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Forecasting the Future of Animals: $3,400 in prizes

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66 comments

How many additional US states will enact bans on cultivated meat before July 2027?

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37 forecasters

Will a new cultivated meat product receive regulatory approval for commercial sale before July 2027?

78.9% chance

1
1111 comments
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52 forecasters
78.9%chance

Will plant-based meat and seafood reach 10% of US retail packaged meat dollar sales before 2031?

7% chance

1
0 comments
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45 forecasters
7%chance

What will India's total meat production per capita be during 2026-2027?

7.76 kg per capita (7.62 - 7.91)

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11 comment
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37 forecasters
7.76 kg per capita
(7.62 - 7.91)

What will be Mexico's forecasted meat consumption for 2027?

10.9k 1000 MT CWE (10.6k - 11.1k)

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11 comment
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38 forecasters
10.9k 1000 MT CWE
(10.6k - 11.1k)

What proportion of global fish production will be from aquaculture in 2040?

62.7% (56.1 - 71.2)

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36 forecasters
62.7%
(56.1 - 71.2)

A decrease in US meat production by 2025?

result: no

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1010 comments
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171 forecasters
ResolvedNo

How many chickens will be slaughtered for meat globally in the following years?

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1010 comments
81
81 forecasters

Will FURA introduce another cultivated meat dish on its menu before July 2027?

45% chance

0 comments
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37 forecasters
45%chance

By 2030, will there be a synthetic protein fiber costing less than nylon?

2.2% chance

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11 comment
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2.2%chance

Will an incumbent traditional animal protein company take out a full-page ad that criticises plant-based, or cultivated meat, in either the NYT, WSJ or WaPo by 2023?

54% chance

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1313 comments
82
82 forecasters
Ambiguous

How many commercial cattle, in millions, will be slaughtered in the U.S. in 2032 if the lowest retail price of clean meat in 2026 is between $8 and $20 per kg?

30.8 million (26.4 - 35.1)

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77 comments
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36 forecasters
30.8 million
(26.4 - 35.1)

How much revenue will the U.S. market for clean meat generate, in the fiscal year 2027, in 2019 USD?

2441 million USD (1034 - 4499)

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29 forecasters
2441 million USD
(1034 - 4499)

When will the first precision-bred organism be commercially authorised in the UK?

15 Jul 2028 (09 May 2027 - 14 May 2029)

44 comments
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10 forecasters
15 Jul 2028
(09 May 2027 - 14 May 2029)

Will there be a 50% decline in global meat production by 2040?

12% chance

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2828 comments
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121 forecasters
12%chance

Will alternative protein have a market share above 25% of that of meat before 2035?

4.5% chance

2
44 comments
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13 forecasters
4.5%chance

What will be the average production cost per kg of cell-cultured chicken cell biomass at the end of the following years (between 2026-2051) across all large-scale plants in the world?

11 comment
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1 forecaster

Will the finding in Bastian et al. (2012) that meat consumption is related to the denial of minds replicate?

6
77 comments
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16 forecasters

How many billions of poultry will be slaughtered worldwide, in the calendar year 2030, according to FAO estimates?

102 billion poultry (97.5 - 110)

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1212 comments
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46 forecasters
102 billion poultry
(97.5 - 110)

When will a protein fiber spinning process be developed that works at industrial scale and is competitive with synthetic fibers for commercial use?

2031 (2028 - 2034)

11 comment
1
1 forecaster
2031
(2028 - 2034)

Does $100k to fund plant-based hamburger R&D have a greater animal welfare benefit than $100k to corporate animal welfare campaigns for chickens?

41.5% chance

0 comments
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1 forecaster
41.5%chance