Agriculture - cropland and pastureland
Approximately 38-40% of the earth's land surface and 70% of water pulled from freshwater sources is used for agriculture. There are two primary land use types for agriculture (arable farming for crop production and pastureland for raising livestock). Compared with cropland, pastureland consumes more resources to maintain. Of livestock, beef is the most resource-intensive to produce and generates the most greenhouse gases compared with chicken, pork, farmed fish, and dairy.
Website References:
Cropland and Pastureland Comparison - Science On a Sphere (noaa.gov)
Animal-based Foods are More Resource-Intensive than Plant-Based Foods | World Resources Institute (wri.org)
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