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If richer countries Cut Back on meat, would it improve child nutrition in poorer countries?
In 2030, there will be an estimated 133.9 million malnourished children. Freeing up the resources that support meat consumption in rich countries, Brazil, and China would help reduce that number—but only by 2.3 million. While eating less meat will improve the health and environment of rich countries, it’s not the solution to ending child malnutrition.
Million malnourished children
131.6 Million
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133.1 Million
if rich countries, Brazil, and China cut meat consumption in half
For many poor people, livestock is a source of food, income, and savings. With urbanization and incomes on the rise, and demand for meat in poor countries growing,
boosting domestic livestock production could help increase rural incomes, create more jobs in rural areas, and stimulate rural economies.
if rich countries cut meat consumption in half
Resource Hog It takes a lot of grain and water To produce:
to produce a kilogram of meat.
1 kg of poultry meat 1 kg of pig meat 1 kg of beef
1 kg of poultry meat 1 kg of pig meat 1 kg of beef
It takes: 2 kg of grain 4 kg of grain 7 kg of grain
3,500 liters of water 6,000 liters of water 43,000 liters of water
Are you going to
drink that? When livestock waste is produced in large, concentrated amounts, nitrogen and phosphorus can seep into water supplies, threatening human health.
m/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/04/daily-chart-17. Biodiversity threat, Climate risk, and Are you going to drink that?: H. Steinfeld, P. Gerber, T. Wassenaar, V. Castel, M. Rosales, and C. de Haan, Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental utrition Society 58 (1999): 219–234; D. Pimentel et al., “Water Resources: Agricultural and Environmental Issues,” BioScience 54, no. 10 (2004): 909–918. If richer countries cut back on meat: S. Msangi and M. Rosegrant, Feeding Development for Poverty Reduction: An Economic and Policy Perspective (Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012).
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