WMST 245
SECTION 5
THE WORLD FARM
AND YOUR SHARE OF IT
“There is more than enough food in the world
for everyone; but some are too poor to get
enough.”
Why do more than 800 million people not have enough to eat in the world
today?
Why is this 11 year old child in the Congo starving, when there is more than
enough food in the world to feed everyone more than adequately?
How much food is enough?
How much food is enough?
Or are there other questions we should be asking?
HOW MUCH FOOD DOES EACH PERSON EAT?
THE WORLD FARM
IS MADE UP OF:
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5 BILLION HECTARES OF LAND
1.4 BILLION WORKERS
26 MILLION TRACTORS
1.5 BILLION CATTLE & BUFFALOES
1.8 BILLION SHEEP AND GOATS
14 BILLION CHICKENS
0.9 BILLION PIGS
• IT USES 141 M TONS OF FERTILIZERS/YEAR
THE WORLD’S LAND USE
TOTAL AREA
TOTAL LAND
NON-ARABLE
AGRICULTURAL AREA
PERMANENT PASTURE
ARABLE & PERM. CROPS
IRRIGATED AREA
CEREALS
PULSES
VEGETABLES
FRUITS
13.4 Billion Hectares
13.1 Billion Hectares
11.5
5.0
3.5
1.5
0.27
0.67 Billion Ha [2.1 Billion Tons]
0.07 Billions Ha [0.06 Billion Tons]
0.04 Billion Ha [0.65 Billion Tons]
0.05 Billion Ha [0.45 Billion Tons]
YOUR FARM IS ALMOST AS BIG AS TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS
(Without the End Zones – each field is about 1.1 acres)
YOUR SHARE OF THE WORLD FARM
YOUR FARM – HOW YOU USE IT - CROPS
USE
AREA
(ACRES)
YIELD
(LBS/ACRE)
RECORD YIELD
(LBS/ACRE)
PASTURE
1.51
TREE CROPS
0.05
FALLOW
0.15
WHEAT
0.10
2,260
13,000
RICE
0.07
2,035
5,200
CORN
0.06
3,235
17,200
OTHER CEREALS
0.08
2,200
13,200
BEANS
0.03
760
POTATOES
0.02
11,655
VEGETABLES
0.01
19,680
SOYBEANS/PEANUTS
0.06
1,510
6,600
COTTON
0.01
495
3,600
SUGAR
0.01
5,400
15,000
TOTAL FARM
2.16
84,000
YOUR FARM – HOW YOU USE IT - LIVESTOCK
USE
NUMBER
CATTLE
0.26
SHEEP
0.31
PIGS
0.16
CHICKENS
2.17
TRACTOR
0.005
LABOR
0.24
FERTILIZER
69LBS
YOUR FARM – PRODUCTION
WHAT YOU PRODUCE
LBS PER
YEAR
LBS PER DAY (40
percent of cereal
production is for
animals and other uses)
WHEAT
225
0.62
RICE (PADDY in Brackets)
142 (218)
0.39
CORN
190
0.52
OTHER CEREALS
195
0.53
BEANS
23
0.06
POTATOES
253
0.69
VEGETABLES
188
0.52
YOUR FARM – PRODUCTION (CONT’D)
WHAT YOU PRODUCE
LBS PER YEAR
LBS PER DAY
SOYBEANS/PEANUTS
91
0.25
COTTON
7
Enough for about 18 yards
of cloth
SUGAR
54
0.15
FRUIT
154
0.42
WINE
15 (6 litres)
0.04 (0.02 litres)
MEAT
75
0.21
MILK
210 (85 litres)
0.58 (0.24 litres)
EGGS (Number)
108
0.30
WOOL
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FOOD FROM YOUR FARM
Item
Wheat
Rice
Corn
Other Cereals
Total Cereals
Beans
Potatoes
Vegetables
Soybeans/Peanuts
Sugar
Fruit
Wine
Meat
Milk
Eggs
TOTALS
Less Fed to
Animals (40% of
cereals)
NET for Humans
Prod.
Prod.
Calories Calories Protein Protein
%
(lbs/day) (gm/day) Kcal/gm Kcal/day (gm/gm) (gm/day)
0.62
0.39
0.52
0.53
2.06
0.06
0.69
0.52
0.25
0.15
0.42
0.04
0.21
0.58
0.02
281
177
236
240
834
27
313
236
113
68
191
20
95
236
28
2.74
3.52
2.82
3.06
3.39
0.73
0.22
2.02
3.85
0.57
0.53
1.72
0.64
1.38
770
624
666
738
2,798
92
231
53
229
262
108
11
164
150
39
4,137
1,119
3,018
0.0825
0.0588
0.0743
0.0852
0.2203
0.0148
0.0134
0.0505
0.1501
0.0319
0.1034
23.2
10.4
17.5
20.5
71.6
6.0
4.6
3.2
5.7
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5
4
7
14.3
7.5
2.9
115.8
28.6
17
9
2
87.2
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HUMANS HAVE VERY NARROW DIETS TODAY
Number of People Fed from One Acre of American Farms
WORLD CEREAL PRODUCTION, 2002
(Metric Tons) [Source: FAO]
Region of the World
Africa
[Africa South of Sahara
Production
Percent of
(Metric Tons)
Total (%)
115,756,538
6
76,203,900
4]
Asia
985,858,441
[East & South East Asia
188,334,803
9]
[South Asia
290,315,144
14]
Europe
437,170,504
22
33,427,072
2
North Ame rica Developed
334,184,485
16
[United States
298,744,585
South America
104,341,340
5
18,647,606
1
2,029,385,990
100
Central Ame r & Caribbean
Oceania
World
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NOTE: With a World Population of 6,214,891,000 = 327 kg (720 lb) per person
THE WORLD’S MAIN CEREAL PRODUCERS (2002)
(Source: FAO)
Country
Production (Mt) %
Country
Production (Mt) %
China
402,000,611
19.8 Poland
26,833,198
1.3
USA
298,744,585
14.7 Pakistan
26,767,900
1.3
India
213,590,104
10.5 United Kingdom
23,115,000
1.1
USSR, Former Area of 164,079,166
8.1 Myanmar
22,849,000
1.1
Russian Federation
84,729,000
4.2 Nigeria
22,089,000
1.1
France
69,158,075
3.4 Italy
21,886,557
1.1
Indonesia
60,881,006
3.0 Spain
21,567,160
1.1
Brazil
50,436,366
2.5 Egypt
19,464,007
1.0
Germany
43,391,328
2.1 Australia
17,655,500
0.9
Bangladesh
39,811,000
2.0 Philippines
17,589,915
0.9
Viet Nam
36,378,200
1.8 Iran, Islamic Rep
17,323,000
0.9
Canada
35,439,900
1.7 Japan
12,184,480
0.6
Argentina
32,023,144
1.6 South Africa
11,955,135
0.6
Turkey
31,940,180
1.6 Ethiopia
8,699,000
0.4
Thailand
30,484,400
1.5 Korea, Republic
7,105,524
0.4
Mexico
27,733,762
1.4 World
2,029,385,990 100.0
NOTE: these countries account for 90 % of world cereal production
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THE WORLD’S MAIN CEREAL PRODUCERS 2002
Source: FAO
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