Prospective Cultivation Area of Field Peas Used in Animal Meat Substitutes in the EU

Meat alternatives from leguminous raw materials are expected to play an increasing role in human nutrition. Additional global cultivation areas and additional general cultivation potential for peas as raw material for meat substitutes are projected to increase. The aim of the present study is to estimate the prospective area of peas for pea-based meat alternatives in the EU within a simple model calculation. With a consumption share of 2 % for pea‐based meat alternatives in the EU, the effects on the production volume and pea cultivation area would remain relatively small. With an increased consumption share of pea‐based meat alternatives of 12.5 % the pea cultivation area would rise to almost 100 % compared to the current cultivated area. By the third scenario with a consumption of 40 % pea-based meat, the cultivated area would triple. However, the additional share of the pea cultivation area in the total arable area in the EU would be only a small additional increase. Thus, increased pea cultivation would only have minor effects on competition for agricultural land. If pea-meat replaced animal meat, land used for animal feed production would become available

Prospective cultivation Area of Field Peas used in Animal Meat Substitutes in the EU

Meat alternatives from leguminous raw materials are expected to play an increasing role in human nutrition.The US Company Beyond Meat entered the EU retail market in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany with apea-based vegan burger patty in 2019 which is seen as accelerating the trend towards plant-based meatalternatives in the EU. Pea protein isolate is the protein basis of the Beyond Meat burger patty. The rawmaterial basis for the protein isolate can be assumed to be peas from the northern states of the US and fromCanada. Additional global cultivation areas and additional general cultivation potential for peas are forecastedfor the short to medium term. European peas may become increasingly used as raw materials in the future ifthe expected market growth evolves with a regional origin of the raw materials. This would result in additionalsales potential for EU legume producers with growing cultivation areas. The aim of the present study is toestimate the prospective area of peas for pea-based meat alternatives in the EU within a simple modelcalculation. Various data sources were used to estimate the cultivation potential. In addition, plausibleassumptions were made in case of unavailable data. To estimate future consumption shares, an expert panelwas interviewed as part of the European joint project LegValue. Based on per capita consumption of animalmeat, consumption volumes of pea-based meat alternatives were estimated. With a consumption share of 2 %for pea-based meat alternatives in the EU, the effects on the production volume and pea cultivation arearemain relatively small. With an increased consumption share of pea-based meat alternatives of 12.5 % the peacultivation area would rise to almost 100 % compared to the current cultivated area. By the third scenario witha consumption of 40 % pea-based meat, the cultivated area would triple. However, the additional share of thepea cultivation area in the total arable area in the EU would be only a small additional increase. Thus, increasedpea cultivation would only have minor effects on competition for agricultural land. If pea-meat replaced animalmeat, land used for animal feed production would become available

Prospective Cultivation Area of Field Peas Used in Animal Meat Substitutes in the EU

Meat alternatives from leguminous raw materials are expected to play an increasing role in human nutrition. Additional global cultivation areas and additional general cultivation potential for peas as raw material for meat substitutes are projected to increase. The aim of the present study is to estimate the prospective area of peas for pea-based meat alternatives in the EU within a simple model calculation. With a consumption share of 2 % for pea‐based meat alternatives in the EU, the effects on the production volume and pea cultivation area would remain relatively small. With an increased consumption share of pea‐based meat alternatives of 12.5 % the pea cultivation area would rise to almost 100 % compared to the current cultivated area. By the third scenario with a consumption of 40 % pea-based meat, the cultivated area would triple. However, the additional share of the pea cultivation area in the total arable area in the EU would be only a small additional increase. Thus, increased pea cultivation would only have minor effects on competition for agricultural land. If pea-meat replaced animal meat, land used for animal feed production would become available

Pea and rapeseed acreage and land use for plant-based meat alternatives in the EU

Plant-based meat alternatives from grain legumes and oil crops are expected to play an increasing role in human nutrition. Several commercially available products use pea protein isolate as protein basis and rapeseed oil as lipid basis. The aim of the present study is to estimate the prospective area of peas and rapeseed for plant-based meat alternatives in the EU. A simple calculation model is employed to assess the impacts on land use and imported deforestation, in case plant-based meat alternatives substitute meat consumption in different shares. Various data sources and scenarios were used to estimate the cultivation potential. While pea acreage would increase considerably compared to current production, additional rapeseed acreage would be more limited. Even in an extreme scenario of 100% substitution only 12% of EU’s arable land would be used for pea and rapeseed as main ingredients for plant-based meat alternative. If pea protein isolate and rapeseed oil as main ingredients of plan-based meat alternatives increase, the land currently used for animal feed production would become partly available and imported deforestation could be decreased: a substitution of 25% of meat consumption would allow to provide the equivalent of food proteins without extending the cultivated areas in Europe, while avoiding soybean and maize imports for feed

Cultivation of faba beans for regional protein supply: a case study on the association ‘Rheinische Ackerbohne e.V.’

Faba beans have been an important component in human and animal nutrition in many parts of the world for long periods of time. Soybean imports from overseas have been displacing domestic protein crops in Europe since the 1950s. Although the cultivation of faba beans entails different eco-system services, they are rarely cultivated due to their low market performance. The societal benefits and provisions of eco-system services of cultivating faba beans are well recognized by the non-profit association ‘Rheinische Ackerbohne e.V.’ (association for faba bean cultivation in the Rhineland). The board and the members of the association are mainly farmers but also agricultural trade companies. The association was founded to strengthen the cultivation of faba beans in the Rhineland, a region in Western Germany. For this purpose, promoting products made from local faba beans, and raising the awareness about faba beans, which may protect bees and the environment, shall help to establish market structures and a regional value chain

Analyse des visions de l’agriculture urbaine et péri-urbaine tunisienne en vue de proposer un programme de formation

La question de l’agriculture urbaine et périurbaine (AUP) est aujourd’hui d’actualité en Tunisie parce qu’elle devient une préoccupation des politiques territoriales et des stratégies agri-urbaines en termes de gestion et de durabilité des milieux. Mais cette thématique multidisciplinaire présente encore des imprécisions et des tautologies dans les terminologies et dans l’acceptabilité de ce champ de production hybride agricole et urbain. C’est dans ce contexte que ce travail est entrepris pour cerner la vision de l’AUP par les acteurs publics, parapublics et privés. Les enquêtes menées directement (en face à face) auprès d’une population représentative de 85 acteurs révèlent un dualisme caractérisé à la fois par une « distanciation » et une « non distanciation » dans les différentes qualifications de l’AUP. La tendance montre plutôt une crise dans sa professionnalisation et dans sa visibilité, toutes deux réduites. Cependant, l’ensemble des populations enquêtées converge vers l’affirmation de l’intérêt de l’AUP, dans une vision limitée au productivisme de l’agriculture. Pour 58 % des acteurs publics, l’AUP est utile, mais plutôt dans une vision de production agricole résiduelle ; 30 % des acteurs publics la considèrent plutôt comme étant une activité en transition, de latence, de stock, ou de réserve foncière. Les acteurs parapublics présentent un ancrage dans les dimensions socio-spatiales, et ce, dans une logique agri-paysagère environnementaliste. Cette qualification est identifiée chez les trois quarts des acteurs parapublics et chez 50 % des acteurs publics. Une toute autre qualification est exprimée par les acteurs privés, plutôt tenants d’un urbanisme vert, car plus des deux tiers privilégient les services agroécologiques de médiation, les métiers verts et de l’obtention de produits agricoles de qualité et de proximité