China is the world's largest grain producer, yet has grown more dependent on food imports in recent decades. Much of India's output is produced by subsistence farmers and consumed locally. The U.S. is the world's top food exporter thanks to high crop yields and extensive agricultural infrastructure.
Australia is one of the most food secure countries in the world, with ample supplies of safe, healthy food. The vast majority of our food is produced here in Australia, and domestic production more than meets our needs even during drought years.
Experts are calling for a national food plan to tackle problems of food insecurity – despite the country producing enough food to feed 40 million people a year. New Zealand ranks 14th in the world for food self-sufficiency – but you wouldn't always know it by our supermarket shelves.
Taken together, all these datasets show that New Zealand imports less than 20% of our food needs, with over 80% sourced from home. And of the 20% that is imported, total imports don't provide any cause for concern when it comes to getting food in New Zealand stores.
Among the most self-sufficient countries, Argentina could feed itself with just 5.5% of its land. The US and Canada only need 12-13%, Sweden is also at 13%. Ireland is at 14.56%, Finland at 18%. Austria, Denmark, France, and Poland are in the 40 to 50% bracket.
“In Australia we are lucky because most of our food is grown and produced here. We produce enough food to feed 75 million people. That is enough to feed the entire population three times over. We have a very safe, reliable, and efficient food supply chain.
Australia may not be directly able to feed Asia or the world. But our know-how in food production has the potential to contribute to the diets of hundreds of millions of people around the globe.
Food security appears to be the least of Australia's problems, given we rank tenth in the world in terms of food availability, according to The Economist's Global Food Security Index of 113 countries.
Around 13 million people are projected to be experiencing crisis levels of hunger across five Sahelian countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
According to the Global Hunger Index 2022, which was adopted by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Yemen was the most affected by hunger and malnutrition, with an index of 45.1. The Central African Republic followed with an index of 44.
China is the world's largest grain producer, yet has grown more dependent on food imports in recent decades. Much of India's output is produced by subsistence farmers and consumed locally. The U.S. is the world's top food exporter thanks to high crop yields and extensive agricultural infrastructure.
The world has 15.749 million km(2) of arable land. (Arable land is land ploughed or tilled regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation). India has the most arable land in the world followed by the United States, Russia, China and Brazil.
When breaking down the statistics to see where travellers are flocking from, China has equalled neighbouring New Zealand, who have long held the crown as the greatest lovers of Australia.
Strong growth in 2021 solidified Australia's position as the world's 12th largest economy in 2021. Nominal GDP was around A$2.2 trillion (US$1.6 trillion) in 2021.
Absolutely. Australia is a fantastic place to live, even for foreigners. There aren't only advantages to living in Australia, but they outweigh the disadvantages. I love the climate, work-life balance, safety and the wide range of outdoor activities that I can enjoy every weekend.
Like ANZUS, the 1971 Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) is a legacy of the Cold War. Consisting of Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK, the FPDA commits its members to consult in the case of an attack on Malaysia or Singapore.
The submission claims that Australia is well and truly within striking distance of Chinese missiles, and that artificial reefs and atolls in the South China Sea would allow China to fire “land-based DF-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile strikes”, with the Mischief Reef atoll, 3000km northwest of Darwin, of ...
Australia is also separated from Antarctica in the south by the Indian Ocean. It is called the last of lands in the sense that it was the last continent, to be explored by Europeans which is apart from Antarctica.
The United States remains the most powerful country in the world, followed by China and Russia. However, the balance of power may shift in the coming years as countries like India and Brazil continue to grow economically and assert themselves on the global stage.