Table 1. Grazing sysems in different ecozones.
Grazing system | Area (million km2) | People living in systems area (millions) | Cattle (millions) | Sheep and goats (millions)
Arid and semi-arid rangelands | 989 | 182 | 116 | 280
Temperate and Tropical Highlands | 513 | 189 | 81 | 185
Sub-humid and Humid savannas | 606 | 332 | 197 | 146

Table 2. Total meat production of grazing systems by world region.
World Region | Beef | Mutton & goat meat | Milk
| '000 MT | in % of total | '000 MT | in % of total | '000 MT | in % of total
SSA | 1,380 | 11.2 | 390 | 13.1 | 9,827 | 23.1
Asia | 765 | 6.2 | 659 | 22.1 | 308 | 0.7
CSA | 5,652 | 46.0 | 231 | 7.7 | 13,553 | 31.9
WANA | 88 | 0.7 | 237 | 8.0 | 1191 | 2.8
EE & CIS | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0
OECD & other developed | 4,396 | 35.8 | 1,466 | 49.2 | 17,647 | 41.5
Total | 12,289 | 100.0 | 2,981 | 100.0 | 42,527 | 100.0

Table 3. Annual growth rates of production in grazing systems by commodity and eco-zone (1981/83-1993/1994).
| Beef & buffalo meat | Sheep & goat meat | Milk
Arid & semi-arid tropics sub-tropics | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4
Humid & sub-humid tropics & sub-tropics | 0.5 | -0.1 | 1.9
Temperate & highlands | 1.0 | -0.7 | 2.8

Table 4. Livestock inventory of mixed farming systems.
Species | Number (millions) | Percent global population | Of which in developing world | Of which in OECD & other developed countries
Cattle | 860.6 | 66.9 | 78.8 | 21.2
Buffalo | 148.0 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 0.1
Sheep & goats | 1,096.8 | 63.9 | 87.8 | 12.2
Dairy cattle | 192.2 | 85.0 | 78.7 | 21.3

Table 5. Livestock production of mixed farming systems by world region and share of the system in total commodity production
World Region | Beef & mutton | Poultry & pork | Milk
| 000 MT | in % of total | 000 MT | in % of total | 000 MT | in % of total
SSA | 1,386 | 3.4 | 720 | 1.4 | 3,400 | 0.7
Asia | 6,345 | 15.4 | 25,444 | 47.7 | 91,624 | 18.5
CSA | 4,613 | 11.2 | 2,806 | 5.3 | 30,649 | 6.2
WANA | 2,531 | 6.2 | 680 | 1.3 | 21,506 | 4.3
EE & CIS | 7,078 | 17.2 | 8,748 | 16.4 | 128,375 | 25.9
OECD & other developed | 19,152 | 46.6 | 14,892 | 27.9 | 219,819 | 44.4
Total | 41,100 | 100.0 | 53,290 | 100.0 | 495,371 | 100.0

Table 6. Annual growth rates of production in mixed farming systems by commodity and world region (1981/83-1993/1994).
|  | Beef | Buffalo meat | Sheep & goat meat | Dairy milk | Pig meat | Poultry meat | Poultry eggs
Rainfed | Temperate | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | -0.6
Rainfed | Humid | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 2.1
Rainfed | Arid | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 4.9
Irrigated | Temperate | 4.0 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.9
Irrigated | Humid | 9.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.6
Irrigated | Arid | 4.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.0

Table 7. Livestock production of industrial systems by world region and share of the system in total commodity production.
World Region | Beef & mutton | Poultry & pork | Eggs
| 000 MT | in % of total | 000 MT | in % of total | 000 MT | in % of total
SSA | 0 | 0.0 | 327 | 24.0 | 246 | 30.4
Asia | 0 | 0.0 | 12.789 | 33.4 | 7,680 | 52.7
CSA | 0 | 0.0 | 5,828 | 62.7 | 2,896 | 73.4
WANA | 100 | 3.2 | 1,170 | 60.7 | 948 | 59.7
EE & CIS | 3,609 | 33.7 | 6,288 | 41.8 | 3,831 | 65.4
OECD & other developed | 2,446 | 8.9 | 33,728 | 68.8 | 11,470 | 87.5
Total | 6,155 | 9.4 | 60,130 | 52.3 | 27,071 | 67.9

