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New insights in improving sustainability in meat production: opportunities and challenges

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2096562

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Agroecology; GHG; novel feeds; precision livestock farming; production efficiency; sustainable production system; unconventional meat source

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Treating livestock as production machines leads to depletion of natural resources, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and ethical issues. Achieving sustainability in the meat sector requires a multifaced approach, including digitalization, precision farming, and the application of remote sensing and artificial intelligence.
Treating livestock as senseless production machines has led to rampant depletion of natural resources, enhanced greenhouse gas emissions, gross animal welfare violations, and other ethical issues. It has essentially instigated constant scrutiny of conventional meat production by various experts and scientists. Sustainably in the meat sector is a big challenge which requires a multifaced and holistic approach. Novel tools like digitalization of the farming system and livestock market, precision livestock farming, application of remote sensing and artificial intelligence to manage production and environmental impact/GHG emission, can help in attaining sustainability in this sector. Further, improving nutrient use efficiency and recycling in feed and animal production through integration with agroecology and industrial ecology, improving individual animal and herd health by ensuring proper biosecurity measures and selective breeding, and welfare by mitigating animal stress during production are also key elements in achieving sustainability in meat production. In addition, sustainability bears a direct relationship with various social dimensions of meat production efficiency such as non-market attributes, balance between demand and consumption, market and policy failures. The present review critically examines the various aspects that significantly impact the efficiency and sustainability of meat production.

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