1. WMST 245 SECTION 4 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. ”

2. Why do more than 800 million people not have enough to eat in the world today?

3. 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?

4. How much food is enough?

5. How much food is enough? Or are there other questions we should be asking?

8. HOW MUCH FOOD DOES EACH PERSON EAT?

9. THE WORLD FARM IS MADE UP OF: 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

10. THE WORLD ’ S LAND USE TOTAL AREA13.4 Billion Hectares TOTAL LAND13.1 Billion Hectares NON-ARABLE11.5 AGRICULTURAL AREA5.0 PERMANENT PASTURE3.5 ARABLE & PERM. CROPS1.5 IRRIGATED AREA0.27 CEREALS0.67 Billion Ha [2.1 Billion Tons] PULSES0.07 Billions Ha [0.06 Billion Tons] VEGETABLES0.04 Billion Ha [0.65 Billion Tons] FRUITS0.05 Billion Ha [0.45 Billion Tons]

11. YOUR FARM IS ALMOST AS BIG AS TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS (Without the End Zones – each field is about 1.1 acres)

12. YOUR SHARE OF THE WORLD FARM

13. YOUR FARM – HOW YOU USE IT - CROPS USEAREA (ACRES) YIELD (LBS/ACRE) RECORD YIELD (LBS/ACRE) PASTURE1.51 TREE CROPS0.05 FALLOW0.15 WHEAT0.102,26013,000 RICE0.072,0355,200 CORN0.063,23517,200 OTHER CEREALS0.082,20013,200 BEANS0.03760 POTATOES0.0211,65584,000 VEGETABLES0.0119,680 SOYBEANS/PEANUTS0.061,5106,600 COTTON0.014953,600 SUGAR0.015,40015,000 TOTAL FARM2.16

14. YOUR FARM – HOW YOU USE IT - LIVESTOCK USENUMBER CATTLE0.26 SHEEP0.31 PIGS0.16 CHICKENS2.17 TRACTOR0.005 LABOR0.24 FERTILIZER69LBS

15. YOUR FARM – PRODUCTION WHAT YOU PRODUCELBS PER YEAR LBS PER DAY (40 percent of cereal production is for animals and other uses) WHEAT2250.62 RICE (PADDY in Brackets)142 (218)0.39 CORN1900.52 OTHER CEREALS1950.53 BEANS230.06 POTATOES2530.69 VEGETABLES1880.52

16. YOUR FARM – PRODUCTION (CONT ’ D) WHAT YOU PRODUCELBS PER YEARLBS PER DAY SOYBEANS/PEANUTS910.25 COTTON7Enough for about 18 yards of cloth SUGAR540.15 FRUIT1540.42 WINE15 (6 litres)0.04 (0.02 litres) MEAT750.21 MILK210 (85 litres)0.58 (0.24 litres) EGGS (Number)1080.30 WOOL1

17. FOOD FROM YOUR FARM

18. HUMANS HAVE VERY NARROW DIETS TODAY

19. Number of People Fed from One Acre of American Farms

20. WORLD CEREAL PRODUCTION, 2002 (Metric Tons) [Source: FAO]

21. THE WORLD ’ S MAIN CEREAL PRODUCERS (2002) (Source: FAO)

22. THE WORLD ’ S MAIN CEREAL PRODUCERS 2002 Source: FAO