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By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas. As a result, global agri-food systems will face increasing pressures to supply growing urban consumers’ diets. Greater attention is being given to the potential for urban-based agricultural production to fulfill some of these demands. However, within these discussions, relatively little focus has been on the unique role of urban livestock agriculture and how it might also contribute to feeding the world’s cities. In this chapter, we describe three distinct urban livestock initiatives in Canada, Iran, and Germany and compare their features and objectives. We then draw upon these comparisons to identify important characteristics that are needed to support urban livestock systems and that can enable their development and contribution to urban food systems overall.

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The Role of Livestock Production in Urban Food Systems: Urbanization and Urban Consumer Demand Trends for Livestock Products

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    2026年

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  • Emma C. Stephens,
  • Karen Landman,
  • Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein,
  • Daryoush Alipour,
  • Ali Kiani,
  • Monika A. Gorzelak,
  • Roland Kröbel,
  • Elham Rahmani,
  • Mohammad Reza Marami Milani

摘要

By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas. As a result, global agri-food systems will face increasing pressures to supply growing urban consumers’ diets. Greater attention is being given to the potential for urban-based agricultural production to fulfill some of these demands. However, within these discussions, relatively little focus has been on the unique role of urban livestock agriculture and how it might also contribute to feeding the world’s cities. In this chapter, we describe three distinct urban livestock initiatives in Canada, Iran, and Germany and compare their features and objectives. We then draw upon these comparisons to identify important characteristics that are needed to support urban livestock systems and that can enable their development and contribution to urban food systems overall.