Approaching peak poultry and meat consumption

Meat consumption is positively associated with income. However, at a certain level (around US$40,000 GDP per capita), total meat consumption decreases with income. Photo: Koos Groenewold
Meat consumption is positively associated with income. However, at a certain level (around US$40,000 GDP per capita), total meat consumption decreases with income. Photo: Koos Groenewold
Meat consumption is increasing in many countries worldwide, although it seems that peak meat consumption has been reached in some. A recent study analysed 35 countries to determine where consumption is increasing and decreasing of all the major meat types consumed from 2000 to 2019, including poultry, of course. Growing prosperity, disease outbreaks, natural disasters and consumer preferences are changing global meat consumption which, worldwide, has quadrupled since 1961. The growing human p


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