings. Another feature in the mill

was a specially designed conveyor, which was underneath

each reel, and centrifugal, this apparatus was fitted with

an ingenious cut-off which was patented in 1880.

The wheat cleaning department was in a separate fireproof

department adjoining the mill, and was connected to the

top or fourth floor by double iron doors. The cleaning

process was carried out by passing the wheat through a

Howes & Ewell zigzag separator which was placed on

the top floor, eight Van Gelder’s cockle, oat and barley

cylinders on the third floor, a Eureka horizontal smutter on

the second floor and a Eureka horizontal brush on the first

floor. By this arrangement of machinery, only one pair of

elevators were required to elevate the wheat again to the

top floor from where is passed into the mill itself.

The main drive for the mill machinery was on the ground

floor. The drive consisted of a spur wheel 11 foot in

diameter fixed on the Star wheel shaft, the shaft turned at

18 revolutions per minute. The spur wheel drove a pinion

4 feet 6 inches in diameter, which set the main shaft in

motion by means of a bevel gear. The pinion shaft turned

at 47 rpm and the main shaft 125 rpm.

On the main shaft were fixed various pulleys from which

the roller mills on the floor above were put into motion.

A pulley, 72 inches in diameter drove the wheat cleaning

machinery and another of 4 feet 6 inches drove the flour

dressing machinery by means of a 12 inch belt. On this

floor were four scalpers for separating the particles of

wheat from the semolina, middlings and flour and the

various elevator bottoms, which were arranged in a

straight longitudinal line.

The first floor or grinding floor had eight sets of Carter’s

roller mills placed in two rows, which served for the

reduction of the wheat on the system of six breaks, and

for flouring of the middlings. The first break was done

on a four-grooved chilled iron roll, the second, third,

fourth, fifth and sixth breaks and tailing was done on three

of Carter’s four-grooved chilled iron roller mills. The

flouring of the semolina and middlings was carried out by

As with my previous articles, I

have chosen accounts from The

Miller or Milling describing

successful mills from the early

days of roller flour milling. Both

these Victorian publications are

held at the Mills Archive, along

with the American Northwestern

Miller. All three journals have

some significant gaps, so we would welcome any offers

of material as we move to create the World’s first roller

flourmill library and archive.

Comerford’s roller mills at Rathdrum in Ireland featured

in a detailed illustrated article in the 7 June 1886 issue of

The Miller. At that time, exactly 130 years ago, the mills,

which were situated in the beautiful valley of the Avoca,

belonged to the Comerford family. The mill described had

just been built on the foundations of the previous mill. Its

predecessor, while having a steadily growing trade, met

the same fate that had overtaken so many other flour mills,

with a disastrous fire a year earlier on 20th June 1885.

At the time of the fire, the mill had eleven pairs of

millstones with 18 silk reels with purifiers and one set

of rolls. It was believed that the middlings were floured

in part by the help of smooth rollers, but the breaking of

the wheat was left to the stones; and for all intents and

purposes the mill, whose products were certainly held in

very high esteem, was a millstone mill.

Rebuilding after the fire

The new mill, a four-storied structure, was built of stone;

facings of red brick agreeably tempered the effect of

which. The mill had an inside measurement of 57 by 36

feet and was fitted out with a full five sack per hour roller

plant by Mr J Harrison Carter of 82 Mark Lane, London

and of all the rolls were of Harrison Carter’s latest design

at that time, that is to say, furnished with four rolls and

driven by gear drive.

The cog wheels by which the rolls were put in motion

by Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK

British and Irish Flour Mills

No3 Messrs James Comerford & Sons’ New Roller

Milling journals of the past at The Mills Archive

Comerford Mill in 1924 (advert in Milling)

A Carter’s middlings purifier, available in four sizes

four Carter four-roller mills. Over each line of roller mills

was an exhaust trunk to which the exhaust spouts from the

roller mills was connected.

The second floor had one gravity purifier with five sets of

legs, four of Carter’s single sieve purifiers, a suction fan

exhausting from the rolls, and a Penney grader which had

a fan attached at the top of the machine to take out light

material that may have remained in the wheat. This grader

was placed directly over the first break roll.

The third or top floor housed the dressing machines,

namely six Carter’s centrifugals and eight long silk reels.

