Protein transition - time, sustainability and people: What matters?

Consuelo Varela-Ortega

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain

People and Society in Protein Transition

General macro view

Meso view

Detailed micro view

Different types of approaches

Trend econometric analyses

Socio-economic LCA

Participatory methods

Interviews

Multi-criteria analysis

% Change in plant protein consumption per capita (kg/yr) (1993/7 - 2008/12)

Protein trends

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9

World Africa Americas Asia Europe

Plant protein consumptionper capita (kg/year)

Source: FAOSTAT (2019)

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0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

3,5

4

4,5

Farmer Soc. Consumer Soc. Average

Negative Impacts

Chicken metat-EU P2F Vegetable meat-EU

Chicken metat-Spain P2F Vegetable meat-Spain

5%

40%EU

Spain

Go

od

Bad

Average

Social LCA for new Protein Products

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1

2

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4

AW<NPLAW<MW

Excessive Working time

Gender Equality

Fatal Injuries

Non-fatal Injuries

Unemployment

Labor laws

Profitability

Net Margin

CAP Coupled Support

Yield Variability

Price VariabilityProtein Security

AW<NPLAW<MW

Excessive Working time

Gender Equality

Fatal Injuries

Non-fatal Injuries

Unemployment

Labor laws

Saturated Fat Content

Fiber Content

Vitamins Content

Cholesterol Content

Protein ContentProtein Affordability

Vegetable 'meat' Chicken meat

Consumption Stage

Production Stage

Processing and Retail

Stage

Chicken meat Plant ‘meat’

People path-ways for protein transition

Identified key path-ways

Agricultural Research and Development

Strengthening Value Chains

Consumer Education and Awareness

Policy Supports

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4

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100

Chicken meat Plant meat

Perception of the new Protein Products

14 Criteria

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Economic

Environmental

ConsumptionPolicySocial

Technological

%

Rank

Socio-economics in the protein transition

RESEARCH

Holistic view: Societalchallenges and methods should be considered

POLICY

Balancing environmental & socioeconomic effects requires policy adaptation

SOCIETY

Diversity across EU & stakeholder visions should be reflected