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Economics of quality protein maize as a feedstuff

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  • Miguel A. López-Pereira

    (Economist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT))

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This study evaluates pig and poultry feed cost and composition effects from including quality protein maize (QPM) as an alternative energy and protein source. Cost savings could be as high as 3.4% (about $5|ton) for pig feed, with QPM constituting about 80% of the ration and replacing all regular maize and synthetic lysine and 40% of soybean meal. Savings are slightly lower for poultry feed. However, if a 5% price premium for QPM over regular maize is assumed most of the savings are lost, indicating that QPM should compete at the same price to be economically attractive as a commercial feedstuff. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Miguel A. López-Pereira, 1993. "Economics of quality protein maize as a feedstuff," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(6), pages 557-568.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:9:y:1993:i:6:p:557-568
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(199311)9:6<557::AID-AGR2720090603>3.0.CO;2-0
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    1. Tripp, Robert, 1990. "Does nutrition have a place in agricultural research?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 467-474, December.
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    2. Hellin, Jon & Krishna, Vijesh & Erenstein, Olaf & Boeber, Christian, 2015. "India’s Poultry Revolution: Implications for its Sustenance and the Global Poultry Trade," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 18(A), pages 1-14, July.

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