These were put in motion by means of a 12 inch belt which

connected the shafting on this floor to the shafting on the

second floor. 15 of the 19 elevator heads were also here

along with four wheat bins each capable of holding ten to

twelve tons of wheat. The bins were of solid construction

and were built and installed by the millwright, Mr Peter

Murphy of Wexford. On this floor there was also the Carter

dust collector, which had no textile material used in its

construction, and which featured prominently in a Carter’s

advertisement in August that year.

The most dramatic external feature of the mill was the

large waterwheel which provided the motive power for

the mill. It was a high breast-shot waterwheel 20 feet in

diameter and 12 feet wide. It had ventilated buckets and

a 26 inch shroud. The fall was around 12 feet and the

wheel could produce 80

horsepower.

The water for the mill

came from a mountain

torrent

Messrs Comerford

were proud of the mill

weir, which had been

constructed under their

own direction. The water

for the mill came from a

mountain torrent, which

at the end of a severe

winter, when masses of

snow would suddenly

melt under the April sun,

would pour a swollen

volume of water into the

valley, Before the new

weir was built flooding

around the mill was a

frequent event. The new

weir, a semi-lune was

built of concrete with

massive stone walls and had a curved apron to break the

force of the fall.

These articles only give a brief glimpse of the several

million records held by the Mills Archive Trust. If you

would like to know more please email me at mills@

millsarchive.org .

Carter’s advertisement featuring Comerford’s dust collector and Carter's Rollermills Longitudinal Section of the mill in 1886 Plan of second and third floors

Cross Section of the mill in 1886 showing the 20 foot diameter waterwheel

Plan of ground floor

A Carter’s semolina purifier, available in four sizes

Milling and Grain - June 2016 _{| 9}

He was a great friend

Niphond Wongtrangan, 1945-2016

I

t is with sadness that we report the passing of Niphond

Wongtrangan, Honorary President of the Thai Rice

Mills Association and advisor to Thailand’s Deputy

Prime Minister.

Mr Wongtrangan died peacefully at 1:50am on

Wednesday, May 4 at Phyathai 1 Hospital, Bangkok. He

was 71.

He had been undergoing treatment for kidney disease as

an in-patient since April 11. Previously, he had been in and

out of hospital on a regular basis with complications due to

secondary infections.

The hand-bathing ceremony was conducted on

Wednesday by family and friends. Cremation took place on

Monday, May 9 at 5:00pm.

Born on June 26, 1945, Niphond Wongtrangan went on to

complete a Bachelor of Law from Thammasat University,

Thailand, and the Institute of Legal Education, Thai Bar

Association.

Posts held during his career included Director of the

Thai Rice Mills Association, Director of Marketing for the

Organisation for Farmers, Director of Crop Research and

Manager of Singha Brewery Limited.

He had been Executive Director for the Farmers Fund

and the Rubber Estate Organisation in addition to serving

as Honorary Consultant for Future Farmers Organisation

Thailand, under Royal Patronage of HRH Prince

Sirindhom.

He was on the advisory board of the PHTIC PERDO, the

Postharvest Technology Centre for Thailand. He served as

Director of Chiang Rai Rajabhat University and Honorary

President of the Thai Rice Mills Association with expertise

in grains and agricultural products. He was also advisor

to Deputy Prime Minister Trairong Suwankhiri, who was

exploring sales of rice to African and Middle Eastern

markets.

Mr Wongtrangan was also a supporter of Milling and

Grain, speaking at our GRAPAS Conference in 2012 and

again in 2014. More important, he was a great friend.

We would like to express our deepest condolences to his

family, friends and colleagues.

Kemin launches Lysoforte

_{Liquid and revolutionises application of}

bio-surfactants

K

emin has launched Lysoforte

Liquid, a bio-surfactant,

which revolutionises the

application process by directly dosing

the bio-surfactant into the oil and fat

application line.

Lysoforte

_{Liquid standardises the}

natural variation in the energy value

of oils and fats and improves the

digestion and absorption of nutrients in

feed, making Lysoforte

_{Liquid one of}

the most cost-effective bio-surfactants

on the market. The product has been

launched in Europe, Middle East, India

and in a number of markets in Asia.

The product will launch in additional

countries upon registration.

