Asia, especially China and countries in the Southeast of the continent; The Middle East and North Africa are pulling the world’s demand for beef, Minerva president Fernando Galletti de Queiroz said in São Paulo on Monday.
According to the executive, urbanization, income growth in Asia and the search for food security in the Middle East and Africa are the main factors driving the consumption of animal protein, mainly bovine, in these regions.
“For example China, for the first time in history, imported more beef than pork this year,” Galletti said.
According to the executive, South America is unbeatable in global meat supply, and Brazilian livestock is differentiated by the production of beef and turf with supplementation.
In addition, Galetti also pointed out that developed countries, in the case of Europe, are also importing more meat, due to the drop in local production.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.