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Meat production today is nearly five times higher than in the early 1960s - from 70 million tonnes to more than 330 million tonnes in 2017. A big reason for this is that there are many more people ...
- Demand For Meat Is only Going Up
- Why Is A High Consumption of Meat A Problem?
- Meat Is Very "Inefficient" Food
- Meat Consumption Around The World
- Eating So Much Resource Intensive Meat Is A Problem
The production of meat has doubled in the 30 years from 1988 to 2018 and increased four-fold since the mid 1960s. And production is expected to continue to grow. By 2050, global meat consumption is projected to reach between 460 million and a staggering 570 million tons. 570 million tons would mean a consumption of meat twice as high as in 2008.
There are many reasons meat consumption is problematic. Meat is a very “inefficient” food source. It requires more energy, water and land to produce meat than any other food source. Meat production is also a large source of greenhouse gas emissions and thereby plays a major role in climate change.
Meat has a much higher “energy footprint” than any other food. It takes 75 times more energy to produce meat than corn. And it takes an area of vegetation 7 times the size of the EU to produce food for the cattle and other livestock animals in Europe.
The consumption of meat varies widely between countries. The top meat-eating countries are (kilos per person per year): 1. The US: 124 kilos 2. Australia: 122 kilos 3. Argentina: 109 kilos 4. New Zealand: 101 kilos 5. Spain: 100 kilos. On the other end of the spectrum, a number of African countries consume less that 20 kilos of meat per person a ye...
There is a limit to how long we can continue our current diet in western countries. With unchanged eating habits, the world population could be too big to feed itself by 2050 when we will reach a global population of almost 10 billion people.
Oct 9, 2022 · China, which increased its per capita meat consumption by 12.8 percent between 2008 and 2017, now accounts for more than a quarter of the world’s total meat consumption. … but only up to a point
According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), between 1990 and 2009, aggregate global meat consumption increased by almost 60 percent and per capita consumption by almost 25 percent. Meat consumption is expected to continue increasing by 1.7 percent per year through 2022.
Nov 1, 2022 · What's more, 60% of global biodiversity loss is caused by meat-based diets, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sources. The psychology behind eating meat Yet, many of us continue to eat meat ...
May 8, 2019 · Industrialized Western nations average more than 220 pounds of meat per person per year, while the poorest African nations average less than 22 pounds per person.
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Dec 7, 2021 · Despite the 'peak meat' trend in some countries, meat consumption continues to increase around the world. The shift towards alternative proteins has gathered momentum in the last two years, with academic efforts to recreate the best possible texture, taste and appearance of meat, and food retailers increasingly promoting plant-sourced meat to mainstream consumers.
