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dc.contributor.authorHenchion, Maeve
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Maria
dc.contributor.authorMullen, Anne Maria
dc.contributor.authorFenelon, Mark
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Brijesh K
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-18T15:24:28Z
dc.date.available2020-06-18T15:24:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-20
dc.identifier.citationHenchion, M., Hayes, M., Mullen, A., Fenelon, M. and Tiwari, B. Future Protein Supply and Demand: Strategies and Factors Influencing a Sustainable Equilibrium. Foods, 2017, 6(7), 53. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods6070053en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2026
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractA growing global population, combined with factors such as changing socio-demographics, will place increased pressure on the world’s resources to provide not only more but also different types of food. Increased demand for animal-based protein in particular is expected to have a negative environmental impact, generating greenhouse gas emissions, requiring more water and more land. Addressing this “perfect storm” will necessitate more sustainable production of existing sources of protein as well as alternative sources for direct human consumption. This paper outlines some potential demand scenarios and provides an overview of selected existing and novel protein sources in terms of their potential to sustainably deliver protein for the future, considering drivers and challenges relating to nutritional, environmental, and technological and market/consumer domains. It concludes that different factors influence the potential of existing and novel sources. Existing protein sources are primarily hindered by their negative environmental impacts with some concerns around health. However, they offer social and economic benefits, and have a high level of consumer acceptance. Furthermore, recent research emphasizes the role of livestock as part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions, and indicates that animal-based protein has an important role as part of a sustainable diet and as a contributor to food security. Novel proteins require the development of new value chains, and attention to issues such as production costs, food safety, scalability and consumer acceptance. Furthermore, positive environmental impacts cannot be assumed with novel protein sources and care must be taken to ensure that comparisons between novel and existing protein sources are valid. Greater alignment of political forces, and the involvement of wider stakeholders in a governance role, as well as development/commercialization role, is required to address both sources of protein and ensure food security.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFoods;Vol. 6 (7)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectproteinen_US
dc.subjectnovel proteinen_US
dc.subjectprotein demanden_US
dc.subjectdairyen_US
dc.subjectmeaten_US
dc.subjectconsumeren_US
dc.subjectin vitro meaten_US
dc.subjectalgaeen_US
dc.subjectinsecten_US
dc.subjectvegetalen_US
dc.titleFuture Protein Supply and Demand: Strategies and Factors Influencing a Sustainable Equilibriumen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods6070053
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber11/F/043en_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-18T15:24:29Z


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