As we all know, China feeds the population of15 with less than 10% of the world's arable land. From this perspective, the country's grain is also very valuable. However, the amount of food waste in China is staggering. How much food is wasted in China every year? According to a CPPCC member, "food waste in China is very serious. It is estimated that the total amount of grain wasted in the country every year is equivalent to about 50 billion kilograms of grain, which is equivalent to one tenth of the total grain output in the country. " Foreign media also reported that China wastes enough food to feed 200 million people every year, which is really amazing. Another data can prove the seriousness of our food waste: according to a survey of leftovers in some universities in Beijing, the total amount of food dumped is about one-third of the total amount of food purchased by students. According to the total number of college students in China is 28.6 million (data at the end of 2009), the grain thrown out by college students in one year can feed about100000 people.

In fact, this is not the latest data. The latest data shows that China wastes 654.38+000 billion kilograms of grain every year, which is also very alarming. According to the "China's Grain Supply and Demand and Trend Forecast during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" by the research group of Chongqing Investigation Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics, in the consumption link, the total amount of wasted grain in China is about 654.38+000 billion Jin of grain, which can support the demand of about 350 million people a year.

Of course, food waste is a worldwide problem, not just in China. According to the data of FAO, the annual wasted grain in the world reaches 654.38+0.6 billion tons, of which 654.38+0.3 billion tons are edible. If China's per capita grain possession is 470 kilograms, 65.438+600 million tons can feed 2.77 billion people, which is almost equivalent to the population of two China. It is equivalent to two years' food. To produce these wasted grains every year, a * * * needs to emit 3.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide, while the global fossil fuel emissions in 20 18 are 3.5 billion tons. Every year, 654.38+04 billion hectares of land are used to waste food. You know, in 2065.438+09, the cultivated land area in China was only 2.023 billion mu, which is equivalent to the total cultivated land area in China in 65.438+00. Every year, the total value of these wasted grains reaches 750 billion dollars, which is equivalent to the total GDP of Saudi Arabia in 20 19 years of 779.3 billion dollars.

According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, there is a bumper harvest in China this year, and the annual grain output is expected to increase at a high level. China's grain output will be stable at 654.38+0.3 trillion Jin for six consecutive years. However, it is worth noting that although China has a bumper grain harvest, it still needs to be prepared for danger in times of peace and establish a sense of crisis. Judging from the situation around the world, since the end of last year, locust plagues have broken out in many places around the world, affecting East Africa, the Middle East and India. In addition, some serious natural disasters have increased the uncertainty of global agricultural products supply, leading to fluctuations in the grain market. Some experts said that the epidemic had a comprehensive impact on global food production and demand, and the locust plague in some countries affected food production, which may worsen the expectations of the global food market and form a panic superposition effect of countries snapping up, restricting sales and poor logistics. So from this perspective, the awareness of saving is also very important.