Sustainability: reducing the impact of livestock operations

Chicken production in India is more sustainable than ever before

Salient features of the article:

1. The environmental footprint of
chicken production has decreased by 50% since 1965.

2. It takes 75% fewer resources
to produce the same amount of chicken than it did in 1965!

3. 36% reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions

4. For climate mitigation, it is important to reduce the use of fossil fuels in agriculture in order to reduce greenhouse gases.

5. 72% decrease in farm land used in poultry production;

6. and 58% decrease in water used in poultry production.??

7. Sustainability depends on the efforts of the manager of the Animal farm how profitable the animal production is.??

Dr V.Rajendra Prasad