Meat production requires relatively more land than crop production. Some people think that as land is becoming scarce, the world’s meat consumption should be reduced. What measures could be taken to reduce the world’s meat consumption? What kinds of problem might such measures cause? Give reasons for your answer, and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Although

crop production demands more land space than

meat

production, there are a staggering proportion of

meat

eaters around the world. There is a widespread perception exists among several people

such

as the land space is shrinking at all quarters of the earth and

consequently

meat

consumption

must be controlled. In

this

essay we shall see some measures on how

meat

consumption

can be controlled and will there be any challenges in implementing the steps.

To begin

with, a considerable level of awareness and sensitisation should be made in our society

such

a way, that people must be able to understand the benefits of abandoning eating

meat

. Various surveys illustrate that the

consumption

of red

meat

is the primary cause of chronic cancer and diabetes.

Furthermore

, increasing the number of livestock like cattle and sheep stimulate a devastating effect on our earth’s atmosphere, as these livestock releases huge amounts of methane gas to our atmosphere which in turn produces adversities and depletes our ozone layer.

This

message should be included in the school curriculum so that the children will be educated thereby, they will share

this

message with their parents and to their extended family. Having said all that, we don’t live in a society of utopia.

Therefore

, we cannot expect people to comprehend

such

noble message very soon. We cannot expect their full co-operation in neither abandoning nor reducing

consumption

of

meat

. If we enforce steps to abandon

meat

production, it would trigger a huge uproar and widespread condemnation from all quarters against human rights and privileges. To recapitulate,

meat

consumption

has to be controlled with an iron fist. If not,

this

would swallow all our pastures and greeneries from our earth, thereby making our land space as unfit for cultivation or agriculture.