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answer Nutrition could be a serious limitation to livestock production especially when feed resources are inadequate in both quality and quantity. Global livestock production over the years has increased consistently and brought about increases in animal numbers [1, 2]. However, these increases in the number of animals have not always been accompanied by an improved availability of livestock feed resources. These may result in overgrazing, erosion, reduced health, and performance [2]. Feed quality and quantity combined with low producer prices have often forced farmers and feed producers to remain at low levels of animal feed production, compensated by large numbers of animals. It is evident that high global population growth, accompanied by high future projections of demand for livestock products, stresses the need for higher productivity per animal as well as increases in the number of animals. Inadequate feed quality and quantity impedes increased animal production. As the world population is expected to increase from 6 to about 8.3 billion in 2030 at an average growth rate of 1.1% per year, it is essential to be prepared to produce sufficient food for the increased population based on locally available feed resources especially in the developing countries [3]. These authors [3] also stated that there are opportunities and challenges for researchers to increase animal productivity in terms of quantity and quality, through the application of appropriate technologies in production systems, nutrition, and feeding of livestock. Feed is the most important input in all livestock production systems in terms of cost, and the availability of low priced, high-quality feeds is critical if livestock production is to remain competitive and continue to grow to meet demand for animal protein. A researcher [4] mentioned that conventional methods of livestock improvements (genetics and breeding, livestock nutrition and livestock disease management) have been used in the past and served the purpose of increasing livestock productivity. However, these options can no longer sustain higher production; consequently, new intensive techniques including biotechnology are now required to augment productivity. Modern biotechnology has the potential to provide new opportunities for achieving enhanced livestock productivity in a way that alleviates poverty, improve food security and nutrition, and promote sustainable use of natural resources.
Considerable improvement has occurred in livestock nutrition and feeding over the past two decades. Globally, livestock production is growing faster than any other sector, and by 2020, livestock is predicted to become the most important agricultural sector in terms of added value [5]. In a research conducted [6], it was also reported that the feeding of genetically engineered (GE) crops to livestock for the past 15 years has shown compositional equivalence and comparable levels of safety between GE crops and their conventional counterparts
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