Are Animals Needed for Food Supply, Efficient Resource Use, and Sustainable Cropping Systems? An Argumentation Analysis Regarding Livestock Farming
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| Title: | Are Animals Needed for Food Supply, Efficient Resource Use, and Sustainable Cropping Systems? An Argumentation Analysis Regarding Livestock Farming |
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| Authors: | Röös, Elin |
| Contributors: | Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Originator |
| Source: | Food Ethics. 9 |
| Subject Terms: | Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified, Övriga andra lantbruksrelaterade vetenskaper, Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation, Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap |
| Description: | It has been argued that livestock farming is necessary to feed a growing population, that it enables efficient use of land and biomass that would otherwise be lost from the food system, that it produces manure that is necessary for crop cultivation, and helps improve the sustainability of cropping systems by inclusion of perennial forage crops in otherwise low-diversity crop rotations. In this paper, we analyze these arguments in favor of livestock farming. Through argumentation analysis based on scientific data, we show that the arguments are either invalid or that their validity is limited to certain circumstances. Without taking into consideration any other potential arguments for livestock farming, or arguments against it, we conclude that the arguments analyzed here cannot in isolation provide justification for more than a small proportion of today’s livestock farming. |
| Access URL: | https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142653 https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/id/eprint/37573/contents |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | It has been argued that livestock farming is necessary to feed a growing population, that it enables efficient use of land and biomass that would otherwise be lost from the food system, that it produces manure that is necessary for crop cultivation, and helps improve the sustainability of cropping systems by inclusion of perennial forage crops in otherwise low-diversity crop rotations. In this paper, we analyze these arguments in favor of livestock farming. Through argumentation analysis based on scientific data, we show that the arguments are either invalid or that their validity is limited to certain circumstances. Without taking into consideration any other potential arguments for livestock farming, or arguments against it, we conclude that the arguments analyzed here cannot in isolation provide justification for more than a small proportion of today’s livestock farming. |
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| ISSN: | 23646861 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s41055-024-00147-9 |