Tradeoffs in the externalities of pig production are not inevitable
Farming externalities are believed to co-vary negatively, yet trade-offs have rarely been quantified systematically. Here we present data from UK and Brazilian pig production systems representative of most commercial systems across the world ranging from ‘intensive’ indoor systems through to extensi...
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| author | Bartlett, H Zanella, M Kaori, B Sabei, L Araujo, MS Zanella, AJ Holmes, MA Wood, JLN Balmford, A |
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| description | Farming externalities are believed to co-vary negatively, yet trade-offs have rarely been quantified systematically. Here we present data from UK and Brazilian pig production systems representative of most commercial systems across the world ranging from ‘intensive’ indoor systems through to extensive free range, Organic and woodland systems to explore co-variation among four major externality costs. We found that no specific farming type was consistently associated with good performance across all domains. Generally, systems with low land use have low greenhouse gas emissions but high antimicrobial use and poor animal welfare, and vice versa. Some individual systems performed well in all domains but were not exclusive to any particular type of farming system. Our findings suggest that trade-offs may be avoidable if mitigation focuses on lowering impacts within system types rather than simply changing types of farming. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f25b0890-6b08-4edb-83df-d475d10549f92024-06-14T14:42:40ZTradeoffs in the externalities of pig production are not inevitableJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f25b0890-6b08-4edb-83df-d475d10549f9EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2024Bartlett, HZanella, MKaori, BSabei, LAraujo, MSZanella, AJHolmes, MAWood, JLNBalmford, AFarming externalities are believed to co-vary negatively, yet trade-offs have rarely been quantified systematically. Here we present data from UK and Brazilian pig production systems representative of most commercial systems across the world ranging from ‘intensive’ indoor systems through to extensive free range, Organic and woodland systems to explore co-variation among four major externality costs. We found that no specific farming type was consistently associated with good performance across all domains. Generally, systems with low land use have low greenhouse gas emissions but high antimicrobial use and poor animal welfare, and vice versa. Some individual systems performed well in all domains but were not exclusive to any particular type of farming system. Our findings suggest that trade-offs may be avoidable if mitigation focuses on lowering impacts within system types rather than simply changing types of farming. |
| spellingShingle | Bartlett, H Zanella, M Kaori, B Sabei, L Araujo, MS Zanella, AJ Holmes, MA Wood, JLN Balmford, A Tradeoffs in the externalities of pig production are not inevitable |
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