Summary of Emissions of Agriculture and Livestock

Global Impact

Agriculture contributes approximately 25% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:

• 80% of agricultural emissions come from animal agriculture products (meat, milk, eggs)
• Livestock production accounts for 70% of all agricultural land and 30% of the land surface

(Source: Mulvaney 2020, p. 218 f.)

Key Statistics from “The Game Changers”

• Egg, fish, meat, and dairy farming require 80% of farmland but only provide 18% of the world’s calories (Source: Poore et al, Science 360(6392)987-92) (#visualization-idea)

• In the United States, farm animals produce 50 times more waste than the US population
• Up to 1/3 of animal products is wasted

Statistic from @Kqed

• Excluding human biomass, 94% of mammal biomass on Earth is livestock
• I created a visual for this KQED image at 🔮 MMSMammalWeight-A.

Related Resources

• See 🔮 SEEDS-A for information on low crop diversity in agriculture
• Check 🔮 MMSMeatStickA for an in-progress sticker project addressing ethical neglect of animal rights
• Visual for this KQED image at 🔮 MMSMammalWeight-A

#agriculture #livestock

References

Mulvaney, D. (2020). Sustainable Energy Transitions: Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Decarbonization (1st ed. 2020, p. 258). Palgrave Macmillan.

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