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Land use per kilogram of food product

Land use is measured in meters squared (m²) per kilogram of a given food product.

0 m²50 m²100 m²150 m²200 m²250 m²300 m²350 m²Lamb & Mutton369.81 m²Beef (beef herd)326.21 m²Cheese87.79 m²Dark Chocolate68.96 m²Beef (dairy herd)43.24 m²Coffee21.62 m²Pig Meat17.36 m²Nuts12.96 m²Poultry Meat12.22 m²Groundnuts9.11 m²Milk8.95 m²Fish (farmed)8.41 m²Peas7.46 m²Eggs6.27 m²Wheat & Rye3.85 m²Tofu (soybeans)3.52 m²Prawns (farmed)2.97 m²Maize2.94 m²Rice2.8 m²Bananas1.93 m²Potatoes0.88 m²Citrus Fruit0.86 m²Tomatoes0.8 m²Apples0.63 m²
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Source: Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018). Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers.

Note: Data represents the global average land use of food products based on a large meta-analysis of food production covering 38,700 commercially viable farms in 119 countries.

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