Definition

The increasing demand for animal-sourced food in developing countries, driven by population growth, rising incomes, and urbanisation.

Further reading
The coming livestock revolution / submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Delgado et al., 1999) [report]
Managing the livestock revolution: Policy and technology to address the negative impacts of a fast-growing sector (World Bank, 2005) [report]
Related

animal-sourced foods (ASFs); dairy consumption; food systems; land-use change; livestock production; livestock sector; meat consumption; westernisation of diets

See also
Agriculture
Food security
Planetary Health Diet (PHD)
Urbanisation
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Food & Farming
Drafted by
Chris Graham
Reviewed by
TBC