AN INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE
OF GLOBAL BUSINESS
FOOD
CALORIES
GLOBAL POPULATION
& FOOD PRODUCTION
Globally, per capita food availability
has risen from about 2220 kcal per
person per day in the early 1960s
to 2790 in 2006-08. For developing
countries the figures increased
from 1850 to 26402
2050
A 70 per-cent rise in food
production is needed by 2050
to meet mankind’s needs1
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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
9.1
CEREAL AND MEAT
NEEDED BY 20503
CEREAL PRODUCTION (TONNES)
2.1 BILLION
TODAY
3 BILLION
2050
MEAT PRODUCTION (TONNES)
2011
200 MILLION
TODAY
2050
DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
IMPORTING
MORE FOOD
2008-09
135
MILLION METRIC
TONNES
IMPORTED
By 2050 annual cereal production will
need to rise to about 3 billion tonnes
from 2.1 billion today and annual meat
production will need to rise by over 200
million tonnes to reach 470 million
tonnes to feed the global population4
2050
300
MILLION METRIC
TONNES
IMPORTED
GLOBAL
UNDERNOURISHED
Amount of people undernourished 1990-2012
(In millions)
870 million people are chronically
undernourished in the world.
Childhood malnutrition is a cause
of death for more than 2.5 million
children every year5
800
World
Developed
Regions
470 MILLION
1000
600
400
200
Developing
Regions
1990-92
1999-2001
2004-06
2007-09
2010-12
WASTING A
THIRD OF FOOD
PRODUCTION
222
MILLION
TONNES
PRODUCED ANUALLY
IN AFRICA
230
MILLION
TONNES
DISCARDED BY
RICH NATIONS
AS MUCH FOOD WASTED
AS AFRICA PRODUCES
Every year, consumers in rich countries waste
222 million tonnes of food. This is equivalent to
230 million tonnes, the entire net food production
of sub-Saharan Africa6
1/3 of all food produced
in the world is lost or
wasted each year, which
equates to 1.3 billion
tonnes7
TRILLION
of the value of this food is
waste, which is equivalent to
more than half of the world's
annual cereals crop (2.3
billion tonnes in 2009/2010)7
Sources: 1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ● 2 http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2490e/i2490e03a.pdf ● 3 2010, Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations ● 4 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ● 5 http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i3027e/i3027e.pdf ● 6 Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations ● 7 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/UNEP.