The future protein decade: perspectives on global pressure to agriculture

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 1951
Author(s):  
Julian McGill ◽  
Amy Moss ◽  
Robert Swick ◽  
David Jackson ◽  
Martin Todd
Keyword(s):  
Crop Acreage ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Oil Crops ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Biofuel Policies ◽  
Global Agriculture ◽  
Additional Demand ◽  
Animal Consumption

Most of the world’s arable area is sown to either grains or oilseeds, and it is the big movements in the profitability of these crops that determine the pressure on global cropping-area supply. This perspective incorporates publicly available data, primarily from the FAO, to demonstrate some of the shifting pressures on global agriculture. Additionally, it argues that the advent of biofuel policies created additional demand for the area to produce cereal and oil crops from 2002. However, with a slowing demand growth for ethanol biofuels, crops for human and animal consumption will once again become the main driver for crop acreage. In particular, protein crops will be favoured as higher incomes are strongly linked to a greater animal-product consumption. In addition, a shift to a more intensive animal production is further increasing the demand for protein crops. Therefore, we could ultimately see a contraction in cereal crops and much faster growth in oilseeds, albeit from a lower base, as the demand for feed becomes the main driver for global agriculture. Yet, this is occurring during a time in which protein content of the major oil crops has been declining (albeit while yields continue to increase).

scholarly journals Accuracy of Risk Perception of Zoonoses Due to Intensive Animal Farming and People’s Willingness to Change Their Animal Product Consumption

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 589
Author(s):  
Mariëlle Stel ◽  
Janina Eggers ◽  
Stina Nagelmann
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Animal Farming ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Willingness To Change ◽  
Animal Farms ◽  
Animal Consumption

Zoonoses have become more frequent and intense. As intensive animal farming plays a role in the emergence of zoonoses, the increase in intensive animal farming increases the risk of future zoonotic outbreaks. This raises the question of to what extent people are aware that intensive animal farming poses a risk to zoonoses. Furthermore, if people would be made aware, would they be willing to take protective measures, such as reducing their animal food consumption? This was investigated in a representative descriptive study of 1009 Dutch citizens. We measured participants’ perception of the risk of intensive animal farming and their perception of the way animals are treated. We measured their willingness to consume fewer animal products and their opinions on governments banning intensive animal farms. Additionally, participants estimated the percentage of meat from intensive farms that they consume. The main results showed that most participants were aware that zoonoses can occur through intensive animal farming, but not where their meat comes from. The majority of participants were willing to change their animal consumption behavior if this could reduce future zoonotic outbreaks.

scholarly journals Framing Animal Rights in the “Go Veg” Campaigns of U.S. Animal Rights Organizations

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Packwood Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Factory Farming ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Human Animal

AbstractHow much do animal rights activists talk about animal rights when they attempt to persuade America’s meat-lovers to stop eating nonhuman animals? This study serves as the basis for a unique evaluation and categorization of problems and solutions as framed by five major U.S. animal rights organizations in their vegan/food campaigns. The findings reveal that the organizations framed the problems as: cruelty and suffering; commodification; harm to humans and the environment; and needless killing. To solve problems largely blamed on factory farming, activists asked consumers to become “vegetarian” (meaning vegan) or to reduce animal product consumption, some requesting “humane” reforms. While certain messages supported animal rights, promoting veganism and respect for animals’ subject status, many frames used animal welfareideology to achieve rights solutions, conservatively avoiding a direct challenge to the dominant human/animal dualism. In support of ideological authenticity, this paper recommends that vegan campaigns emphasize justice, respect, life, freedom, environmental responsibility, and a shared animality.

scholarly journals Study of Current and Former Vegetarians and Vegans - Companion to the Secondary Findings

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faunalytics
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Findings ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Additional Detail

