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United States Food System Energy Use |
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| Use |
Energy Consumed |
Percent Total Energy Use |
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Quadrillion Btu |
Percent |
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| Agricultural Production |
2.20 |
21% |
| Transport |
1.39 |
14% |
| Processing |
1.68 |
16% |
| Packaging |
0.68 |
7% |
| Food Retail |
0.38 |
4% |
| Restaurants/Caterers |
0.68 |
7% |
| Home Refrigeration/Preparation |
3.25 |
32% |
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| Total |
10.25 |
100% |
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| M. Heller and G. Keoleian, Life-Cycle Based Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the U.S. Food System (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan, 2000), p.42. |
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| Country |
Hectares |
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| United States |
23,700,000 |
| Brazil |
21,863,000 |
| Argentina |
16,000,000 |
| Canada |
13,400,000 |
| Australia |
9,000,000 |
| Paraguay |
1,500,000 |
| North India and Pakistan |
1,500,000 |
| Bolivia |
417,000 |
| South Africa |
300,000 |
| Spain |
300,000 |
| Venezuela |
300,000 |
| Uruguay |
288,000 |
| France |
150,000 |
| Chile |
130,000 |
| Italy |
80,000 |
| Colombia |
70,000 |
| Mexico |
50,000 |
| Ghana |
45,000 |
| Others |
1,000,000 |
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| Total |
90,093,000 |
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| Source: Rolf Derpsch, "Area Under No-Tillage in Different Countries," Rolf Derpsch Tillage Consultant website, www.rolf-derpsch.com, viewed 29 April 2005. |
See data table: World Grain Production and Fertilizer Use, 1960-2004
 See data tables: Grain Production and Fertilizer Use, 1960-2004
China
United States
India
See data table: World Grain Production and Fertilizer Use, 1960-2004
See data tables: Grain Production and Fertilizer Use in China, 1960-2004
See data tables: Grain Production and Fertilizer Use in the United States, 1960-2004
See data tables: Grain Production and Fertilizer Use in India, 1960-2004
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