From pasture to plate: subsidies and the environmental footprint of the beef industry in Brazil – Executive Summary

A study designed by Instituto Escolhas and prepared by researchers Petterson Molina Vale and Roberto Strumpf, analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of the beef chain in Brazil. This is an unprecedented approach that encompasses the entire trajectory of the product, from the birth of the calf to the plate of the consumer, over a period of 10 years. The analyses of economic impacts present the amounts of taxes collected and the subsidies granted by the state and federal governments. The environmental impact analysis shows the carbon footprint, with emissions and removals of greenhouse gases (GHG), and the water footprint, with data on water consumption.