Chart of current 2020 labour requirements by food group and region (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Chart of current 2020 labour requirements by food group and region

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Figure 1: Labour requirements (in AWU/kt) by food group and region in 2020 Weight is classified in line with FAOSTAT and refers to dry weights for grains, pulses, nuts, and oilseeds, and wet weights for produce (fruits, vegetables) and most animal products. AWU=annual working units.

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© 2025 Yiorgos Vittis, Michael Obersteiner, H Charles J Godfray, Marco Springmann. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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