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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  1. water footprint

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.