Changing dietary patterns may also mean that consumers will reduce their intake of traditional staples, such as rice, and spend more on other cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables, and they will likely eat more meat and dairy products. Globally, wheat and rice annual yield increases (as a percent of current yield) have been falling and are now just below 1 percent. For rice and wheat, yield growth in absolute terms (kg/ha per year) is falling in developing countries.