global & regional patterns of food production & consumption

• what are the key factors increasing food production?

  the green revolution - more use of high yielding crop varieties and technologies. increased reliance on global trade.
• agriculture uses 70% of water
• how much water does agriculture use?

  70%
• how many people have malnutrition?

  1/3
• how much food is wasted per year?

  1/3 of food produced each year
• what can soil degradation (breaking down of soil) lead to?

  desertification
• how much of greenhouse gasses does agriculture release?

  1/3
• is food evenly or unevenly distributed?

  unevenly
• what is the change over time in global and regional per capita food consumption from 1964 - 2030?

  overall across the world, most countries have experienced the increase in food production