USAID/LANIC: Environmental Indicators

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	Average Annual Net Trade in Cereals (imports-exports) (000 metric tons)		Average Annual Donations or Receipts of Cereals (000 metric tons)		Grain Consumption as a Percent of Domestic Production		Grains Fed to Livestock as a Percent of Total Grain Consumption		Average Daily Per Capita Calorie Supply (kilocalories)		Average Daily Per Capita Protein Supply (grams)
	1983-85	1993-95	1983-85	1993-95	1983-85	1993-95	1985-87	1995-97	1982-84	1992-94	1982-84	1992-94
Belize	9	19	0	0	140	155	0	0	2,585	2,683	67	67
Cuba	2,249	1,536	0	6	458	677	0	0	3,133	2,504	74	56
Dominican Republic	408	995	128	4	188	297	40	63	2,304	2,275	50	51
Guyana	(47)	(139)	0	35	82	75	5	6	2,512	2,410	54	64
Haiti	82	393	108	104	144	225	3	3	2,026	1,721	..	..
Jamaica	421	436	162	86	7,317	13,675	28	39	2,576	2,662	63	67
Suriname	(99)	(30)	0	19	66	95	0	0	2,507	2,580	66	65
Trinidad and Tobago	246	227	0	0	3,765	1,259	36	38	3,056	2,499	81	59
Caribbean	3,269	3,437	398	254	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Costa Rica	137	521	107	3	165	354	30	51	2,595	2,776	62	66
El Salvador	243	372	248	33	172	148	24	26	2,366	2,483	56	62
Guatemala	64	62	32	109	108	113	23	29	2,553	2,670	83	85
Honduras	100	275	119	88	140	152	23	54	2,133	2,352	51	55
Nicaragua	163	170	64	44	149	137	0	6	2,395	2,267	61	55
Panama	113	263	1	2	140	178	29	43	2,395	2,420	61	65
Central America	820	1,663	571	279	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	(20,160)	(12,376)	(42)	(4)	34	50	56	49	3,103	3,076	99	98
Bolivia	353	267	237	149	176	139	40	33	2,058	2,190	53	58
Brazil	4,892	9,129	7	19	115	120	55	64	2,630	2,797	62	69
Chile	928	1,038	14	1	148	139	30	39	2,574	2,735	69	78
Colombia	941	2,222	5	15	129	163	19	32	2,466	2,662	53	62
Ecuador	353	305	14	15	150	116	29	37	2,306	2,378	46	49
Paraguay	52	(49)	5	1	112	95	1	2	2,534	2,372	73	74
Peru	1,346	2,325	212	289	183	220	23	42	2,143	2,121	55	54
Uruguay	(383)	(582)	0	0	64	63	27	14	2,711	2,738	82	87
Venezuela	2,925	2,249	0	0	293	205	51	42	2,673	2,494	70	65
South America	(8,753)	4,528	452	485	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mexico	6,396	6,948	6	49	126	127	29	44	3,194	3,053	83	83
LAC	1,732	16,576	1,427	1,067	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: The World Resources Institute (WRI), World Resources, A Guide to the Global Environment, 1998-99, Washington, D.C., 1998.

Definitions: Average annual net trade in cereals includes wheat and wheat flour, rice, barley, maize, rye, and oats. Figures shown for cereals trade are net imports or exports. Exports were subtracted from import s. Average annual donations or receipts of cereals refers to the donation or concessional sale of food commodities. Cereals include wheat, rice, coarse grains, bulgur wheat, wheat flour, and the cereal component of blended foods. Recei pts are shown as positive numbers and donations as negative numbers. For countries that are both recipients and donors of food aid, donations were subtracted from receipts. Grain consumption is the total domestic use of grain during the local mark eting year of the individual country. It is the sum of grain used for feed, food, seed, and industrial purposes. Grains fed to livestock as a percent of total grain consumption includes the following grains: wheat, rice, corn, barley, sorghum, millet, rye, oats, and mixed grains.

Notes: Average daily per capita calorie supply and average daily per capita protein supply were calculated by adding values from all food sources: domestic production, international trade, stock drawdowns, and foreign aid. The quantity of food available for human consumption is the amount that reaches the consumer. However, the calories and protein actually consumed may be lower than the figures shown, depending on how much is lost during home storage, preparation, and cooking, and ho w much is discarded.[an error occurred while processing this directive]