Publication - 15 September, 2005
There are many social and environmental issues surrounding animal feed. For example, the huge expansion of (genetically engineered) soy monoculture in Argentina has resulted in a sharp decline of traditional food crops such as maize and wheat and also in many small farmers being driven from the land1. This briefing concentrates on the environmental and health concerns of growing genetically engineered (GE; also called genetically modified) crops and their use in animal feed.