The potential footprint of alternative meat adoption on corn and soybean producers

Alternative meat (AltMeat), which includes plant-based and cultured meats, has the potential to improve the global food supply chain on numerous environmental and societal dimensions. Some of these gains, derived from lower animal meat consumption, could disrupt the supply chain of crops that are...

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Autores principales: Blaustein-Rejto, Dan, Merener, Nicolás, Smith, Alex
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Publicado: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (ISSN: 2571-581X) 2024
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Producción alimentaria
Food production
Alimentación humana
Sustentabilidad
Sustainability
Agricultura
Agriculture
Alternative meat
Plant-based meat (PBM)
Cultured meat
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13153
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1400515
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-131532024-11-22T07:00:24Z The potential footprint of alternative meat adoption on corn and soybean producers Blaustein-Rejto, Dan Merener, Nicolás Smith, Alex Producción alimentaria Food production Alimentación humana Sustentabilidad Sustainability Agricultura Agriculture Alternative meat Plant-based meat (PBM) Cultured meat Alternative meat (AltMeat), which includes plant-based and cultured meats, has the potential to improve the global food supply chain on numerous environmental and societal dimensions. Some of these gains, derived from lower animal meat consumption, could disrupt the supply chain of crops that are used as animal feed. This study evaluates the potential impact of animal meat displacement on major corn and soybean-producing regions, globally or in developed regions. We combine trading patterns and regional cost structures with potential crop demand reductions caused by animal meat displacement, to occur by 2032 on top of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (OECD-FAO) baseline projection without AltMeat. We find that potential animal meat displacement in the US and the European Union (EU) would have a minor effect on crop markets. Worldwide displacement, however, would lead to significantly lower corn and soybean prices relative to the baseline OECDFAO projection without AltMeat. We explore quantitatively the heterogeneous impact of such developments in crop-producing regions. Our findings shed light on a trade-off associated with the significant benefits of more sustainable meat production. Este artículo se encuentra originalmente publicado en Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (ISSN: 2571-581X) V.8 2024-11-21T20:03:08Z 2024-11-21T20:03:08Z 2024-10-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13153 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1400515 eng Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (ISSN: 2571-581X) V.8 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 11 p. application/pdf application/pdf Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (ISSN: 2571-581X)
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topic Producción alimentaria
Food production
Alimentación humana
Sustentabilidad
Sustainability
Agricultura
Agriculture
Alternative meat
Plant-based meat (PBM)
Cultured meat
spellingShingle Producción alimentaria
Food production
Alimentación humana
Sustentabilidad
Sustainability
Agricultura
Agriculture
Alternative meat
Plant-based meat (PBM)
Cultured meat
Blaustein-Rejto, Dan
Merener, Nicolás
Smith, Alex
The potential footprint of alternative meat adoption on corn and soybean producers
topic_facet Producción alimentaria
Food production
Alimentación humana
Sustentabilidad
Sustainability
Agricultura
Agriculture
Alternative meat
Plant-based meat (PBM)
Cultured meat
description Alternative meat (AltMeat), which includes plant-based and cultured meats, has the potential to improve the global food supply chain on numerous environmental and societal dimensions. Some of these gains, derived from lower animal meat consumption, could disrupt the supply chain of crops that are used as animal feed. This study evaluates the potential impact of animal meat displacement on major corn and soybean-producing regions, globally or in developed regions. We combine trading patterns and regional cost structures with potential crop demand reductions caused by animal meat displacement, to occur by 2032 on top of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (OECD-FAO) baseline projection without AltMeat. We find that potential animal meat displacement in the US and the European Union (EU) would have a minor effect on crop markets. Worldwide displacement, however, would lead to significantly lower corn and soybean prices relative to the baseline OECDFAO projection without AltMeat. We explore quantitatively the heterogeneous impact of such developments in crop-producing regions. Our findings shed light on a trade-off associated with the significant benefits of more sustainable meat production.
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