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by roboticmind 1191 days ago
However the levels of suffering is magnified by animal agriculture especially because it takes a large amount of crops for feed

> 1 kg of meat requires 2.8 kg of human-edible feed for ruminants and 3.2 for monogastrics

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22119...

As for fertilizer, the usage is lower without animal agriculture even compared to best case usage of manure

> Thus, shifting from animal to plant sources of protein can substantially reduce fertilizer requirements, even with maximal use of animal manure

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09213...