Meat supply chain in the perspective of UN SDGs

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the meat supply chain in the perspective of main UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). To perform this overview, meat supply chain was presented with five main stakeholders (livestock farmers, slaughterhouses, meat processors, retailers and consumers). As this chain is specific, four SDGs have been revealed as most important, as follows: SDG6 — Clean water and sanitation; SDG7 — Affordable and clean energy; SDG12 — Sustainable consumption and production; SDG13 — Climate action. Discussion and literature review was performed for each of the four UN SDGs. In addition, other UN SDGs of interest for this supply chain have been briefly presented.

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“…Improving livestock productivity is a crucial issue that has been debated as concerns about the global population growth require adequate feed production, particularly meat protein sources [1][2][3]. Population growth is the main reason for the increase in consumption, and the projected 11% global increase will support a projected 14% increase in global meat consumption by 2030 [4].…”