Meat could be answer to ending world hunger, says UN report
A new study has urged developing nations to boost livestock production in order to provide essential nutrients
Meat production could be the answer to addressing world hunger and should be ‘ramped up’, according to a UN report which was unveiled at COP28.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) global food systems road map report said production of meat to address widespread hunger should be boosted as plant-based foods cannot fully provide adequate nutrients.
Meanwhile, a second study Pathways Towards Lower Emissions, presented at the international conference, said cutting out meat would have only a ‘marginal’ benefit on emissions and estimated plant-based or low meat diets would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from farming by just four per cent.
The study also revealed livestock emissions are lower than previously reported, standing at 12 per cent of global GHGs, and down from the FAO’s previous estimate of 14.5 per cent.
FAO deputy director general Maria Helena Semedo said: “It clearly demonstrates that ambitious and innovative programmes and wide-ranging interventions have the potential to bend the emissions curve while production grows.”
Jane Thynne | Farmers Guardian
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