Typical of countries where wheat and potatoes dominate, rice consumption in the United States is a fraction of that.

Brazil is the world leader in dry beans production and Latin American leader in rice consumption.

Normal pre-war rice consumption had been 1 to 1 lb (570 to 680 g) per day.

The decrease in rice consumption has been accompanied by an increase in the consumption of bread and noodles.

In recent years rice consumption in Japan has fallen and many rice farmers are increasingly elderly.

In Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam, where rice paddies are predominant on the landscape, rice consumption reach 70%.

And rice consumption is declining as young people grow accustomed to Kentucky Fried Chicken and other Western fare.

The action was supposed to make the country self-sufficient in terms of rice consumption.

In the last decade, rice consumption has risen from about 16 pounds a person to more than 25 pounds.