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Meat and milk consumption increasing rapidly Meat Consumption and Co, Emissions
According to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock generates 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is expected to grow, as developing countries increase their consumption of meat and byproducts.
Meat production
Food consumption in developing countries
CO, produced Pounds of Co, per pound of product
+200%
Meat
350 million tons
Developing 300...
countries 250
Milk Cheese Chicken
10.8
+ 150
1.8
Pork
4.9
200 ......
Developed countries
150.....
100
Coreal
Salmon Shrimp Beef (only meat) Oat flakes Flour, wheat Carrots Tomatoes, greenhouse
10.7 | 0.5 10.2 12.7
Projection
Roots and tubers 80 90 0
70 85
00 15
30
50
62 70
Source: Livestock's Long Shadow," by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 2006: Lantmannen
THE NEW YORK TIMES
