THE WATER FOOTPRINT OF BEEF CONSUMPTION IN BRAZILIAN REGIONS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582192207074

• Palavras-chave: Water Footprint, Ecological, Cattle, Brazilian Regions.

• Keywords: Water Footprint, Ecological, Cattle, Brazilian Regions.

• Abstract:

  Brazil is the owner of the first commercial cattle herd in the world and together with this beef production there is a large volume of water used throughout the production chain that is not accounted for; mainly for watering beef cattle. Therefore, it is necessary to measure the consumption of fresh water by beef cattle in all Brazilian regions for the strengthening of scientific culture, and in the formation of a database on water management in the national territory. For this accounting, the environmental sustainability indicators were associated: Ecological Footprint (PE) and Water Footprint (PH). The work on screen aims to calculate the water footprint of beef consumption in Brazilian regions, for the year 2020. Being of a quantitative nature, based on a bibliographic and documentary research with the collection of secondary data at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA). The analysis method used was the water-ecological footprint. The methodology is based on Almeida (2010), Andrade (2006) and Santos (2013). The results point to the advance of livestock over the North region; with an increase of 2.4 million head in the last five years. In the Midwest there was also an evolution of the effective bovine herd of 1.5 million head. Possessing the highest total PE of 86,274.40 global hectare. Therefore, the tool demonstrates an environmental unsustainability; due to the appropriate area in global hectare to maintain the level of consumption, translated as the own footprint in the producing region.

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