Table 2.

Percentage rates between stages of the food system.

Source	Destination	Dry matter (%)	Energy (%)	Protein (%)	Wet mass (%)
Net primary production from cropland and grassland	Food required	5.3	8.1	5.5	3.6
	Food consumed	6.0	9.0	7.6	4.0
	Food reaching consumers	6.5	9.9	8.4	4.5
	Non-food uses	1.6	2.7	2.3	0.8
	Losses (excluding over-consumption)	92.4	88.3	90.1	95.2
	Losses (including over-consumption)	93.0	89.2	92.3	95.6
Harvested crops and grasslanda	Food required	22.2	28.6	20.1	17.2
	Food consumed	24.8	31.9	27.8	19.2
	Food reaching consumers	27.2	34.9	30.6	21.4
	Non-food uses	6.7	9.5	8.3	3.6
	Losses (excluding over-consumption)	68.5	58.6	63.9	77.2
	Losses (including over-consumption)	71.0	61.8	72.4	79.2
Harvested cropsa (not including harvested grassland and forage crops)	Food required	39.5	43.6	27.8	46.8
	Food consumed	44.0	48.6	38.5	52.2
	Food reaching consumers	48.4	53.2	42.3	58.1
	Non-food uses	12.0	14.5	11.4	9.8
	Losses (excluding over-consumption)	44.0	36.9	50.1	38.1
	Losses (including over-consumption)	48.5	41.8	60.8	43.4

Note:

^aStock variation and uses for seed are accounted for by subtracting them from the harvested crop values prior to calculating rates.