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Investing in mini-livestock production for food security and carbon neutrality in China.
Bai, Zhaohai; Wu, Xiaofei; Lassaletta, Luis; Haverkamp, Alexander; Li, Wei; Yuan, Zengwei; Aguilera, Eduardo; Uwizeye, Aimable; Sanz-Cobena, Alberto; Zhang, Nannan; Fan, Xiangwen; Zhu, Feng; Dicke, Marcel; Wang, Xuan; Ma, Lin.
Afiliação
  • Bai Z; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
  • Wu X; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
  • Lassaletta L; Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronomica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
  • Haverkamp A; Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands.
  • Li W; Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
  • Yuan Z; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
  • Aguilera E; Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronomica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
  • Uwizeye A; Alimentta, Think Tank para la Transición Alimentaria, Andalucía 18320, Spain.
  • Sanz-Cobena A; Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome 00153, Italy.
  • Zhang N; Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronomica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
  • Fan X; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
  • Zhu F; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
  • Dicke M; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
  • Wang X; Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands.
  • Ma L; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Hebei Key Laboratory of Soil Ecology, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050021, China.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 120(43): e2304826120, 2023 Oct 24.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37844251
Future food farming technology faces challenges that must integrate the core goal of keeping the global temperature increase within 1.5 °C without reducing food security and nutrition. Here, we show that boosting the production of insects and earthworms based on food waste and livestock manure to provide food and feed in China will greatly contribute to meeting the country's food security and carbon neutrality pledges. By substituting domestic products with mini-livestock (defined as earthworms and insects produced for food or feed) protein and utilizing the recovered land for bioenergy production plus carbon capture and storage, China's agricultural sector could become carbon-neutral and reduce feed protein imports to near zero. This structural change may lead to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2,350 Tg CO2eq per year globally when both domestic and imported products are substituted. Overall, the success of mini-livestock protein production in achieving carbon neutrality and food security for China and its major trading partners depends on how the substitution strategies will be implemented and how the recovered agricultural land will be managed, e.g., free use for afforestation and bioenergy or by restricting this land to food crop use. Using China as an example, this study also demonstrates the potential of mini-livestock for decreasing the environmental burden of food production in general.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Gado Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: China

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Gado Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: China