Livestock: On our plates or eating at our table? A new analysis of the feed/food debate
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- Authors
- Mottet, A., de Haan, C., Falcucci, A., Tempio, G., Opio, C., & Gerber, P.
- Affiliations
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Mottet, Anne
- Venue
- Global Food Security
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 14
- Pages
- 1-8
- ISSN
- 2211-9124 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2568659121
- Cited by
- 1,034
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 125 · 2025: 148 · 2024: 141 · 2023: 151 · 2022: 159 · 2021: 117 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 7 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 39.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Global Food Security (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Livestock Farming and Management
- Keywords
- animal feed, feed-food competition, feed conversion ratio, ruminants, monogastric animals, soybean meal, land use, food security, meat production
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