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So a rough estimate of 1600 kcals per pound of rice, 10 billion pounds, assuming daily intake of 2000 kcals, that's roughly the yearly calories of about 22 million people (assuming I didn't fuck up somewhere). To put it in perspective.
i didnt go that far into the math, but one of the websites I was looking at said that the average Chinese consumes ~220lbs of rice a year, and that's like 45.4 million average people. presumably China will tap into their national rice reserve...