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(Created page with "Cows, goats and sheep can digest fibre and use it as calories. These animals can thus eat a few things that don't compete with food production: # Crop residues (also known as biomass waste) which are the fibrous leftover parts of food crops we have to grow anyway. # Grass from pasture lands. This feed can't be eaten by humans, chickens, or pigs. {{x|Except in very small quantities for roughage only. Humans, chickens and pigs can't extract any s...") |
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|708264265 tonnes/year | |708264265 tonnes/year | ||
|Global production of milk | |Global production of milk | ||
|Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same.<br /><br /> | |Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same. | ||
Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | <br /><br />Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{dp | {{dp | ||
|beef.production | |beef.production | ||
|67915624 tonnes/year | |67915624 tonnes/year | ||
|Global production of beef | |Global production of beef (edible parts) | ||
|Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same.<br /><br /> | |Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same. | ||
Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | <br /><br />Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{dp | {{dp | ||
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|beef.protein | |beef.protein | ||
|19.42% | |19.42% | ||
|Protein as a fraction of beef, by weight. | |Protein as a fraction of beef (edible portion), by weight. | ||
|Source: <cite>FoodData</cite>US Department of Agriculture | |Source: <cite>FoodData</cite>US Department of Agriculture | ||
<br /><br />Using database food named "Beef, grass-fed, ground, raw" because (even though not all beef is grassfed) it was the only database entry that wasn't a specific cut of beef. | <br /><br />Using database food named "Beef, grass-fed, ground, raw" because (even though not all beef is grassfed) it was the only database entry that wasn't a specific cut of beef. | ||
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|(grams/day per capita)(world.population) | |(grams/day per capita)(world.population) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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Protein from chickens: | |||
{{dp | |||
|chicken.production | |||
|118616699 tonnes/year | |||
|Global production of chicken meat (edible parts) | |||
|Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same. | |||
<br /><br />Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | |||
}} | |||
{{dp | |||
|eggs.production | |||
|84363316 tonnes/year | |||
|Global production of eggs (from hens) (edible parts) | |||
|Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same. | |||
<br /><br />Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | |||
}} | |||
{{dp | |||
|chicken.protein | |||
|18.33% | |||
|Protein as a fraction of chicken (edible portion), by weight. | |||
|Source: <cite>FoodData</cite>US Department of Agriculture | |||
<br /><br />Using database food named "Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat and skin and giblets and neck, raw" | |||
}} | |||
{{dp | |||
|eggs.protein | |||
|12.56% | |||
|Protein as a fraction of eggs (edible portion), by weight. | |||
|Source: <cite>FoodData</cite>US Department of Agriculture | |||
<br /><br />Using database food named "Egg, whole, raw, fresh" | |||
}} | |||
{{calc | |||
|eggs.production*eggs.protein + chicken.production*chicken.protein | |||
|(grams/day per capita)(world.population) | |||
}} | |||
Protein from pigs: | |||
{{dp | |||
|pork.production | |||
|109635731 tonnes/year | |||
|Global production of pig meat (edible parts) | |||
|Using data from 2019. Other years are almost the same. | |||
<br /><br />Source: <cite>Crop and livestock products - FAOSTAT</cite>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [https://www.fao.org/faostat] | |||
}} | |||
{{dp | |||
|pork.protein | |||
|16.88% | |||
|Protein as a fraction of pork (edible portion), by weight. | |||
|Source: <cite>FoodData</cite>US Department of Agriculture | |||
<br /><br />Using database food named "Pork, fresh, ground, raw" | |||
}} | |||
{{calc | |||
|pork.production*pork.protein | |||
|(grams/day per capita)(world.population) | |||
}} | |||
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add info on protein from sheep, goats, and buffalo | |||
* would help compare the "total protein from all ruminants - status quo" with the "total protein from ruminants if no food-feed competition (which is currently estimated with just cow data but still)" | |||
* put it in an expandable because it's not crucial to the main point but is needed for the above reason and for completeness | |||
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In other words, globally most cows are ''already'' fed mostly non-human-edible matter, but beef and dairy production are fairly low. | In other words, globally most cows are ''already'' fed mostly non-human-edible matter, but beef and dairy production are fairly low. | ||