'We've got to start feeding our livestock waste products': using farmland efficiently

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To be able to feed the growing world population, we actually need to carry on eating some animal protein, reckons researcher Hannah van Zanten, because it requires less land than a completely plant-based diet. As long as we feed the livestock on waste products and leftovers.

Period1 Jun 2017

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  • Title'We've got to start feeding our livestock waste products': using farmland efficiently
    Media name/outletWageningen World, no. 2
    Media typePrint
    Duration/Length/Size4 pages
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date1/06/17
    DescriptionTo be able to feed the growing world population, we actually need to carry on eating some animal protein, reckons researcher Hannah van Zanten, because it requires less land than a completely plant-based diet. As long as we feed the livestock on waste products and leftovers.
    Producer/AuthorRik Nijland
    URLhttps://edepot.wur.nl/419155
    PersonsHannah van Zanten