Lysoforte

_{Liquid is a naturally derived}

liquid bio-surfactant that is added

directly into the oil or fat line during feed

production. Mixing the bio-surfactant

with the oil and fats early enhances its

efficacy and helps standardise the energy

value of the oil, in combination with the

well-known effects of Lysoforte

_on

nutrient digestion and absorption.

“This is a situation where we took

something that was working well and

made it even better,” explained Dr

Monika Bieber, Lead Global Platform

Manager.

“Traditionally bio-surfactants are

added as a dry product to the mixer

with other feed raw materials. Their

benefits to improve various steps in

lipid digestion, such as emulsification,

hydrolysis and nutrient absorption

are well known. Consequently, the

addition of a bio-surfactant leads

to a better utilisation of the energy

from feed raw materials, resulting

in improved feed conversion ratios,

lower production costs and improved

profitability.”

Like many raw materials, lipids

come from a wide variety of sources

and are prone to large variations

in their nutritional value. In recent

years, Kemin laboratories have

been analysing numerous oil and fat

samples using the Lipid Evaluation

Test, which provides nutritionists

with accurate lipid profiles,

and characterises the apparent

metabolisable energy (AME) values

and oxidative status.

The analyses performed by Kemin

scientists have reported up to

30-percent variation in AME values

for a single oil type. Trials have

demonstrated that applying the liquid

bio-surfactant reduces the natural

variability of oils and fats. As proven

through the Lipid Evaluation Test,

Lysoforte

_{Liquid increases feed}

formulation accuracy and, in turn,

increases feed cost savings.

An application system is made

available to assist customers with the

application of Lysoforte

_{Liquid. This}

state-of-the-art system was created

by a team of engineers who worked

to make applying the liquid product

directly into the oil and fat line easy

and convenient at the feed mill.

Over the last years, the benefits

of bio-surfactants to enhance

lipid digestion have become well

accepted in the feed industry. With

the launch of Lysoforte

_Liquid,

Kemin demonstrates its leadership

in the lipid nutrition area and

its commitment to bring novel

solutions to the feed industry to

support its customers by improving

and optimising lipid nutrition and

increasing profitability.

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Review on Antimicrobial Resistance:

Tackling drug-resistant infections globally

F

ollowing 19 months of consultation with a grand

total of eight interim papers, a report on how to

tackle Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) “in a global

way” has just recently been published.

Chaired by Lord Jim O’Neill and commissioned by

both the UK Government and Wellcome Trust, the review

proposes a blueprint designed to tackle the ever-apparent

issue of antimicrobial resistance. The key notion of the

report is that drug companies should foot the bill for the

development of new antibiotics and that patients should

not be able to get them without a test to ensure they are

actually needed. However, there is also a keen focus on the

overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and aquaculture too.

Tackling one of the most

pressing problems in the

world today

Two years ago, Lord Jim

O’Neill was handed the

responsibility of finding

answers to one of the most

pressing problems in the

world today by British Prime

Minister David Cameron.

“One million people have

died while we have been

doing this review,” said

Lord O’Neill, who became

a minister while completing

the report. Without action, he

said, “The global financial

cost would be the loss of 10

million lives a year by 2050

and £69tn ($100tn) a year.”

The main issue identified

by the report was that many

antibiotics that were once

thought to have put an end

to infectious disease are no

longer working because the

pathogens have developed

a resistance to them. For example, antibiotics were once

thought to have eradicated the threat of Tuberculosis.

However, multi-drug resistant forms are now believed to

be “exacting a death toll around the globe.”

O’Neill said that stopping the over-use of antibiotics –

also fed in vast quantities to animals for growth promotion

as well as to treat disease, especially in the United States –

may be even more important than creating new incentives

for the development of new drugs by pharmaceutical

companies.

That said, companies already involved in antibiotic

research have come out in support of the report.

Speaking to the Guardian recently, Sir Andrew Witty,

GlaxoSmithKline’s chief executive, called the report

helpful and added: “Governments, industry and other

relevant groups must now work together to develop these

ideas into practical steps that encourage and reward further

research and ensure a supply of effective new antibiotics

for future generations.”

Antibiotics are required in agriculture

But is antibiotic use really necessary in agriculture? Well

according to the review the answer to this question is yes,

there are circumstances where antibiotics are required in

agriculture and aquaculture, such as when, “animal welfare

and food security” are at risk. However, much of their

global use is not currently for treatment of sick animals,

but rather to either prevent infections or simply as a

catalyst for animal growth.

