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Review
. 2022 Dec 14;12(6):56-60.
doi: 10.1093/af/vfac070. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Sustainability implications of rising global pork demand

Wusheng Yu  1 , Jørgen Dejgård Jensen  1
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Review

Sustainability implications of rising global pork demand

Wusheng Yu et al. Anim Front. .
No abstract available

Keywords: environmental sustainability; global pork demand; market projection; swine production.

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Figure 1.
a: Current and projected pork production (unit: 1,000 metric tons, carcass weight equivalent. source: OECD/FAO (2022); b: Shares of global pork exports by top exporters, 2019–2021 (source: comtrade.un.org); c: Shares of global pork imports by top importers, 2019–2021 (source: comtrade.un.org). d: On-farm swine emission intensities by country (source: FAO).
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