Poultry disease was associated with a 5% rise in hunger in 2019 – equal to an additional 34 million people going hungry
In 2020, as many as 811 million people or 9.9% of the global population went hungry. An increase of as much as 161 million from the previous year.
According to the UNFAO, “cattle need only 0.6 kg of protein from feed to produce 1kg of protein In milk and meat. Cattle thus contribute directly to global food security”
86% of the global livestock feed intake is made of resources that are not edible by humans. These animals produce valuable food using materials that would otherwise go to waste