Title: Meats, Feeds
1Meats, Feeds Grains Abigail Cooke
2Overview
- Meat consumption is growing worldwide
- Pork and chicken consumption increasing worldwide
- Beef consumption declining in developed
countries, but increasing in developing countries - Feed and Subsistence Crops compete for land and
for consumption calories - Beef, rice, and cassava illustrate important
trade, development and environment linkages
3Beef Production
Source Clay (2004)
4International Beef Trade
- 23 of world production is exported and trade is
growing - Major Exporters
- Boneless Australia, US, New Zealand, Ireland
Canada - Bone In Germany, France, US, Netherlands,
Ukraine - US is a major producer and exporter, but is a net
importer
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
5Environmental Consequences
- Increasing pastures on marginal lands leads to
deforestation, desertification and biodiversity
loss - Rapid expansion of feedlot production
- Increases consumption of cereal harvest (33 of
cereals consumed by animals) - Increases air and water pollution in surrounding
areas - Increases risk of disease outbreaks in herds and
humans - Concentration of processing (slaughter,
meatpacking and tanning) - Large amounts of organic waste
- Chemical waste
Source Clay (2004)
6Rice Production
- About 11 of the worlds cultivated land grows
rice - Major Producers
- India (44.8 million hectares), China (30.3
million hectares), Indonesia, Bangladesh,
Vietnam, Thailand - Green revolution technologies greatly increased
productivity of irrigated paddies in the 1970s - 55 of the worlds production area is irrigated,
but this produces 75 of the worlds rice
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
7Rice Consumption
- Over 90 of the worlds rice is grown and
consumed in Asia - 50 of the total calories consumed in Asia come
from rice 25 of total calories in the world
come from rice
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
8International Rice Trade
- Small compared to local consumption
- 4 of world production is exported
- Largest Exporters
- Thailand, Vietnam, China, USA, Pakistan, India
- Market dominated by large mills and international
companies - Vertical integration
- Oriented for urban consumption and export markets
- Overall export amount increased, but value
decreased 1961-2000
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
9Environmental Impacts of Rice
- Highest negative impact associated with Green
Revolution production - Salinization, pesticide and herbicide overuse,
lowering biodiversity and increasing crop
vulnerability - Extensification and conversion of land for rice
paddies limits future land use (likely to grow
with increasing population size) - Large knowledge base indicates existence of
environmentally friendly, cost effective, small
farmer-friendly production processes
Source Clay (2004)
10Cassava
- Important source of calories for many people in
the developing world - Miracle crop
- Drought- and pest-resistant and poor-soil
tolerant - Negative effects
- Potential to degradation soil through erosion
- Can cause thyroid problems
- Producers Nigeria, Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia,
Dem. Republic of Congo - 9 of world production is exported
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
11Cassava -Thailand and the EC
12Papers
- Damaged Environments and Lives The Bitter
Harvest of Rice Policies in The Gambia - Judith Carney, UCLA
- Feeding Europe, Deforesting Thailand
- Sara Curran and Abigail Cooke, Princeton
University - Globalization of Unsustainable Food-Consumption
Trade Policies, Producer Lobbies and Beef
Consumption in North East Asia - Sjur Kasa, University of Oslo
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
13Sources
- Jason Clay. World Agriculture and the
Environment. Washington Island Press 2004. - FAOStat Data, 2004.
14World Meat Consumption
Source FAO (2005)
15Beef Consumption
- World consumption is rising
- Developed nations stable or declining dates
- Developing nations driving world increases
- Population growth, urbanization, lower real
prices, income growth
Source FAO (2002) cited in Clay (2004)
16Social Considerations
- Health considerations
- Heart disease and cancer
- Antibiotic resistant bacteria for humans too
- Growth hormones
- Disease outbreaks
Source Clay (2004)
17Social Considerations of Rice
- External trade conditions and local politics work
to keep rice prices very low - Large multinational trading companies can operate
on small margins and still make large profits - Local states and urban centers in developing
countries structure markets to depress rice
prices - Consequently, small rice farmers face adverse
economic situations in good and bad economic
times - Environmentally friendly practices would help
small farmers survive
Source Clay (2004)