Document type: information note published by RMT MAELE
Author: Ifip-Institut du porc
Preview: RMT MAELE has created a database of key statistics on the role of livestock farming in the French agri-food system. This project has enabled the creation of a set of coherent data on:
- the process of feeding livestock, including the surface areas involved and competition with human foods
- animal excretion and effluent production, with the various uses to which waste is put
- the gaseous emissions associated with livestock farming
- carbon storage
- production of animal products and co-products, with their uses, particularly in human foods.
Livestock farms are integrated into a comprehensive vision of :
- agriculture involving a complete farming system that encompasses all land use for crops including those linked to livestock farming
- the French diet, involving all products consumed including animal products
Data sheets are available for consultation from March 15 to July 1, 2025 at the following link: RMT-maele.
They can be viewed and downloaded and you can also register comments if you log in. Comments will be taken into account as part of the finalization process for the output of the Joint Reesearch Network's most recent 5-year cycle, producing a booklet containing key figures on the role of livestock farming in the French agri-food system. 20 information sheets have been made available.
3 sheets relate to the method used by RMT MAELE to establish the key figures for livestock farming in France:
- Sheet 0 - Global approach
- Sheet 1 - Ferme France élevage (French Livestock Farming)
- Sheet 2 - Typical Livestock farming case studies
10 sheets from MAELE RMT set out the key statistics for livestock farming in France:
- Sheet 3 - Animal feed and flows of raw materials
- Sheet 4 - Gross production of livestock manure
- Sheet 5 - Animal products and sub-products from livestock farms
- Sheet 6 - Symbiotic fixation of nitrogen from livestock farms
- Sheet 7 - Carbon storage and livestock farms
- Sheet 8 - Gaseous emissions associated with livestock farms
- Sheet 9 - Valorization of livestock effluent
- Sheet 10 - Water and energy consumption by livestock
- Sheet 11 - Competition between animal feed and human food
- Sheet 12 - Consumption of animal products for human consumption
7sheets provide expert opinions on specific issues:
- Sheet 13 - Nutritional and dietary recommendations in France - MS Nutrition
- Sheet 14 - Dietary scenarios with healthy, sustainable diets - MS Nutrition
- Sheet 15 - In vitro meat - Auzalide35
- Sheet 16 - Environmental footprint of livestock effluent - Agrosolutions
- Sheet 17 - Farmers' perceptions of the attractiveness of the profession - IDELE/IFIP/ITAVI
- Sheet 18 - Current and potential resources to create livestock feed - IDELE/IFIP/ITAVI
- Sheet 19 - Factors affecting changes in the consumption of meat products in France - IFIP
