Environmental pollution from intensive livestock breeding

Irina-Virginia Dragulanescu ()
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Irina-Virginia Dragulanescu: University of Messina, Italy

International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, 2014, vol. 3, 107-118

Abstract: In recent years, meat production has increased due to high demand in the market. To meet the demands producers have expanded the growth and development of farms. Farming and the meat industry is one of the leading causes of pollution and massive exploitation of resources. The animals, often bred in an intensive way, contribute mostly to greenhouse gases and climate change. Therefore, agriculture and livestock are the main causes of environmental pollution and also the consumption of meat. In particular, it is estimated that 18 percent of worldwide annual emissions of greenhouse gases are attributable to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs and poultry. The study shows how to pollute are primarily intensive livestock farming, the way in which they are carried out and the substances contained in the meals of the animals themselves

Keywords: agriculture; intensive livestock farming; pollution; environment; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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