Meat Production and Consumption: Environmental Consequences
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Economic and Environmental Impact of Meat Consumption
This paper adds to the existing literature on the estimation of future consumption patterns. I first forecast the demand of beef, chicken and pig products for the years 2020 and 2040 using a simultaneous equations model for the world and specific regions. Then, using existing research on “best existing case” scenarios of the ecological impact of different foods, I estimate the land usage and gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Procedia Food Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2211-601X
DOI: 10.1016/j.profoo.2015.09.041