Cattle farming in global warming
Global warming We all think we know all the causes of it but there’s so much to it that it’s surprising. Food and farming is one of the biggest economic sectors in the world. We are no longer in the 14th century, when as much as 76% of the population worked in agriculture – but farming still employs more than 26% of all workers globally. And that does not include the people who work along the meat supply chain: the slaughterers, packagers, retailers and chefs. IN 2016, the world’s meat production was estimated at 317million , Global meat output in 2018 is estimated at 336.4 million tonnes, that is expected to continue to grow. It Is not simple to separate out the contribution that meat production makes to this – particularly globally. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation states that livestock is about 40% of the global value of agricultural output and supports the livelihoods and food security of almost a 1.3 billion people. Raising livestock generates 14.5 per cent of glob...