Since 2005, this last source of demand has raised the annual growth in
world grain consumption from roughly 20 million tons to 50 million tons.
For perspective, the estimated 114 million tons of grain used to produce ethanol in 2009 in the United States is the food supply for 370 million people at average
world grain consumption levels.
From 1990 to 2005,
world grain consumption, driven largely by population growth and rising consumption of grain - based animal products, climbed by an average of 21 million tons per year.
Chapter 2 Data: Population Pressure: Land and Water (XLS PDF Highlights) World Grain Production and Consumption, 1960 - 2009
World Grain Consumption and Stocks, 1960 - 2009 Wheat - Oil Exchange Rate, 1950 - 2008 Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia, 1960 - 2009, with Projection to 2016 Grain Harvested Area Per Person in Selected Countries and the World in 1950 and 2000, with Projection to 2050 U.S. Corn Production and Use for Fuel Ethanol, 1980 - 2009 Countries Overpumping Aquifers in 2009 World Irrigated Area and Irrigated Area Per Thousand People, 1950 - 2007 World Population of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Africa, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Nigeria, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in China, 1961 - 2007 World Total and Per Person Wild Fish Harvest, 1950 - 2007 Top of Page
With current
world grain consumption of 300 kilograms per person, this would feed 533 million people.
Not exact matches
Even taken with a
grain of salt, it's clear the United States is not the
world's king of porn
consumption, although it is one of the biggest.
Do you agree that North Americans should make an effort to reduce their
consumption of beef for the sake of a more efficient use of available
grains for the hungry nations of the
world?
When served with fruits, vegetables or whole
grains, cheese may help increase
consumption of the paired foods and at the same time, boosts the nutrient density of the entire dish.3 Health professionals, foodservice professionals and
world - renowned chefs can easily use cheese to meet consumer health and wellness needs and at the same time help make foods more nutritious, delicious and enjoyable.
Grain consumption remains the leading risk factor for rickets in the
world today.
I don't think that
grains dissuade
consumption, as we can easily digest them, and the whole
world eats them every day.
A quick look at the FAO (2013) stats shows the supply of all these
grains combined is a tiny fraction of the total
world production and
consumption of
grains and seeds.
«Health authorities from all over the
world universally recommend increasing [the]
consumption of whole
grains and legumes for health promoting diets.»
Excess sugar and excess
grain consumption are by far the biggest causes of cavities in the Western
world.
Health authorities from all over the
world universally recommend increasing
consumption of whole
grains and legumes — beans, split peas, chickpeas, and lentils — for health promotion.
World carry - over
grain stocks were 130 days of
consumption in 1986 — today, it's only 53 days.
He has been studying
world agricultural trends, and finds the trajectory in
grain consumption, and the correlating water
consumption, «rather disturbing.»
In 2002, record - high temperatures and drought reduced
grain harvests in India, the United States, and Canada, dropping the
world harvest 90 million tons, or 5 percent below
consumption.
These two consecutive disappointing harvests have reduced this year's projected
world carryover stocks of
grain, the amount in the bin when the new harvest begins, to 24 percent of annual
consumption, the lowest level in 20 years.
On the demand side of the food equation, there are four pressing needs — to stabilize
world population, eradicate poverty, reduce excessive meat
consumption, and reverse biofuels policies that encourage the use of
grain to produce fuel for cars.
Chapter 9 Data: Feeding Eight Billion People Well (XLS PDF Highlights) Undernourishment in the
World and in Selected Groups and Regions, 2009 Undernourishment in the
World, 1969 - 2009
World Grain Production and
Consumption, 1960 - 2009
World Average
Grain Yields, 1950 - 2009
World Grain Yields, Annual Percent Increase by Decade, 1950 - 2009 Milk Production in India and the United States, 1961 - 2007
World Animal Protein Production, 1961 - 2007
World Soybean Production, 1964 - 2009
World Fertilizer
Consumption, 1950 - 2008 Top of Page
But now these two safety cushions are gone: the U.S. cropland set - asides have been phased out, and over the last decade
world grain reserves have averaged a dangerously low 74 days of
consumption.
The 107 million tons of
grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average
world consumption levels.