Table 8. Annual growth rates of production in industrial production systems by commodity and world region (1981/83-1993/1994).
Region | Beef & mutton | Pork | Poultry meat | Eggs
SSA | n.a. | 9.2 | 6.7 | 6.2
ASIA | n.a. | 17.8 | 17.3 | 18.5
CSA | n.a. | 0.3 | 6.6 | 4.8
WANA | 9.5 | -15.8 | 6.7 | 5.9
EE & CIS | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1
OECD & Other devoped | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.2
WORLD | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.8

Table 9. Global total utilization of concentrate feed resources 1965/67 to 1990/92.
| Global total utilization for feeds ('000 MT per year)
Commodity | 1965/67 | 1975/77 | 1985/87 | 1990/92
Cereals | 354,808 | 496,343 | 629,802 | 600,516
Brans | 72,359 | 87,155 | 113,222 | 118,946
Oilseeds | 3,291 | 4,129 | 9,666 | 13,463
Oilmeals and cakes | 41,301 | 66,201 | 103,631 | 119,263
Roots and tubers | 131,328 | 126,606 | 133,243 | 129,860
Total | 603,087 | 780,436 | 989,565 | 982,049

Source: Analysis of FAO Agrostat data.

Table 10. Average annual growth rates in regional utilization of total concentrate feed resources 1965/67 to 1990/92
Average annual growth rates in utilization of feeds (% per year)
Region | 1965/67-1975/77 | 1975/77-1985/87 | 1985/87-1990/92
Developed regions |  |  |
North America | 0.39 | 2.59 | 0.61
Western Europe | 2.34 | 1.27 | -2.03
E Europe & CIS | 5.01 | 0.82 | -4.55
Oceania | 2.07 | 4.36 | 7.44
Developing regions |  |  |
C & S America | 3.62 | 3.44 | 0.46
W Asia & N Africa | 4.30 | 6.52 | 2.61
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.64 | 2.19 | 1.40
S Asia | 2.59 | 2.72 | 4.25
SE Asia | 4.30 | 6.73 | 6.29
E Asia | 1.25 | 4.42 | 3.40
World | 2.61 | 2.40 | -0.15

Source: Analysis of FAO Agrostat data, see Table 3 for details

Table 11. Global production and consumption as feed of cereals, oilseeds and oilmeals in 1993.
| Feed use
Commodity | Total production (million tons) | '000 ha | Feed consumption (million tons) | (% production) | (% commodity group)
Cereals
Rice | 513 | 146,867 |  |  |
Wheat | 561 | 222,497 | 112 | 20 | 17
Maize | 469 | 126,868 | 340 | 73 | 53
Millet | 28 | 37,710 | 2.0 | 7 |
Sorghum | 55 | 41,574 | 33 | 60 | 5
Barley | 167 | 74,282 | 118 | 71 | 18
Oats | 35 | 19,335 | 26 | 73 | 4
Rye | 26 | 13,450 | 14 | 52 | 2
Total cereals | 1,854 | 689,412 | 812 | 44 | 100
Oilseeds
Copra | 4.7 | 4,826 |  |  |
Cotton seed | 29 | 30,544 | 6.6 | 23 | 29
Groundnut | 24 | 20,958 | 2.3 | 10 | 10
Palm kernel | 4.3 | 4,338,131 |  |  |
Rapeseed | 27 | 20,089 | 2.0 | 8 | 9
Soya bean | 116 | 61,907 | 9.5 | 8 | 41
Sunflower | 21 | 18,501 | 2.5 | 12 | 11
Total oilseeds | 225 | 4,494,956 | 23 | 10 | 100
Oilmeals
Copra meal | 1.5 |  | 1.4 | 89 | 1
Cotton seed | 11 |  | 9.5 | 88 | 8
Groundnut | 5.1 |  | 5.0 | 96 | 4
Palm kernel | 2.2 |  | 2.0 | 90 | 2
Rapeseed | 14.8 |  | 11.2 | 76 | 9
Soya bean | 78 |  | 77.2 | 99 | 64
Sunflower | 8.1 |  | 8.1 | 100 | 7
Fishmeal | 6.2 |  | 5.8 | 93 | 5
Total oilmeals | 127 |  | 120 | 95 | 100
Overall total | 2,207 |  | 955 | 43 |

Source: USDA 1994; data generally agreed with FAO commodity reports (FAO 1994)

