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A no-meat diet is not the answer

People in industrialised regions such as the US or Europe are generally urged to eat less meat and animal-source foods as part of a healthier and lower-emissions diet.

But such recommendations are not universal solutions in low- and middle-income countries, where livestock are critical to incomes and diets, argue scientists in the recently published paper, ‘A no-meat diet everywhere will not.

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