Kenya - Per Capita Food Consumption

The Food Balance Sheet (FBS) is a tool that is used to assess the food situation of a given country. It provides a preview of the supply of various food commodities and their subsequent use at primary commodity equivalent. Consequently, the FBS is a national accounting/statistical framework, presenting a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country’s food supply during a specified reference period. Given the usefulness of the FBS, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has given considerable attention to its development. As a result, countries have been encouraged to adopt the FBS framework in order to assist in analyzing the food supply situation. The FBS calculates the average quantity of a given food commodity an individual consumes in a particular year. This is given in terms of kilograms of the food item consumed by an individual.