while cereals remain a key dietary component particularly in least developed countries rising protein consumption in other developing regions will require an increased production of livestock and dairy products which also implies greater demand for feed grains and oilseeds these factors are particularly relevant in most developed countries and some highly populated developing countries limiting expansion in these countries while presenting opportunities to regions that are less affected by these limiting factors as in the past decade projected production growth through the outlook period will be led by latin america subsaharan africa eastern europe and parts of asia with production growth in western europe increasing only marginally