Monday, October 31, 2011

facts about rice who eats the most???

so as stated in my post i had to know who eats the most rice bc china did not have it at every meal cambodia is on the top 10 list but i know you are dyeing to know some random facts about rice so here you go.


Facts
Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population.
There are possible tens of thousands of varieties of rice grown on every continent of the world except Antarctica.
91% of the world's rice is grown in an Asian country, and about 55% accounted for by China, Taiwan and India alone.
In many places around the world rice can be the difference between life and death.
An average person eats about 300 to 400 pounds (130-180kg) of rice per year.
The average person in Asia eats rice 2 to 3 times a day.
The average person in Myanmar eats 195 kg of rice each year.
The average person in Lao PDR and Cambodia eats about 160 kg of rice each year.
The average European eats 3 kg per year and the average American eats 7 kg.
Only 5% of the world's rice is exported, therefore 95% is consumed in the country where it is grown.
It takes 5000 litres of water to produce 1kg of rice.

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