Rapid increase in demand for livestock products exacerbates the burden on the environment.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates (World Agriculture Towards 2015 / 2030) that the global livestock production increased 3-fold from 92 million tons in the late 1960’s to 300 million tons in 2015, and will reach 380 tons in 2030.

Livestock production is a significant source of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the FAO, total emissions from livestock supply chains were 6.53 gigatons CO2-eq per annum for the 2005 reference period. They represented 15.5 % of all human-induced emissions (42 gigatons CO2-eq for the year 2004; IPCC, 2007). In other words, GHG emissions from the livestock sector are larger than those from the transportation sector.

Particularly, providing beef is very resource-inefficient; moreover, bovines are responsible for large amounts of methane in the environment through emissions and feces, contributing to higher GHG emissions.

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