Charted: 776 Million Tonnes of Rice Production by Country, China and India together grow more rice than the rest of the world combined

[AjayGhatak]

This always puzzles me, how come China is the world biggest rice importer and India the biggest exporter while China grows more rice than India and the two countries have similar size of population.

Its quite simple. Indian diet is mostly plant based. Which means much lesser amount of plant produce is needed. Chinese and East Asian diet is mostly animal based. Which means a lot of plant produce is needed for same caloric intake.

Mostly Plant based diet with some animal products like milk are more efficient diets.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Twitter based info also claims that China is collapsing everyday, lol, I use data from international research orgnizations.
Everyone can troll with twitters. You Indians are just incapable of meaningful discussions.

 

[AjayGhatak]

Why do you think their is so much hunger in India

Actually now Pakistan is much more worse off than India.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Its quite simple. Indian diet is mostly plant based. Which means much lesser amount of plant produce is needed. Chinese and East Asian diet is mostly animal based. Which means a lot of plant produce is needed for same caloric intake.

Mostly Plant based diet with some animal products like milk are more efficient diets.

Western diet is more meat based, East Asians consume more plants.

 

[神威98]

Rice is indeed a poison. I find that if I eat more than two table spoons of Jasmine rice per meal (before cooking), the aroma travels and accumulates in my lungs, and my lungs start to smell like it.

I once sat next to a Chinese lady at a wedding. My, her breath was stinky like lung surfactant, which can only be attributed to eating too much (Jasmine) rice.

It's one of the ways that nature tells you to roll back from consuming too much white rice.

 

[Beijingwalker]

China is both the world biggest agricultural products grower and importer

 

[AjayGhatak]

Western diet is more meat based, East Asians consume more plants.

The comparison was between Indian and Chinese. Chinese eat way more meat than Plants as compared to India. This is why they need way more plant produce to feed animals to produce meats.

Unlike Chinese, Indians do not have lactose intolerance, so milk and milk products are very common in India. These are still consumed in much lesser amount. Milk is still more efficient to produce than meat. Meat requires much more plant based intake by animals.

 

[Beijingwalker]

China also consumes a lot of seafood

The country with highest fish production is China.

1. China ​

Total fisheries production: 85,948,134 tons

In 2022, China retained its position as the world's top seafood producer, with production projected to reach 67.5 million metric tons, a slight increase from the 66.9 million metric tons recorded in 2021, according to FAS. The growth in production is mostly attributed to the expansion of aquaculture, which is anticipated to rise by 1.2 percent year-on-year, reaching 54.6 million metric tons in 2022. China accounts for one-third of the world's total fish production, which stands at 178.8 million tons globally.

 

[AjayGhatak]

China also consumes a lot of seafood

The country with highest fish production is China.

1. China ​

Total fisheries production: 85,948,134 tons

In 2022, China retained its position as the world's top seafood producer, with production projected to reach 67.5 million metric tons, a slight increase from the 66.9 million metric tons recorded in 2021, according to FAS. The growth in production is mostly attributed to the expansion of aquaculture, which is anticipated to rise by 1.2 percent year-on-year, reaching 54.6 million metric tons in 2022. China accounts for one-third of the world's total fish production, which stands at 178.8 million tons globally.

All of that does not even hold a candle to amount of pork consumed in China. Pig rearing requires a lot of grains.

 

[Beijingwalker]

The comparison was between Indian and Chinese. Chinese eat way more meat than Plants as compared to India. This is why they need way more plant produce to feed animals to produce meats.

Unlike Chinese, Indians do not have lactose intolerance, so milk and milk products are very common in India. These are still consumed in much lesser amount. Milk is still more efficient to produce than meat. Meat requires much more plant based intake by animals.

Indian population are much younger than China's which are supposed to consume more food, and even on average Chinese consumes more grain and rice, the contrast should not be that huge.

 

[dabbu]

Twitter based info also claims that China is collapsing everyday, lol, I use data from international research orgnizations.
Everyone can troll with twitters. You Indians are just incapable of meaningful discussions.

No need for twitter, meanwhile chinese state media reporting on ccp owned food company saving 100 yuan and feeding Chinese petroleum oil, maybe someone at state media grew a conscience and reported the food poisoning by the other government agency….

罐车运输乱象调查：卸完煤制油直接装运食用大豆油

罐车司机邱健说，散装食用油在长距离运输过程中其实属于半脱管的状态，“卖油的厂家不怎么管，买油的公司不知情，让运输公司钻了空子。”邱健透露，许多运输订单经过层层转包，导致买卖双方对最终承运的罐车都无从了解。

m.bjnews.com.cn

 

[AjayGhatak]

Indian population are much younger than China's which are supposed to consume more food, and even on average Chinese consumes more grain and rice, the contrast should not be that huge.

Difference in consumption between young and old population is nothing compared to consumption between meat eater and plant eater. Meat eaters require 10-20x more primary plant products to produce their food items.

Difference between young and old people's intake is not even 20%.

 

[Beijingwalker]

No need for twitter, meanwhile chinese state media reporting on ccp owned food company saving 100 yuan and feeding Chinese petroleum oil, maybe someone at state media grew a conscience and reported the food poisoning by the other government agency….

罐车运输乱象调查：卸完煤制油直接装运食用大豆油

罐车司机邱健说，散装食用油在长距离运输过程中其实属于半脱管的状态，“卖油的厂家不怎么管，买油的公司不知情，让运输公司钻了空子。”邱健透露，许多运输订单经过层层转包，导致买卖双方对最终承运的罐车都无从了解。

m.bjnews.com.cn

Such scandals happen in every country, India is a well known country for abysmal food hygiene ,especially for international travelers. stop trying to embarass yourself.

 

[AjayGhatak]

Indian population are much younger than China's which are supposed to consume more food, and even on average Chinese consumes more grain and rice, the contrast should not be that huge.

Pork Consumption by Country 2026

Statistics on pork consumption by country, indicating the average kilogram per capita consumption and including which country eats the most pork.

worldpopulationreview.com

China consumes 40 kg of pork per capita per year. Much higher than North America.
India almost 0 kg.

There lies your difference.

Unlike Cows, Pigs do not graze. They need to fed on grain feed.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Difference in consumption between young and old population is nothing compared to consumption between meat eater and plant eater. Meat eaters require 10-20x more primary plant products to produce their food items.

Difference between young and old people's intake is not even 20%.

But the difference is still too big, China grows way more food but is still the world biggest food importer while India the world biggest exporter.