Sustainable Protein Production and Consumption: Pigs or Peas?

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aiking, Harry (Editor), Boer, Joop de (Editor), Vereijken, Johan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 45
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Environment.; Sustainable development.; Pollution prevention.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Environment, general.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Food Science.; Agricultural Economics.; Sustainable Development.

Sustainable Protein Production and Consumption: Pigs or Peas? is a book that presents and explores the PROFETAS programme for development of a more sustainable food system by studying the feasibility of substituting meat with plant based alternatives. The emphasis is on improving the food system by...

Table of Contents:

• Background, Aims and Scope
• Environmental Sustainability
• Technological Feasibility
• Social Desirability: Consumer Aspects
• Social Desirability: National and International Context
• Emerging Options and Their Implications
• Transition Feasibility and Implications for Stakeholders.