Worldwide transformation of diets, burdens of meat production and opportunities for novel food proteins

By V. Smil. 2002

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Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Molecular Biology

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Drivers for global agricultural land use change: The nexus of diet, population, yield and bioenergy (2015, background): “the efficiency of the 37 production of animal products, was estimated from various sources (FAO, 2014, 38 2009; Little, 2014; SAC Consulting, 2013; Smil, 2002).”
Increasing world consumption of beef as a driver of regional and global change: A call for policy action based on evidence from Queensland (Australia), Colombia and Brazil (2009, background): “Cattle are the least efficient converters of feed to meat of domestic livestock, using 9–13 kg of feed per kg of live weight (Smil, 2002), while in California it takes 13,500 l of water to”
Future of sustainable eating? Examining the potential for expanding bean eating in a meat-eating culture (2016, background): “Several researchers are rather sceptical about voluntary eplacement of meat with plant proteins in the future (Smil, 2002), unless appropriate interventions are developed and ilored differently for different target groups (Vinnari, 2008; Vinnari & Tapio, 2009).”
Magnitude and farm-economic value of grain legume pre-crop benefits in Europe: A review (2015, background): “…benfits to agricultural landscapes in Europe, increases resource fficiency, and contributes to balancing Europe’s deficit in plant rotein production (Smil, 2002; van der Werf et al., 2005; Nemecek t al., 2008; Peoples et al., 2009b; Jensen et al., 2010; Köpke and emecek, 2010; Westhoek et al.,…”
Mealworms for Food: A Water Footprint Perspective (2015, methodology): “In this study we used the data reported by de Vries and de Boer [33] and Smil [34].”
Human appropriation of land for food: The role of diet (2016, methodology): “To represent the production efficiency of meat 33 consumed by humans, these ratios were adjusted to express feeding requirements per unit edible 34 weight (EW), and also to account for the need to raise sire and dam animals (Smil, 2002).”
Future protein supply (2011, background): “Currently, about one-third of all transport is food-related and, moreover, one-third of the ice-free land area is used for food production, plus about three quarters of the available freshwater (Smil, 2002b).”
Eating Meat: Evolution, Patterns, and Consequences (2002, background): “…and processed meat, whose recent global consumption has totaled roughly 40 Mt, or nearly 20 percent of global meat supply, could result in savings of about 70 Mt of concentrated grain feed, an equivalent of about 10 percent of recent annual global consumption of concentrated feeds (Smil 2002b).”
How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030 (2010, background): “With further development of the technology for producing plant protein isolates, inclusion of plant-derived proteins in minced meat could reach 25–35% (Smil, 2002).”
Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security (2014, background): “5 kg for chicken, 5 kg for pork and 10 kg for beef (Smil, 2002).”
Environmental Impact of the Production of Mealworms as a Protein Source for Humans – A Life Cycle Assessment (2012, background): “edible portion [16,22] of common production animals vary depending on breed, country of production and other factors.”