Sentences with phrase «rising meat consumption»

For example, rising meat consumption (especially pork) in developing nations puts pressure on grain prices through the use of grain for animal feed; it takes an average of five kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of meat.

It is driven not only by a growing population, but also by rising meat consumption among increasingly prosperous people in developing countries.

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This population will increasingly live in urban areas and have a rising middle class, both of which mean more meat consumption.

For now, though, meat consumption is rising in the United States, China, and elsewhere despite health warnings, most recently a World Health Organization report that found eating processed or red meat increased the risk of developing cancer.

Emerging markets are driving this growth: China, in particular, is the world's largest consumer of meat, with protein consumption expected to grow 3 — 4 % a year thanks to a rising middle class.

Urbanization, population growth, and a rising middle class lead to greater meat consumption.

In fact, even the smallest increase in the consumption of red meat was found to lead to a steep rise in mortality, while processed meat significantly increased the risk of death from all causes.

The «Flexitarian» Effect: The rise of part - time vegetarians, who have reduced their meat consumption because of health, sustainability and animal welfare concerns, is having a major impact on new product activity.

While consumption of more affordable pork meat is rising, farmgate prices have plunged to $ 2.70 this year from $ 3.70 a kilogram two years ago due to aggressive production, with some farmers struggling to break even.

The new plant is being built to meet the demand for small goods from export markets in south - east Asia, and rising domestic processed meat and sausage consumption in nearby population growth areas in eastern Australia.

The rise in vegetarians and so - called flexitarians — occasional vegetarians who reduce meat consumption because of health, animal welfare or environmental issues — is translating into specific opportunities in cheese aisles across France with cheese emerging as a popular replacement for meat, according to Caroline Roux, an analyst for Mintel.

«Egg consumption is affected not only by the price of eggs, which has been rising, but also the price of competing protein products, like meat, which have been falling.»

With rising incomes, meat consumption has increased 73 percent over the past 50 years.

There are several socio - economic factors could have contributed to the rise in popularity of poultry, including religious edicts that prohibited meat consumption during fasting.

The film makes a strong argument for veganism, stating that meat and dairy consumption is essentially a government - endorsed conspiracy contributing to rising rates of cancer, obesity, and heart disease.

Now, it's possible the apparent protective association between rice and Alzheimer's «is more likely due» to the fact that the drop of rice consumption associated with increasing Alzheimer's was accompanied by a rise in meat consumption.

Over the past century, especially after World War II, Western diets have shifted to include more animal foods, including poultry, which has risen to the top in U.S. meat consumption.

Meat consumption has risen dramatically in the US over the past century.

That's the conclusion of a new study, published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, that found that the risk of dying at an early age — from heart disease, cancer, or any other cause — rises in step with red - meat consumption.

He explained that per capita meat consumption, which also has substantial environmental impacts, had tracked in a similar way, rose in China by 42 percent from 1995 to 2003, with recent projections of a 40 percent, to 70 kilograms per capita per year, within a few years.

Other subjects covered by Data Highlights included China's rising soybean consumption, falling gasoline use, the U.S bike - share fleet more than doubling in 2013, and China's growing meat consumption shown by the move to buy Smithfield.

Some might argue that overall meat consumption has dropped in response to a rise in cost, but awareness about food sustainability does appear to be a market driver.

Lyutse also points out that while overall meat consumption has dropped, demand for more sustainably produced meat — such as free - range, grass fed and antibiotic free — is on the rise.

Recent analyses have shown it is unlikely global temperature rises can be kept below two degrees Celsius without a shift in global meat and dairy consumption, but demand for meat and dairy from India and China is estimated to increase by 76 and 65 percent, respectively, by 2050, according to Chatham House.

The rising global meat consumption and the intensification of animal production systems will put further pressure on the global freshwater resources in the coming decades.

Developing countries are now able to afford more meat, with current projections seeing meat consumption rise 75 percent by 2050 and dairy by 65 percent.

A chorus of impassioned criticism has been rising against meat and dairy consumption.