Sustainable Food Production: The Contribution of Genome Editing in Livestock

The growing demand for animal source foods to feed people has been pushing the livestock industry increase productivity, a tendency that will continue throughout this century. challenge coming years is food supply ensure equity in access high quality food, while maintaining global sustainability including combating climate change, avoiding deforestation, and conserving biodiversity, as well ensuring health welfare. question is, how do we produce more with less? Classical methods enhance productivity based on improvement of health, nutrition, genetics, reproductive technologies management have made important contributions; however, not going be enough thus disruptive approaches are required. Genome editing CRISPR may powerful contributor transformation. This article focused scope perspectives application technology, which includes improving production traits, enhancing welfare through adaptation resilience, conferring resistance infectious diseases, suppressing pests invasive species threaten livestock. main advantages concerns should overcome by science, policy discussed aim technology can make real contribution our collective future. review part special issue “Genome Editing Animal Systems Support Sustainable Farming Pest Control”.