Cereals #

Our World in Data #

How is it possible that producing more crops for human consumption needs less cropland? The answer becomes clear when we step back and look at the bigger picture of how much crop we actually produce, and how this is used.

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Less than half – only 48% – of the world’s cereals are eaten by humans. 41% is used for animal feed, and 11% for biofuels.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets#less-than-half-of-the-world-s-cereals-are-fed-directly-to-humans