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ingless. Figures from FAOSTAT and National sunflower Association, sunflower Statistics, www.sunflowernsa.com/stats/
default.asp?contentID=218
13 Elferink et al (2007), op cit . 8.
14 Fadel, J G (1999), 'Quantitative Analyses of Selected Plant Byproduct Feedstuffs, a Global Perspective', Animal
Feed Science and Technology 79, pp 255-268; the particularly low figure given by Fadel for palm oil meal is explained
at the wikipedia entry for palm oil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil .
15 FAO (2006), Medium Term Prospects for Agricultural Commodities: Oilmeal , www.fao.org/docrep/006/y5143e/
y5143e0l.htm
16 Calculation derived from Nonhebel (2004), op cit .7.
17 Nonhebel (2004), op cit .7.
18 The UK average yield of 6.6 tonnes of barley per hectare in the UK, fed to pigs at a conversion ratio of 5 to 1,
would provide 1,320 kilos of meat.
19 Steinfeld et al (2006), Livestock's Long Shadow , FAO 2006.