Lord O’Neill’s report states that, “The quantity of

antibiotics used in livestock is vast.” Citing the US as

an example, it then goes on to describe how many of the

antibiotics defined as medically

important for humans by the US

Food and Drug Administration

(FDA), over 70 percent (by

weight) are sold for use in

animals, meaning that the

antibiotics used in the treatment

of animals could be filtering

through to the consumer;

creating a greater tolerance in

individuals ands rendering the

antibiotics futile.

The report also added that

many countries also use more

antibiotics in agriculture than in

humans, but they “do not even

hold or publish” any relevant

information. According to the

report, the majority of scientists

“see this as a threat to human

health, given that wide-scale

use of antibiotics encourages

the development of resistance,

which can spread to a humans

and animals alike.”

Lord O’Neil’s review

proposed three steps to remedy

the current situation:

Firstly, the imposition of 10-year targets to reduce

unnecessary antibiotic use in agriculture, introduced in

2018 with milestones to support progress consistent with

countries’ economic development. For this to succeed,

governments must support and speed up current efforts,

including those of the World Organisation for Animal

Health (OIE) and others, to measure antibiotic use and

farming practices.

Secondly, restrictions on certain types of highly critical

antibiotics should be imposed. Too many antibiotics that

are now last-line drugs for humans are being used in

agriculture; action should be taken on this urgently by an

international panel.

Thirdly, we must improve transparency from food

producers on the antibiotics used to raise the meat that we

eat, to enable consumers to make more informed purchase

decisions.

Source: http://amr-review.org

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Unibio signs its first commercial

licence agreement

A

fter years of development

of its U-Loop technology,

Unibio is ready to take a

giant step forward. Unibio has signed

its first licence agreement with a

commercial client.

A full-size commercial plant

having multiple U-Loop fermentors

is planned for construction and

commissioning in 2017. The aim

of the agreement is to expand this

capacity in the following years.

Unibio has received an attractive

upfront payment and is further

incentivised by an attractive revenue

stream in the years to come following

successful commissioning of the

plant. A revenue stream expectedly

counted in millions of dollars over the

next ten years. The aim is to supply

the European and Russian markets

with Unibio’s premium protein

product UniProtein

_.

The megatrends are very clear. The

world needs sustainable solutions

to the food challenge of the century.

How can we feed a growing world

population when agricultural land

per capital is decreasing? And how

can we do it in a sustainable way

without destroying the planet? Part

of the solution lies with Unibio.

Converting methane to food, using

a cheap and abundant resource as

natural gas, is key to solving this

challenge – basically what Unibio

does is to integrate the energy

and food systems to address this

challenge.

Henrik Busch-Larsen, the CEO

of Unibio, says: “We recently had

a ground-breaking ceremony in

Kalundborg, Denmark, where we

are constructing a demonstration

and production plant, and we are of

course very excited to announce the

construction of a large commercial

plant already”.

Unibio inaugurated its pilot plant

located at the Chemical Engineering

department of the Technical

University of Denmark (DTU) in

October last year, where the Danish

minister of Energy, Climate and

Utilities, Lars Chr Lilleholt, was a

key-note speaker.

Shortly after, the company won

the Ernst & Young competition

Entrepreneur of the Year within

the Life Sciences category. The

new partner, participating in the

event, sees the collaboration

with DTU as a very strong asset.

In general Denmark holds great

expertise within fermentation

technology, and DTU works in

close cooperation with large Danish

companies within the fermentation

industry, such as eg Novozymes

and Novo Nordisk.

Henrik Busch-Larsen, the CEO

of Unibio, continues: “We see the

collaboration with this new partner

as a natural step forward in the

development of the company and

technology and thus welcome our

new partner into the Unibio family.

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The African August House to set

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he Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Food and

Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

(FAO) have acknowledged the need to respect,

protect and fulfill the fundamental human right to food and

optimal nutrition in Africa. During extensive deliberations

at the Second Ordinary Session of the Fourth Parliament,

the Parliamentarians agreed to establish a Pan-African

Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security.

Speaking at the Africa Parliament, Chimimba David

Phiri, FAO Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa,

expressed the Organisation’s appreciation to the

Pan-African Parliament for its commitment to advance the

Food and Nutrition Security agenda in Africa.

