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MEAT CONSUME AS AN INDICATOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. COMPARATIVE STUDY IN EUROPE AND ROMANIA
Abstract
Even if EU traditional agriculture is based on a considerable part on livestock enterprises activities, and many products are sustaining the traditional activities, livestock production is the largest source of greenhouse gases, high water usage, driver of deforestation, loss of biodiversity, land use, European Union (EU) is the biggest food importer and the second food exporter, spend around 40% of its budget on Common Agricultural Policy in detriment of other sectors. This paper work aims to emphasize the impact of meat consume upon environment, analysing meat consume per capita in EU and Romania. The study emphasizes that human alimentary habits, especially meat consume is a major driver of environment degradation and climate change. EU is the second biggest agricultural food exporter and the first biggest importer of food in the world. Meat consume in Romania is lower comparative with EU, is considerable lower.
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