![Pork was the most popular meat in 2011, accounting for 37 per cent of both meat production and consumption. (Image source: Father.Jack/Flickr)](/images/Pork-production.jpg)
Pork was the most popular meat in 2011, accounting for 37 per cent of both meat production and consumption. (Image source: Father.Jack/Flickr)
Global meat production rose to 297mn tonnes in 2011, an increase of 0.8 per cent over 2010 levels, and is projected to reach 302mn tonnes by the end of 2012, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institutes Nourishing the Planet project