Only an estimated 43% of cereal produced is available for human consumption, as a result of harvest and post-harvest distribution losses and use of cereal for animal feed. (UNEP report ‘Environmental Food Crisis’) (P.19) “…feeding cereals to animals instead of using the cereals directly as human food represents the annual calorie need for more than 3.5 billion people.” (P.27)
Source: The Environmental Food Crisis – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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