Is Chicken more water friendly than beef?
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Is Chicken more water friendly than beef? Would anybody exchange beef for chicken because it is more “water footprint – friendly”?
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3 Answers
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It depends on the agricultural practice.
Free-range beef cattle are much lower impact than chicken and irrigated soya in much of Zimbabwe. The cattle are free-grazing, drinking water from rivers. So for Zimbabwe we will stick to our beef for now.
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Free-range beef cattle are much lower impact than chicken and irrigated soya in much of Zimbabwe. The cattle are free-grazing, drinking water from rivers. So for Zimbabwe we will stick to our beef for now.
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indeed:
According to the "Water Footprint Network", the global average water footprint is 15500 litres of water per kg of beef, compared to 3900 litres for 1 kg of chicken meat.