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Demand for power supply to confined systems

21/10/2018
4 units of feed are required to produce one unit of pig in confined systems, while 2 units are needed for one unit of chicken (Garrett et al., 2018).
Cita 4 unidades de alimento son requeridas para producir una unidad de cerdo en sistemas confinados, mientras que 2 unidades son necesarias para una unidad de pollo (Garrett et al., 2018).
Fuente Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.

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