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==Summary==
==Summary==
The world produces more than '''double''' the amount of food crops needed to feed everyone. But after all the waste, losses, and animal agriculture, there isn't enough food left to go around; people still go hungry.
==Overview==


"The world produces enough food, but where does it all go?"
"The world produces enough food, but where does it all go?"
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==Notes==
==Notes==


This diagram is a world overview. It would be worthwhile to ''also'' make more localized versions of this diagram, such as by country. Note that the diagrams would be more complex because of imports & exports at every stage.
===Geography===


If the diagram was done for rich countries such as the USA, the 'food waste' and 'animal feed' sections would be proportionally ''a lot'' bigger.
This diagram is a '''world overview'''.


It would be worthwhile to ''also'' create local versions of this diagram, by country. Note that the diagrams would be more complex because of imports & exports at every stage.


This diagram doesn't currently include fish. If it did,
If the diagram was done for rich countries such as the USA, the 'food waste' and 'animal feed' sections would be proportionally ''a lot'' bigger.
* The top part would have to be renamed from 'crops harvested' to 'production primary', and would include ''wild-caught'' fish.
* The 'animal feed' would include any human-edible calories fed to ''farmed'' fish.
* The 'animal products' produced would include the ''farmed'' fish.
To put things in perspective, seafood contributes about 12g protein/day/capita to the global food supply. [http://olam.wiki/calc/calc2.php?a=%28seafood.production.farmed%20%2B%20seafood.production.wild%29%20%2A%20fish.protein&b=%28grams%2Fday%20per%20capita%29%28world.population%29#]