FAO food outlook: World meat production increases by just over 1% in 2022, per capita consumption, less than half a percent

There will be 360.1 million tons, a little less than forecast last June (360.1 million tons), but 1.24% more than produced in 2021.Or almost 6% more than produced in 2020, year outbreak of the current pandemic. Compared to last year, the four meats evaluated by the FAO must register an increase in production. However, the lowest rate of expansion is reserved for poultry meat (essentially, chicken meat), whose expansion should correspond to less than half of the forecast rates, for example, for pork and beef. Even so, poultry meat will continue to lead world production, accounting for 38.5% of the total (pork, 34.6%; beef, 20.5%; lamb, 4.6%; and other meats, 1 .7%). With practically 39% of the estimated total, poultry meat also leads the world meat trade. But its increase, in 2022, should correspond to half of the forecast for beef, around 5%. Exports/imports of pork should fall by around 11%, causing world trade to fall by close to 1%, reaching the lowest level of the last three ...