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Jun 20, 2013
A new YouTube video from ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) shows how the FEEDing Pakistan project has proven that U.S. soybean meal is an important tool for Pakistan to meet the protein needs of the world’s sixth most populous country.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), WISHH’s FEEDing Pakistan project is building a market for U.S. soybean meal in Asian aquaculture. USDA-FAS featured the initiative in a Global Agricultural Information Network report that highlighted the potential for an increase in U.S. soybean meal exports to Pakistan to be used for fish feed production. The report forecasts a 525 percent increase in aquaculture production in Pakistan, and an increase in demand for soybean meal from 42,000 tons to 260,000 tons.
In addition to USDA, partners for the project are Kansas State University, Kansas Soybean Commission, Pakistan Fisheries Development Board, Provincial Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, and Pakistan fish farmers and feed millers.
Watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdUoPCrVICo.
