Introduction to an objectively positive view of intensive farming
Hello, my name is Gravina Soumboud and I'm a French student of the famous high school Sciences Po. As part of my third year formation, I choosed to stay in Brazil to work on my personal project. Indeed, I am passionate about environmental issues, energy and ecology. But I hear a lot these days about damage, environmental disasters and animal abuse that would result in intensive farming, so I decided to conduct my own investigation next to my study.
And my findings abolished my prejudices.
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Since the Second World War, agricultural subsidies have encouraged its intensification (plant breeding, massive use of fertilizers and pesticides, heavy mechanization ...) and a new era in farming has emerged: farming industrial. This phenomenon has produced large quantities of meat, milk and eggs.
The intensification of livestock responds to current environment where open markets, a large population, rising living standards in some emerging countries and therefore the increase in the consumption of animal products (meat, milk, eggs) call for an increase in production and a decrease in selling prices.
Indeed, meat production in developed countries increased from 85 to 110 million tonnes per year between 1980 and 2004 and it is estimated that production to 130 million tonnes in 2030. This is above to feed the world population has developed intensive farming.
The opinion of some scientists are clear about the benefits of this "new" agriculture. Indeed, they highlight the fact that without this increase would be greater famine and protein intake even more important in poor countries. For example, consider the practical case of Brazil.
Agribusiness is a sector that represents 22% of GDP, 37% of exports and 37% of Brazilian jobs.
The country's export champions of beef, pig and chicken.
In the US, American farms are at the forefront of genetic selection, the best performing genes are selects . Each parameter has its importance in early genetic selection. But early in the genetic selection, breeders selected the genes solely on the basis of milk production, but it was damaging the longevity of animals, their resistance to disease and fertility of females, whereas without calves there are no more milk.But they were able to backtrack to resolve this problem. Today the health of animals is as much consideration as productivity. So once there was a danger to the animal, sector teachers are able to realize and to remedy.
And stop eating meat is not desirable for the human condition of man, for his body because the iron in the meat we eat is absorbed by the body and is essential for red blood cells and their pigment.
The human homeostasis is the property that the human body to regulate the internal environment of the body to maintain in stable, constant conditions, but for that it needs iron as heme iron found in the meat and that is absorbed up to 30% by the body.
For example, in the early years of a child's life, the dietary iron needs are very important, otherwise food deficiency.
And in women, the contribution should be higher during menstruation and during pregnancy because the daily needs become more important and are usually drawn from the reserves of the body. This is why they must think to offset these samples by a diet rich in dietary iron meat.