Meat, dairy and egg demand to grow 70%
Meat, dairy and egg demand to grow 70%
2018-12-20 From: FoodProcessing By 2050 it is anticipated that food demand will have risen by more than 50%, with demand for animal-based food products (meat, dairy and eggs) likely to grow by almost 70%. Meeting this increased demand will be essential if the nearly 10 billion people alive then are to be fed. How can the agriculture and food industries produce this much food without exacerbating poverty, accelerating deforestation and increasing GHG emissions? A report, Creating a Sustainable Food Future, produced by WRI, in partnership with the World Bank, UN Environment, UN Development Programme, CIRAD and INRA, has been looking at this problem and recommends we start making substantial changes to our food system now. The report includes a menu of 22 options that suggests it is possible to feed everyone sustainably. The top five recommendations are: 1. Reducing demand by cutting food loss and waste, eating less beef and lamb, using crops for food and feed rather than biofuels, and reducing population growth by achieving replacement fertility levels. 2. Increasing crop and livestock productivity to higher than historical levels but on the same land area. 3. Stopping deforestation, restoring peatlands and degraded land, and linking yield gains to protection of natural landscapes. 4. Improving aquaculture and managing wild fisheries more effectively. Limiting global warming will mean acting on the food sector Food lies behind most environmental and development issues: deforestation, malnutrition, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, climate change, water pollution and more. By improving how the world's food is produced and consumed, we can treat the cause and not just the symptoms. Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/Monkey Business
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