“Notwithstanding the progress made in recent years, over

58 million children under the age of five are stunted, and

all 54 African countries are confronted with overweight

and obesity. These rising levels of overweight and obesity

are linked to poor dietary habits and lifestyle, resulting in

non-communicable diseases”, said David Phiri.

“There are also high levels of deficiencies in essential

vitamins and minerals reported. When all segments of our

populations should be healthy and actively contributing to

economic development, African governments are spending

huge sums of money on health,” he added.

The Session emphasised the need for Governments,

Parliamentarians, Private Sector, Civil Society and

other stakeholders to work under a unified umbrella of

harmonised legislative frameworks and instruments backed

by political will and joint strategic actions.

As a follow-up to the Second International Conference on

Nutrition (ICN-2) framework for action and the CAADP

Nutrition Initiative under the Malabo Declaration, FAO is

working with African countries to create nutrition-sensitive

food systems anchored on their national agriculture and

food security investment plans.

Many of the more than 100 parliamentarians present

for the deliberations spoke of the existing challenges

and opportunities. They re-echoed Africa’s commitment

to food and nutrition security, demonstrated through the

endorsement and ratification of several international and

continental agreements and frameworks of action on food

and nutrition security.

Recognising their role as custodians of political

commitments, the Parliamentarians have agreed to work

with FAO to ensure food and nutrition security for all in

the Continent.

The President of the Pan-African Parliament, Hon.

Roger Nkodo Dang in his closing remarks, emphasised the

important role of food and nutrition security to Africa’s

development and invited FAO to continue its engagement

with the PAP in the subsequent Ordinary Session later in

the year.

The PAP supported the creation of the Pan-African

Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security

and expressed its desire to work closely with FAO.

FAO reassured the Parliamentarians of the Organisation’s

technical support, including the capacity development of

the parliamentarians and sharing the extensive experience

gained in Latin America and the Caribbean, to advance the

launching and efficient functioning of the African Alliance.

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is an African Union

organ that ensures the full participation of African peoples in

the development and economic integration of the continent.

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NOAH welcomes protection

of antibiotics for animals and

people

T

oday’s publication of ‘Tackling Drug Resistant

Infections Globally: Final Report and

Recommendations’, by Lord Jim O’Neill, is a

global landmark in the fight to keep antibiotics effective

for both animals and people, says the National Office of

Animal Health (NOAH), which represents the UK animal

medicines sector.

NOAH Chief Executive Dawn Howard says: “We

endorse the proposal for incentives to develop innovative

new treatments and better diagnostics: these must include

the veterinary sector, so that animal medicines are available

to treat the diseases that vets and farmers encounter.

Improving the availability and uptake of vaccines, which

is also proposed, can reduce the need for antibiotics.

Veterinary surgeons need access to a range of medicines,

including antibiotics, in order to treat the conditions and

species under their care and support the high standards of

animal welfare our society expects.

“The Report’s call for improved surveillance will build

on work already being undertaken within the different

livestock sectors, for example in the UK poultry and pig

sectors. Targets to reduce antibiotic use must be based

on an understanding of why and where antibiotics are

currently used, and we welcome the Report’s suggestion

that careful consideration must be given to how any target

setting will be done. Once the facts have been established,

resources can then be focussed on areas where change is

most needed to reduce any unnecessary use.

“It is important to remember that in the UK – and indeed

throughout the EU, veterinary antibiotics are only available

on veterinary prescription and have been banned as growth

promoters since 2006,” she adds.

The Report recommends restrictions on certain antibiotics

for veterinary use.

“NOAH believes that any such decisions must be based

on independent regulatory officials’ expert opinions and

must follow the agreed regulatory process – such as the

recent EMA (European Medicines Agency) re-evaluation

of the veterinary use of colistin,” Dawn Howard says.

“Any changes need to be given a realistic timeframe in

order that animal welfare is not compromised – something

the report itself acknowledges,” she adds.

“We also fully support the Report’s call for a global

public awareness campaign of this ‘One Health’ issue

involving both human and animal health to improve

understanding and compliance. This is a global report for a

global problem, with practical recommendations and calls

to action, both on the international stage and here in the

UK.”