Table 12. Estimated utilization of concentrate feeds for different production purposes by production system.
Concentrate feed use for various production purposes by production system
('000 MT per year)
Production system | Beef | Milk | Small ruminant meat | Pig meat | Poultry meat | Poultry eggs
Grazing temp. | 1,448 | 3,845 | 750 | 578 | 733 | 424
Grazing humid | 966 | 922 | 290 | 1,199 | 989 | 681
Grazing arid | 1,094 | 1,643 | 610 | 741 | 612 | 300
Mixed temp. | 24,291 | 165,048 | 3,801 | 79,753 | 11,751 | 9,829
Mixed humid | 7,662 | 16,809 | 272 | 8,059 | 8,029 | 5,048
Mixed arid | 2,994 | 16,713 | 254 | 1,053 | 1,161 | 2,707
Irrigated temp. | 3,474 | 19,125 | 3,162 | 41,534 | 5,465 | 7,826
Irregated humid | 3,689 | 8,948 | 1,331 | 50,351 | 10,985 | 15,743
Irrigated arid | 3,095 | 18,674 | 1,622 | 14,657 | 3,561 | 4,908
Ind. pigs/poultry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160,438 | 101,914 | 86,303
Ind. ruminants | 139,443 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Overall | 191,156 | 251,728 | 12,094 | 358,364 | 145,199 | 133,769

Table 13. Areas cropped with coarse grains, wheat, oilseeds and roots and tubers used for livestock feed as percent of total cropped areas by world regions in 1990/92.
Region | Total arable land | % total arable land providing livestock feed from different crops
(million ha) | Coarse grains | Wheat | Oilseeds | Roots & tubers | Overall (less oilseeds)
Developed regions
North America | 231.2 | 15 | 5.1 | 13 | 0.01 | 20
Western Europe | 78.9 | 20 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 0.27 | 28
E Europe and CIS | 269.5 | 19 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 31
Oceania | 47.4 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0 | 14
Developing regions
C and S America | 129.0 | 15 | 0.1 | 20 | 1.1 | 16
W Asia and N Africa | 80.6 | 16 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.02 | 18
Sub-Saharan Africa | 164.3 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0.33 | 0.33
S Asia | 207.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 13 | 0 | 2.4
SE Asia | 57.9 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 | 4.2 | 13
E Asia | 102.4 | 15 | 2.0 | 14 | 3.3 | 20
World | 1,368.8 | 15 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 0.87 | 21

Source: Analysis of USDA PS&D data for coarse grains, wheat and oilseeds and FAO Agrostat data for roots and tubers

Table 14. Land with rainfed crop production potential, developing countries (excluding China).
| Million ha
Class | Name | Moisture regime (LGP days) | Land quality | Potential | In use | Balance
AT1 | Dry semi-arid | 75-119 | VS, S, MS | 154 | 86 | 68
AT2 | Moist semi-arid | 120-179 | VS, S | 350 | 148 | 202
AT3 | Sub-humid | 180-269 | VS, S | 594 | 222 | 372
AT4 | Humid | 270+ | VS, S | 598 | 210 | 915
AT5 | Marginally suitable land in the moist semi-arid, sub-humid, humid class | 120+ | MS | 518 |  |
AT6 | Fluvisols/gleysols | Naturally flooded | VS, S | 258 | 64 | 259
AT7 | Marginally suitable fluvisols/gleysols | Naturally flooded | MS | 65 |  |
Total with rainfed potential |  | 2537 | 721 | 1816
Irrigated not suitable (arid and hyper-arid land) |  | 36 | 36 |
Grand total |  | 2573 | 757 | 1816

VS - Very suitable (at least 80 percent); S - Suitable (40 to 80 percent); MS - Marginally suitable (20 to 40 percent)
Source:World Agriculture: AT 2010
Source: FAO, 1995.

Table 15. Methane emission by species and system.
| Dairy cows | Other cattle | Buffalo | Sheep/goats | Total
Emissions by region
SSA | 0.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 7.8
ASIA | 1.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 19.9
CSA | 2.3 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 16.1
WANA | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.6
OECD | 4.6 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 16.8
EE+CIS | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 7.6
OTH DVP | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.1
Emissions by production system
Gazing temp. | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.9
Grazing humid | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 9.3
Grazing arid | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 6.8
Mixed temp. | 6.8 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 16.6
Mixed humid | 1.6 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 9.9
Mixed arid | 1.1 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 8.8
Irrigated temp. | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.9
Irrigated humid | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 4.7
Irrigated arid | 0.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 7.3
Ind. ruminants | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6
Total emissions | 13.5 | 40.4 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 71.9

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