World's major crops

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Table 1. Production and area harvested of world's major crops in 2001, ranked by production.

 

 

Crop

 

Production (t)

 

Area Harvested (ha)

Sugarcane

1,254,856,640

19,245,069

Maize

609,181,620

137,596,759

Rice

592,831,326

151,541,091

Wheat

582,691,612

213,816,865

Potatoes

308,194,947

19,301,006

Sugar beets

234,244,943

5,979,044

Cassava

178,868,310

17,019,975

Soybeans

176,638,828

75,539,904

Barley

141,219,609

54,268,528

Sweetpotato

135,918,673

9,391,910

Oil palm fruit

118,793,565

9,712,150

Tomatoes

100,259,346

3,745,229

Bananas

68,651,267

4,201,809

Oranges

61,093,736

3,598,625

Sorghum

58,149,772

42,634,739

 

Source: FAOStat Agriculture Data. www.fao.org/waicent/portal/statistics en.asp. 13 Nov. 2002.

Sweetpotato world production

Origin

Botany and morphology

Growing environments

Nutritional value

Utilisation