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The World Conference on Animal Production is a trend-setting conference that examines the scientific progress in livestock production and the effects that these have on the environment, economies and the quality of life of people.

The theme of the conference, New World; Future World, takes in the philosophy of the World Association for Animal Production, conceptualising the place of animals in our daily existence. The theme focuses the following plenary sessions on constructing a future scenario for the various systems of animal production.

• Livestock systems and land tenure
• Investing in genetics
• Livestock products and human nutrition
• Physiological limits to production efficiency
• Managing resources for sustainable livestock production, human dignity and social security
• Intellectual capital for livestock production
• Technological surges and livestock production: Scenarios for developed and developing economies
• The power of consumerism
• Molecules, production and quality: The role of production and product modifying substances
• International aspects of livestock, livestock production and products: Are fences and boundaries an enigma or impediment?