The livestock sector
is by far the world’s
largest
anthropogenic users
of land resources,
with grazing land
and cropland
dedicated to the
production of the
feed representing
almost 80% of all
agricultural land.
Expansion of grazing
land for livestock is a
key factor in
deforestation and
about 70% of all
grazing land in dry
areas is considered
degraded, mostly
Because of
overgrazing,
compactionand
erosion attributable
to livestock activity