FAO REPORT
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation has tried to scotch the claim that eating less meat in rich countries could help to reduce hunger in developing countries. Jelle Bruinsma, an editor of an FAO study looking ahead to 2030, says that the statement is erroneously based on the assumption that cereals used as animal feed would be freed up for human consumption in developing countries. He claims that this is unlikely. "Lower demand for feed would probably result in somewhat lower cereal production and lower cereal prices. While lower prices ...
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