Definition: Human consumption

Category: Agriculture

This involves the quantities of cereals processed or in their natural state coming under human consumption, both direct (own consumption) and indirect (domestic or ex-household foodstuff). The losses and variations of stocks at the level of retail trade, collectives and consumers are included in this entry. The quantities already entered in the entry 'processing' are excluded from this entry. - Manual to update - supply balance sheets - cereals, Doc. E/V/002 EN rev. 1, p.6

Human consumption: quantities of product placed at the disposal of human consumption in all forms: quantities consumed without modification and processed quantities. - Handbook to update supply balance sheets, - general information, concepts -, Doc. E/V/001 EN rev. 1, p.3