WORD WIDE RICE CONSUMPTION
• Rice has been feeding mankind for more than 5,000 years.
Rice helps feed two-thirds of the world’s population.
Nearly Half of the world’s population eats rice as part of their staple diet and demand is expected to grow by 50% by 2030.
The world rice production has increased more than four times from 150.821 million tons in 1960 to approximately 645 million tons with over 114 countries growing rice.
Asian farmers produce about 90% of the total, with two countries, China & India, growing more than half the total crop.
There are more than 40,000 different varieties of rice.
However, only around 10% are grown commercially.
Most of the world’s rice is consumed in the area in which it is grown, just 6% traded internationally.
The average person in UK eats 10.3 kg of rice each year compared with 50-700 kg in some parts of Asiax