In addition the excessive ground water pumping led to land subsidence. The Taiwan government had to ban the setting up of new shrimp farms for this reason. Agencies and corporations which cite Taiwan as a miracle to be followed in the area of shrimp exports should also learn from the ecological collapse of shrimp fisheries exports. Similar non-sustainability due to infectious diseases and deterioration of the environment caused by pollution from intensive aquaculture is affecting the Philippine and Thai prawn industry. In the case of intensive livestock too, the pressure on resources is multiplied many fold.
Food is diverted from humans to animals.
If industrial factory farming of poultry and cattle is introduced for meat exports in Karnataka, food will be diverted from people to animals, creating food scarcity and the undermining of food security. Intensive factory farming is also polluting. It converts animal waste from a source of fertility into a major source of pollution since intensive factory farming of cattle leads to concentration of organic waste from livestock. Since such intensive production is not integrated and cannot be integrated with agriculture as in the case of small farms with decentralised livestock economies, the animal waste turns into a pollutant. Nitrogen from cattle waste is converted into ammonia and nitrates which leach into and pollute the surface and ground water.