The Food Balance Sheets 1998-2000 now available on the web ( June 2002)

The FAO Food Balance Sheets (FBS) present three-year averaged data on both food supply and utilization.These data are primarily in physical weight; however, supply dataare shown as kilograms per caput, per year, and are convertedto calories, protein and fat, per day. This nutritional breakdownmakes the information extremely useful for further analysis andelaboration. The publication also contains time series for foodsupply, expressed in kilograms per year, and in calories, proteinand fat, per day. The FAO Food balance sheets are a valuablesupplement to two major statistical publications, the FAO Production Yearbook and the FAO Trade Yearbook, as the productionand trade statistics are presented in the supply/utilization setting.

This publication is a vital key in understanding the dimensions of malnutrition and hunger in the world.