Tracing Nitrogen Flows Associated with Beef Supply Chains: A Consumption-Based Assessment.

ABSTRACT: While highly connected food chains provide numerous benefits, they lack traceability and transparency. As such, understanding the spatial heterogeneity in their environmental burdens is critical for targeted interventions. This is especially important for nutrient-related impacts such as nitrogen since the release of reactive nitrogen has been linked to loss of biodiversity and decrease in water quality in different parts of the world. Animal feed production is heavily dependent on synthetic fertilizers, and the consumption of beef products, in particular, is associated with high nitrogen footprints. Although there is a rich body of work on nutrient footprints of beef production, there is a gap in understanding the spatial distribution of the nutrient releases throughout the beef supply ch

SUBMITTER: Ostroski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325653 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature