Research Papers Please click on the links below for information and sources on the following data: Food Initiative Report Food Budget Shares Imports and Exports - All Resources Together Top Country Exports Food - All Resources Together

Broad Food Related Information (Note: *** means source was cited in paper)

***This is a museum in France dedicated to researching and documenting world food production and consumption. It offers great statistics on all aspects on a worldwide basis but does not discuss specific countries in depth. It's well worth visiting and very user friendly.
http://museum.agropolis.fr/english/pages/expos
/aliments/fruits_legumes/prodconso.htm

***Pork is the most popular meat in the world
According to USDA's statistics 43% of the world's total meat consumption is pork followed by 27% of poultry, 26% of beef and 4% of others.
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock
/swine/facts/info_qs_species.htm

Pork is the meat of preference in Asia, the European Union (EU), and Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEEC). Of the top 12 pork consuming countries in the world, five are Asian countries - Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan.
*http://www.fapri.org/bulletin/Mar99/ExpandingPork.htm

***Most Common Fruit Consumed in the World: Banana
The banana (Musa sapiebtum), together with its relative the plantain (Musa paradisiaca), is the most consumed fruit in the world. It is also the fifth most important agricultural commodity in terms of international trade, coming after cereals, sugar, coffee and cocoa.
http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?counter=265&category=

* This is an awesome website for charting world citrus production, exports, and industries. A wealth of statistical information is within this page, but it does not talk about consumption
http://www.cga.co.za/site/awdep.asp?dealer=5438&depnum=4723

***Considering juice, citrus then becomes the most commonly consumed fruit
http://www.uga.edu/fruit/citrus.htm

This is another great breakdown of citrus production and distribution of production, but again, does not discuss consumption directly
*http://r0.unctad.org/infocomm/anglais/orange/market.htm

* China is now the world's leading exporter of apple juice
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/April06/DataFeature/

*The top six fruit producers, in declining order of importance, are China, India, Brazil, USA, Italy, and Mexico. China, India, and Brazil account for almost 30 percent of the world's fruit supply, but since most of this production is destined for domestic consumption its impact on world trade is minimal
http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=
/DOCREP/005/Y4358E/y4358e04.htm

Specific Country Facts

*Argentina
Argentineans eat more beef per capita than any other country in the world.
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Smi-Z/South-Americans-Diet-of.html

*Brazil
-The heart of Brazil's vegetable consumption is Manioc (cassava)
http://www.winebrats.org/education/grapejuice/9in9/soamerica.html

*Canada
-WHEAT IS MOST COMMON GRAIN, Products made with wheat flour accounted for the majority of cereal products consumed.
- BEEF SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN POULTRY: Beef consumption decreased in 2004 to 13.6 kg per person, poultry consumption rose in 2004 to 13.5 kg
- POTATOES MOST COMMON VEGETABLE
http://www.statcan.ca/english/ads/23F0001XCB/highlight.htm

*China
- most common protein is pork, most common grain is wheat: China has opened a wide lead with grain, consuming 380 million tons in 2005 versus 260 million tons in the United States. Among the big three grains, China leads in the consumption of both wheat and rice and trails the United States only in corn. Although eating hamburgers is a defining element of the U.S. lifestyle, China's 2005 meat consumption of 67 million tons is far above the 38 million tons eaten in the United States. While U.S. meat intake is rather evenly distributed between beef, pork, and poultry, in China pork totally dominates. Indeed, half the world's pigs are now found in China.
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/PB2ch1_ss3.htm

*Ecuador
-Potatoes are eaten at nearly every meal, including snacks. More than 200 varieties of potato can be found. -The core of the Ecuadorian diet is rice, potatoes, and meat (beef and chicken everywhere) http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Smi-Z/South-Americans-Diet-of.html

*India
annual per capita fruit consumption was about 30 Kgs. and of this the banana alone accounted for about one-third. This is followed by apple, mango and citrus fruits. On the whole, the consumers spent relatively more on apples.
http://www.actahort.org/books/270/270_27.htm

*Japan
-Fruits by value: mandarins, strawberries, apples, grapes, bananas (in order) -Vegetables by value: (tomatoes), cukes, cabbages, onions
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/wrs0406/wrs0406h.pdf

*Peru
-Potatoes are eaten at nearly every meal, including snacks. More than 200 varieties of potato can be found -Rice is main grain
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Smi-Z/South-Americans-Diet-of.html

*Pakistan
-Citrus: Orange, the most common citrus fruit, is widely grown in warm climates having a sweet-sour taste
http://www.pakissan.com/english/agri.overview
/fruit.consumption.increasing.shtml

*Russia
-Apples are the most popular fruit with Russians aged 18-65. bananas are the second most preferred and frequently eaten fruit after apples
http://www2.acnielsen.com/pubs/2005_q1_ru_fruit.shtml

*Turkey
- Wheat has long been the basic food in the Turkish diet, generally eaten in the form of bread--of which Turkish per capita consumption ranks among the highest in the world
http://countrystudies.us/turkey/61.htm

*Uganda
-Banana: highest consumption per person in the world is in Uganda
http://www.bananalink.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=
view&id=10&Itemid=14&lang=en

*United Kingdom
-bananas are the most commonly consumed fruit in the UK
http://www.didyouknow.cd/tomatoes.htm

-Banana confirmed with following website, also potato as most common vegetable
http://www.igd.com/CIR.asp?menuid=35&cirid=122

*USA
-Bananas most common US fruit
http://www.statpub.com/stat/open/2000/01av9kj5.html

-Potatoes are most common US vegetable
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/wrs011/wrs011h.pdf

*Venezuela
-Corn most commonly consumed grain http://www.fas.usda.gov/pecad/highlights/2005/07/July2005
/Venezuela_Jul05.htm

*Vietnam
-consumes bananas as fruit, morning glory as vegetable
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/mtid/dr/200207/dr200207_ch07.pdf

-Rice as main grain for Vietnam
http://www.agroviet.gov.vn/en/stories/TinTiengAnh/BC_TA
/Vegetable_consumption.pdf