Dawn Howard concludes: “The UK animal medicines

sector looks forward to its role in implementing

the Report’s recommendations by being part of the

collaboration between UK government and industry, to

develop practical proposals so that antibiotics remain

effective to protect the health of people and animals into

the future.”

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We have witnessed a continually

growing demand for the

International Milling Directory

in recent months, validating

the IMD as a requisite for the

milling industry. On recent visits

I have made with colleagues here

in my home country of the UK,

we have experienced a great deal

of positive feedback from prominent industry figures.

We are looking to distribute at a number of upcoming

shows here in the UK, namely the Cereals exhibition

and the International Grains Council (IGC) conference.

however, a great deal of activities and events are taking

place internationally too, where we also hope to have

presence. As our regional focus for Africa is this month, I

should mention that later this year in October the

IAOM-MEA conference will meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

and the International Milling and Grain Directory will be

distributed there.

Sixteen new registrations in the past four weeks has meant

a busier than normal expansion in the directory as we move

forward. Companies from China, USA, Ukraine, Canada,

as well as updates to Universal Industries from the USA

and Vibrafloor from France which have also bolstered our

activity. It a pleasure to welcome and update companies this

regularly.

Again as this issue has a focus on African milling industries,

it is good to note that there are 41 individual registered

member companies with us from the African continent.

I hope this continues to rise for the benefit of population

and economic growth on the continent. This issue of

Milling and Grain has some great content on Africa,

including a meeting with Claudio Zavatta, CEO of Golfetto

Sangati who, it is a pleasure to say, hold both a Directory

membership and advertise with us.

The benefits of additional advertising online and in print are

manifold. The directory is by and for the industry, where

you can find continuous updates to company pages and to

our events pages – in fact we have just updated the website

with a more comprehensive Google Map. I hope you

continue to gain the maximum benefits from our services

to the industry from the International Milling Directory.

Contact me for any

suggestions and enquiries

today. I look forward to

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Population and economic growth

AND GRAIN

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Grain was the beginning

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personal story that in some

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what is necessary to foster

sustainable practices. The

parallel is obvious with some

of the global challenges that

the world is currently facing

and will continue to face in the future.

Late last year, I moved away from Vancouver to the

Okanagan Valley Region some 300 miles east from

Vancouver. There, I bought a property with a decent

yard where I will have a garden and with a small

vineyard. For eight months of the year, the area looks

and feels quite similar to the Mediterranean.

Precipitations are not abundant with an annual quantity

of only 337 mm. Clearly, water is scarce and needs to

be preserved, even though an extensive system of lakes

fed by mountain snow ensures an adequate supply

of water. The region is quite agricultural with many

orchards and vineyards, all thanks to irrigation. There

are also many lawns in the area and the estimate is that

about 25 percent of the water consumed in the region

is just to keep the lawns green.

The economics of sustainability

My plan is to install barrels to collect the water from

rain and snow and use it for the yard. This is where

the economics do not go in parallel with all the talk

from politicians about sustainability. Around the house

I would need five rain barrels in total. The lowest and

best retail price I can find is of about Can$80 for a 200

litre barrel. To set up my water collection system, it

will cost me Can$400 to provide me with a one cubic

metre storage capacity. In comparison, the price for a

cubic meter that the municipality charges for water is

Can$0.30 per cubic meter.

In the most ideal situation, that is if I were able to

collect all the rain and snow through my five barrels,

I would at most collect about 30 cubic metres per

year. In money, it comes down to a saving of roughly

Can$10 per year. To break even, I’d better hope that

the barrels will last 40 years, which they might, but

considering my current age, there is a fair chance

I may have moved to a much smaller underground

dwelling by then. Of course, my example is about

quite a small investment and if the return is lousy, it

will not change my life. At least, the barrels will help

me save water.

The comparison between cost and benefit

The point of my story is that the comparison between cost

and benefit would deter most people to consider buying

rain barrels. It just does not make financial sense, if money

is what matters. I always say that money talks and what it

says here is to forget about being sustainable. One of my

neighbours also considered installing solar panels on the

roof of their house. After comparing the price of the panels

plus installation and maintenance with the electricity

savings, they discovered that it would last twice the life of

the panels to break even. In terms of money, solar panels

are a different kettle of fish than my five rain barrels. I can

understand they decided to not pursue the solar option.

