Article Dans Une Revue Appetite Année : 2019

Drivers of meat consumption

Résumé

Increasinggloballevelsofmeatconsumptionareathreattotheenvironmentandtohumanhealth.Toidentify measuresthatmaychangeconsumptionpatternstowardsmoreplant-basedfoods,itisnecessarytoimproveour understandingofthecausesbehindthedemandformeat.Inthispaperweusedatafrom137differentcountries toidentifyandassessfactorsthatinfluencemeatconsumptionatthenationallevelusingacross-countrymul- tivariateregressionanalysis.Wespecifyeithertotalmeatorruminantmeatasthedependentvariableandwe considerabroadrangeofpotentialdriversofmeatconsumption.Thecombinationofexplanatoryvariableswe useisnewforthistypeofanalysis.Inaddition,weestimatetherelativeimportanceofthedifferentdrivers.We findthatincomepercapitafollowedbyrateofurbanisationarethetwomostimportantdriversoftotalmeat consumptionpercapita.Incomepercapitaandnaturalendowmentfactorsaremajordriversofruminantmeat consumptionpercapita.OtherdriversareWesternculture,Muslimreligion,femalelabourparticipation,eco- nomic and social globalisation and meat prices. The main identified drivers of meat demand are difficult to influencethroughdirectpolicyintervention.Thus,actingindirectlyonconsumers’preferencesandconsumption habits(forinstancethroughinformation,educationpolicyandincreasedavailabilityofready-madeplantbased products)couldbeofkeyimportanceformitigatingtheriseofmeatconsumptionpercapitaallovertheworld.

Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Milford et al. 2019_1.pdf (761.22 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)
Licence
Loading...

Dates et versions

hal-02175593 , version 1 (25-05-2020)

Licence

Identifiants

Citer

Chantal Le Mouël, Anna Birgit Milford, Benjamin L. Bodirsky, Susanne Rolinski. Drivers of meat consumption. Appetite, 2019, 141, pp.In Press. ⟨10.1016/j.appet.2019.06.005⟩. ⟨hal-02175593⟩
436 Consultations
2270 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

  • More