Global food imbalances. Earth map animation cylindrical projection showing where the world磗 food is grown versus where it consumed. The opening frames show the world磗 croplands yellow, MODIS data, followed by the 26 countries that produce 82 percent of the world磗 crops. This is overlaid in red with the world磗 population density 2002. This fades to be replaced by cross_hatching showing countries that are projected by the United Nations to double light hatching and triple dark hatching their population by 2050. This animation, published in 2009, uses satellite data from the global agricultural monitoring program run by the International Production Assessment Division IPAD of the US Department of Agriculture USDA Foreign Agricultural Service FAS. For a version with labels, see K003/2432.