A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products

Mekonnen, M. M. & Hoekstra, A. Y. Ecosystems, 2012 DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9517-8

The standard global accounting of water footprints for animal products: roughly 15,400 litres per kilogram of beef, most of it water embedded in feed.

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