Why beef is losing space on the Brazilian plate

Published 2022년 3월 11일

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Brazil's beef consumption has hit a 25-year low and is expected to remain low through 2025 due to economic, environmental, and cultural factors. Factors include economic pressures such as meat inflation and the Ukrainian conflict's impact on corn and fertilizer prices, as well as health concerns and ethical dilemmas. The meat industry is also criticized for its environmental impact, with cattle requiring significant resources and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, a survey indicated that nearly half of Brazilians consume less meat, with some willingly reducing meat consumption multiple times a week.

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Beef, the protagonist of the daily meal in Brazil in recent centuries, will lose this position in the not-so-distant future due to a mix of economic and environmental factors and major cultural changes underway. In 2021, consumption of the product in the country fell to the lowest level in 25 years. The numbers are expected to increase this year, but they will "stagnate before 2025" according to Guilherme Cunha Malafaia, researcher and coordinator of the Embrapa Gado de Corte Beef Intelligence Center. “Consumption levels will remain very low in most countries compared to the global average through 2025, due to the slower recovery from Covid-19 in some of these countries, as well as growing beef supply deficits,” says Malafaia. And "it will not return to previous peak levels" in Latin America, he adds. Meat is already a rare item in the homes of tens of millions of Brazilians who face some level of food insecurity - that is, they go hungry or have irregular access to food in ...

Source: G1globo