Energetic efficiency for chicken production-protein output/fossil fuel input
| Value | 6.3 Percent |
|---|---|
| Organism | Biosphere |
| Reference | Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin, Diet, Energy and Global Warming, Earth Interactions, Vol. 10, pp. 1-17, March 2006 Table - link |
| Primary Source | (1) Pimentel D., and M. Pimentel, 1996a: Energy use in livestock production. In: Pimentel D., and M. Pimentel (Eds.) (1996), Food, Energy and Society, University Press of Colorado, 363 pp. (2) Pimentel D., and M. Pimentel, 1996b: Energy use in grain and legume production. In: Pimentel D., and M. Pimentel (Eds.) (1996), Food, Energy and Society, University Press of Colorado, 363 pp. |
| Comments | See also efficiency for lamb (0.5 % BNID 104639) and herring (50% BNID 104640) Table gives ratio between energetic input (fossil fuels, in kCalories) and protein output in kCalories for various foods |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 104638 |