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Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available for human consumption. The calories ‘lost’ to inefficiency (49.9%) is enough to support 7.2 billion people. 39.7% of the lost calories are from beef production, which requires 33 calories of feed for every calorie of boneless meat.

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