Changing role of animal protein on agricultural footprint - Anne Floor

Description:

Global soy production has exploded over the past 50 years. Global production today is more than 13 times higher than it was in the early 1960s. Even since the year 2000, production has more than doubled. (Soy - Our World in Data) More than three-quarters (77%) of global soy is fed to livestock for meat and dairy production. Most of the rest is used for biofuels, industry or vegetable oils. Just 7% of soy is used directly for human food products such as tofu, soy milk, edamame beans, and tempeh. The idea that foods often promoted as substitutes for meat and dairy – such as tofu and soy milk – are driving deforestation is a common misconception. (Soy - Our World in Data) To understand soy as a potential driver of deforestation, it’s also useful to understand how each country’s production has changed over time. It is the change in production, and how this was achieved (either increased yields or cropland expansion), that is the potential driver of deforestation. (Our World in Data)

Enablers:

• Regenerative business practices influence of agriculture
• Role of educators in professionalizing farming
• Advance in alternative farming methodologies and influence on industrial agriculture

Inhibitors:

Advance in alternative farming methodologies and influence on industrial agriculture

Paradigms:

Large scale deforestation mainly of the rainforest in brasil.

Experts:

RTRS, WWF

Timing:

Since 2000

Web Resources:

• Soy - Our World in Data
• Environmental impacts of food production - Our World in Data