Is Chicken more water friendly than beef?

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Posted by Anonymous on 17 Aug 2010 at 15:24

Is Chicken more water friendly than beef? Would anybody exchange beef
for chicken because it is more “water footprint – friendly”?

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water footprint

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Posted by Edwin Muchebve on 26 Nov 2012 at 02:51

It depends on the agricultural practice.

Free-range beef cattle are much lower impact than chicken and irrigated soya in much of Zimbabwe. The cattle are free-grazing, drinking water from rivers. So for Zimbabwe we will stick to our beef for now.

indeed:

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Posted by ND Zalevich on 07 Sep 2010 at 01:36

According to the "Water Footprint Network", the global average water footprint is 15500 litres of water per kg of beef, compared to 3900 litres for 1 kg of chicken meat.

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Edwin Muchebve
Edwin Muchebve
26 Nov 2012 at 02:47
Free-range beef cattle are much lower impact than chicken and irrigated soya in much of Zimbabwe. The cattle are free-grazing, drinking water from rivers. So for Zimbabwe we will stick to our beef for now.
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