Per -
capita food availability has improved only slightly over the past 45 years, and land degradation has been identified as the principal environmental problem facing the continent.
Not exact matches
Results: With the use of the FAOSTAT
food balance sheets for Australia, the per
capita availability of added or refined sugars and sweeteners was shown to have fallen 16 % from 152 g / d in 1980 to 127 g / d in 2011 (P - trend = 0.001).
This data series was primarily designed to estimate daily per
capita calorie
availability and
food - pattern equivalents of the five major
food groups plus the amounts of added sugars and sweeteners and added fats and oils.
The U.S. DoD is specifically confronting the issue of regional vulnerabilities and security implications to extreme weather events and climate change, in terms of
food, water and energy security, and the impacts of disruptions or longer term decreases in per
capita availability.
Data from 22 countries shows the result: fewer resources per
capita and a continued risk of famine in areas with low primary production — that is, the
availability of carbon in the form of plant material for consumption as
food, fuel and feed.
Food availability per
capita and access to clean water have risen dramatically over the past half - century, reducing malnutrition and water - borne diseases and increasing life expectancy.