Food and environment
FOOD TO FEED 10 BILLION PEOPLE.
82% OF STARVING CHILDREN LIVE IN
COUNTRIES WHERE FOOD IS FED TO
ANIMALS, AND THE ANIMALS ARE EATEN BY
WESTERN COUNTRIES.
Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earth’s ice-free land.
References
1. Steinfeld H., Gerber P., Wassenaar T., Castel V., Rosales M., Haan C. 2006. Livestock's long shadow environmental issues and options.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. USA. 390 pp
2. Goodland R., Anhang J. Livestock and Climate change: What if the key actors in climate change are... cows, pigs and chickens? http://www.
worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf (15.11.2015)
3. Mekonnen M, Hoekstra A. Y. 2012. A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products. Netherlands. pp 20.
4. Schwarzen S. 2009. Growing greenhouse gas emissions due to meat production. Elsevier. Switzerland. pp 8
5. Mekonnen M, Hoekstra A. Y. 2012
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