Feeding 1 in 6. Vertical pork
About this episode
This episode explores China's dominance in pork production and the associated costs to various stakeholders and ecosystems.
Today China produces roughly half the world's pork. Getting there required swine genetics from multiple continents, feed from Brazil, and a disease outbreak that wiped out hundreds of millions of animals. This episode asks how they did it, and what that cost - to the household pig, to the smallholder farmer, and to ecosystems thousands of kilometers away. For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/ episode100 Want to share your reflections on the episode?...
Topics covered
- pork production
- swine genetics
- agriculture
- food systems
- ecosystems
- smallholder farming
Keywords
- China
- pork
- swine genetics
- disease outbreak
- smallholder farmer
- ecosystems
- agriculture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: China
Products: pork
Places: Brazil, household pig, smallholder farmer, ecosystems
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