Ajinomoto, Danone Partner to Reduce Dairy Farming Emissions

• The partnership aims to promote sustainable dairy farming.
• AjiPro®-L, a lysine formulation, helps reduce feed costs and emissions.

Ajinomoto Co. and Danone are joining forces to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the milk supply chain.

Their approach is based on Ajinomoto Co.’s AjiPro®-L, a leading lysine formulation that cuts feed costs and emissions. This is part of Danone’s “Partner for Growth” programme to make dairy farming more sustainable.

AjiPro®-L provides cows with essential lysine, improving nutrient absorption and reducing feed costs. This, in turn, reduces emissions from feed production and cow digestion. By using AjiPro®-L, farmers can reduce their use of soybean meal, a high-protein feed with high emissions. This can cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 20% and nitrous oxide emissions by 25%.

Also, AjiPro®-L can boost the effectiveness of methane reduction additives. In-vitro studies have shown that combining AjiPro®-L with these additives can reduce methane emissions from cow burps by up to 30%.

Sumio Maeda, Executive Officer at Ajinomoto Co., said: "Leveraging our expertise in amino acids, we developed the AjiPro®-L solution to help reduce feed costs and GHG emissions not only for our partners but for the entire dairy and beef industry. We are committed to mitigating negative impacts and expanding positive ones through strategies in line with our purpose of contributing to the well-being of all human beings, our society and our planet with ‘AminoScience."

Jean-Yves Krummenacher, Chief Procurement Officer at Danone, commented: “With partners like Ajinomoto Co., we are expanding our toolkit of solutions that we bringing to our dairy farmers that have a dual effect - on the one hand reducing on-farm GHG emissions whilst on the other, supporting farmers to improve their margin, and as a result, boost their resilience.”

Ajinomoto Co. and Danone have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce AjiPro®-L to farmers in Spain, Brazil, the US, Egypt and Morocco. They will also develop tools to measure emissions reduction.

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Source: Ajinomoto