fig 1: calorie
consumption,
current &
projected
pop'ns & GDP
world ave 2800 this is >daily rec intake in UK
generally: richer countries consume more
calories; less densely pop countries too
8 countries - 5 pop inc; 1 pop
dec; 2 pop stable
Burundi pop inc 50% and Yemen
doubling, both <ave calorie intake
currently, both low GDP (smaller pops)
fig 2: selected
water req's in
food prod
takes 1 litre of water to
produce 1 calorie of food
1 kilo of grain (3900 cals) req's 2225l of
h2o; 1 kilo of meat (1700 cals) req's 10
000 litres. meat takes 4 x more water to
produce for only half the calories
fig 3: change in calorie
intake (globally)
daily calorie intake
annually grows 13.75
calories during last 50
years. This is approx. 5000
calories extra per person
per year
fig 4: meat
consumption
1961 vs 2002
increasing in all countries, espec China 48 lg/person/yr; Japan too; Japan
5x more; China 17x; USA 1/3 more
fig 5: ave
daily calorie
intake by
country
rich North 2600+ per capita; Africa
mixture, some <1800 plus Afghanistan
fig 6 %
undernourished by
country
fig 7 global water
recharge rates
fig 8 water cycle
fig 9: global
rainfall pattern
fig 10: index of food production
fig 11: estimated potential
cropland expansion
fig 12: progress towards
reducing number of
hungry
fig 13: sources of dietary energy:
high and low income countries by
%
fig 14: global
water usage
inc food
prod
fig 15: use of
green & blue
water and
evapo-transp
losses