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van Zanten, Hannah H. E; Herman Mollenhorst; Cindy W. Klootwijk; Corina E. van Middelaar; Imke J. M. de Boer
The international journal of life cycle assessment, 05/2016, Letnik: 21, Številka: 5Journal Article
PURPOSE: Livestock already use most global agricultural land, whereas the demand for animal-source food (ASF) is expected to increase. To address the contribution of livestock to global food supply, we need a measure for land use efficiency of livestock systems. METHODS: Existing measures capture different aspects of the debate about land use efficiency of livestock systems, such as plant productivity and the efficiency of converting feed, especially human-inedible feed, into animal products. So far, the suitability of land for cultivation of food crops has not been accounted for. Our land use ratio (LUR) includes all above-mentioned aspects and yields a realistic insight into land use efficiency of livestock systems. LUR is defined as the maximum amount of human-digestible protein (HDP) derived from food crops on all land used to cultivate feed required to produce 1Â kg ASF over the amount of HDP in that 1Â kg ASF. We illustrated our concept for three case systems. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The LUR for the case of laying hens equaled 2.08, implying that land required to produce 1Â kg HDP from laying hens could directly yield 2.08Â kg HDP from human food crops. For dairy cows, the LUR was 2.10 when kept on sandy soils and 0.67 when kept on peat soils. The LUR for dairy cows on peat soils was lower compared to cows on sandy soils because land used to grow grass and grass silage for cows on peats was unsuitable for direct production of food crops. A LUR <1.0 is considered efficient in terms of global food supply and implies that animals produce more HDP per square metre than crops. CONCLUSIONS: Values <1.0 demonstrate that livestock produce HDP more efficiently than crops. Such livestock systems (with a LURâ
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