Israeli scientists intend to grow chicken meat in a laboratory. Their Dutch colleagues raised a piece of beef under the same conditions two years ago.
Then in Holland, beef was grown from the muscle fibers of an animal, while a scientist from Tel Aviv University Amit Gefen plans to grow chicken from just one cage.
If the experiment on growing chicken meat from one cage is successful, it will be possible to radically solve the problem of food shortages in the world.
Statisticians predict that by 2050 the number of people on the planet will reach 9 billion people, and consumer demand for meat will double.
The technology of artificial cultivation of meat will allow the state not to allocate huge plots of land for farms for raising livestock and fields for forage. These measures will reduce water consumption in agriculture by 82-96%. In addition, the atmosphere will become 96% cleaner due to the cessation of emissions of pollution associated with the production and processing of poultry and livestock.
Amit Gefena is expecting a $ 1 million reward from PETA, an animal rights organization, for successfully completing an experiment in growing chicken from a cage.