This document is a companion to the report, Study of Current and Former Vegetarians and Vegans: Secondary Findings. It provides additional detail about the frequency of consumption of animal products by lapsed vegans/vegetarians and various subgroups. It expands on three sections from the primary report: 1) Animal Product Consumption of Former Vegetarians/Vegans Who Avoid Beef & Pork; 2) Former Vegetarians/Vegans’ Animal Product Consumption Given Strength of Motivations; and 3) Differences Between Vegetarians and Vegans.

scholarly journals After the Crash - Oil Price Recovery and LNG Project Viability

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uyiosa Omoregie
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Expansion Phase ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
Additional Demand ◽  
Gas Market

Crude oil prices fell below the 2009-2014 five-year average in early September 2014. The drastic fall in price was from a monthly peak of $112 per barrel (bbl) in June 2014, falling to $62/bbl in December. Since 2016 the oil and gas market has gone through a period of rebalancing, resulting in modest recovery in prices. Oil price recovery reached a peak of $85/bbl in October 2018. Gas prices have also achieved similar modest price recovery. The industry has now entered an expansion phase: the five largest international oil companies exceeded expectations for 2018. The outlook for gas is encouraging. It is projected that gas will supply the largest share of energy demand growth, supplying over 40% of additional demand by 2035. Also, the United Nations 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change has led to a re-emphasis on gas as a ‘transition’ ‘cleaner’ fuel. A window of opportunity exists for new LNG projects to commence production in anticipation of an undersupplied market (2025-2035). LNG projects provide long and stable dividends for shareholder companies, certain risks found in tight oil and upstream projects are absent.

Analysis for the Global Demand of Energy in the next 20 Years

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 1719-1723
Author(s):  
Qun Yi Liu ◽  
An Jian Wang ◽  
Qi Shen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The World ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Main Driver

Over the next 20 years a rapid rise will be happen in global demand for steel, copper and aluminum, China will be the first biggest resource requirements country. This paper analyzes the global demand of steel, copper and aluminum, showing that global resource consumption center transfer according to the industrial centers, at present, China is the world's resources consumption center, steel, copper and aluminium consumption accounted for more than 40% of the world. Global demand for steel, copper and aluminum over the next 20 years will be rapid growth, accumulative total demand is 2 times of the past 20 years, but there may be a temporary slowdown in 3 - 5 years period. Over the next 20 years the first big country, China is one of the resource requirements of asean and India will become the main driver of demand growth.

TRENDS IN CONSUMPTION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN CANADA

1986 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
LYNN STEWART ◽  
LINDA ROBBINS
Keyword(s):  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Animal Fats ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Poultry Products ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Food Consumption Data ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
Statistics Canada ◽  
Red Meats

Statistics Canada Apparent Food Consumption data (1963–1984) and Family Food Expenditure survey data (1974, 1978 and 1982) indicate that there has been a decline in consumption of certain animal products such as red meats, eggs, whole milk and animal fats. Generally, these are the foods consumers perceive to be relatively high in saturated fat and/or cholesterol. In contrast, apparent consumption of chicken, cheeses, partly skimmed milk, yogurt and vegetable fats has been increasing. Although health concerns have had a significant influence on animal-product consumption trends in Canada, there are many other factors underlying consumer behavior. Reasons for the observed consumption trends as well as possible implications for the marketing of animal products are discussed. Key words: Meat, beef, pork, fish, poultry products, dairy products

VR What We Eat: Guidelines for Designing and Assessing Virtual Environments as a Persuasive Technology to Promote Sustainability and Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1519-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihye Song ◽  
Stephen M. Fiore
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Persuasive Technology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Animal Product ◽  
Research Guidelines ◽  
Product Consumption ◽  
Real World Problem ◽  
Future Work

Environmental sustainability has grown as a topic of interest in the scientific community and has gained mainstream attention. This paper focuses on issues to consider when designing and assessing the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) as persuasive technology. We propose a set of research guidelines to inform future work on how to enhance VR’s effectiveness as a persuasive tool. We present animal product consumption as an example to demonstrate how these guidelines can be applied to a real-world problem that relates to sustainability and health. We describe a set of guidelines for advancing research on VR as a persuasive tool and provide examples of how they can be applied in future research.

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