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Preface -- Nordic Added Value of Alternative Feed Protein Potentials in the Nordic and Baltic Sea Region -- Regional Potentials in Protein Supply from Agriculture -- Mapping of Protein Sources and Use -- Local Protein Challenges from a Farmers Perspective -- Protein from Forest Sidestreams and Other Sources -- Feed Protein Needs and Nutritive Value of Alternative Feed Ingredients -- Introduction -- Life Cycle Assessment of Alternative Protein Sources: Constraints and Potentials -- Protein Value Chain -- Insects -- Microalgae as a Source for Animal Feed Protein: Potentials and Challenges -- Marine Organisms' Potentials and Challenges -- Summary and Recommendations -- Nordic Sustainable Protein Production -- Bioeconomy Potentials in Business and Society.

The World Health Organisation reports a big deficit in the supply of animal protein in developing countries. Pig production in the tropics has been recommended as a likely solution to this deficiency, which also provides important sources of income (Ajala, 2007; Kagira et al., 2010; Lekule & Kyvsgaard, 2003). Pigs have high reproducibility with early maturation and a short generation interval as well as high feed conversion efficiency and comparatively small space requirements. Therefore, in many countries it is a governmental goal to promote pig production (Ajala, 2007; Kagira et al., 2010; Lekule & Kyvsgaard, 2003; Muhanguzi et al., 2012; Mutua et al., 2010).