The economics of water and energy savings that I just

described can be extrapolated to the much larger picture.

All through the food and agriculture value chains, many

changes for more sustainable systems face the same kind

of dilemma. What makes sense from an environmental

point of view often does not make sense financially in

the current economic environment. Demanding a more

sustainable production system is quite legitimate and

sensible, but the conditions must also be there to make

it happen. The numbers have to add up for farmers and

businesses to make the switch. As usual, money is of the

essence and it can come from different sides.

Subsidies must be set up properly and be effective

First, the purchase price and the cost of operation of

alternatives have to come down and be competitive;

either suppliers are able to drop their prices or offer more

efficient systems. Governments can also help through

subsidies to ease the pain, but of course the must be set

up properly and be effective.

Second, the customers, which in a fair value chain, would

be eventually the consumers, have to pay for extra cost

of the better production systems, simply because our

consumption societies with their sense of entitlement

have to understand that there is no such thing as a free

lunch. Such a realisation also means that producers

also understand that mass production that only deplete

resources do not fit in the long-term picture and that value

will have to replace volume.

Changing economics to overcome future challenges

by Christophe Pelletier

Christophe Pelletier is a food and agriculture strategist

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has published two books on feeding the world’s growing

population. His blog is called “The Food Futurist”.

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Nutreco reports higher results and good

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I

n 2015 Nutreco reported higher financial results with

net revenues of €5.7 billion (2014: €5.3 billion) and

an operating result of €282 million (2014: €236

million). Results improved in all of Nutreco’s segments:

Animal Nutrition, Aquafeed and Nutreco Iberia.

Nutreco made steady progress against its sustainability

objectives. It further strengthened its supply chain

through supplier audits, and embedded sustainability

key performance indicators into its business reporting

model. The 2015 annual review was drafted according to

the fourth generation of the Global Reporting Initiative

guidelines.

“2015 was in many ways a special year for Nutreco.

The financial results were very good across all of our

businesses. This confirms that we are increasingly

successful in translating our R&D and innovation

capabilities into sustainable nutritional solutions valued

by our customers. With the acquisition of US-based trace

mineral producer Micronutrients we realised the

third-largest acquisition in our history, making Nutreco the

category leader in a specific feed additive segment,” said

Knut Nesse, CEO of Nutreco.

“In June we organised our 8th AgriVision conference in

the Netherlands, with close to 400 participants from over

40 countries. But perhaps the most visible event was the

delisting of Nutreco from the Amsterdam stock exchange

as a result of the take-over by SHV. We opened a new

chapter for Nutreco as a private company, while continuing

our ‘Driving sustainable growth’ strategy with the full

support of our new shareholder.”

Results

The good financial performance in all of Nutreco’s three

segments was mainly the result of a more favourable

product mix and the contribution of Nutreco’s acquisitions

in Brazil, as well as positive currency effects.

Animal Nutrition, primarily trading under the Trouw

Nutrition company brand, performed well despite difficult

market circumstances in the global swine and dairy sectors.

The increased focus on global products improved the

performance of the Selko feed additives brand.

In Aquafeed, trading under the Skretting company brand,

the salmon feed business performed strongly in 2015, and

maintained its position as global market leader, although

there is still overcapacity in the main Norwegian market.

In shrimp feed, Ecuador reported strong organic growth.

Nutreco’s Iberian business performed well on the back

of a recovering Spanish economy. Nanta, a producer of

compound feed, reported growing volumes to third-parties,

while Sada, which specialises in poultry meat, benefited

from good performance during the high (summer) season.

Sustainability

In 2015 Nutreco further strengthened the sustainability

of their supply chain by auditing a total of 42 suppliers.

All new direct suppliers signed-off their commitment to

comply with Nutreco’s Supplier Code of Conduct.

Good progress was achieved in strengthening and

embedding into the quarterly reporting cycle measuring,

monitoring and controls around sustainability key

performance indicators, such as CO

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energy use and lost time incidents.

In order to ensure that Nutreco’s sustainability vision

2020 is realised and sustainability targets are achieved,

the internal Nuterra Standard was developed with

115 compliance criteria for all of Nutreco’s operating

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where their operations are situated with respect to

Nutreco’s Vision 2020 targets and where they can focus

their sustainability activities to ensure reaching the

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continued commitment to reporting and transparency as a

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