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Table
2. Sweetpotato production, yield and
production/capita (1997-2001).
| Region/country |
Production
(Mt) |
Area
harvested (Mha) |
Yield/hectare |
Prod'n/capita |
| |
Year |
Mean |
Year |
Mean |
Year |
Mean |
(kg)
|
| |
2001 |
(1997-2001) |
2001 |
(1997-2001) |
2001 |
(1997-2001) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| World |
135.92 |
135.49 |
9.39 |
9.22 |
14.47 |
14.70 |
22.16 |
| Africa |
10.20 |
9.34 |
2.16 |
2.02 |
4.71 |
4.62 |
12.56 |
|
- Burundi |
0.78 |
0.69 |
0.12 |
0.11 |
6.51 |
6.28 |
120.1 |
| - Nigeria |
2.47 |
1.93 |
0.38 |
0.35 |
6.48 |
5.47 |
21.11 |
| -
Rwanda |
1.14 |
0.90 |
0.19 |
017 |
5.91 |
5.33 |
143.06 |
| - Uganda |
2.52 |
2.27 |
0.57 |
0.55 |
4.40 |
4.13 |
104.69 |
| Asia |
122.64 |
123.23 |
6.86 |
6.84 |
17.88 |
18.02 |
32.96 |
| - China |
115.12 |
115.53 |
6.01 |
5.94 |
19.16 |
19.45 |
89.08 |
| - India |
1.20 |
1.15 |
0.14 |
0.13 |
8.89 |
8.64 |
1.17 |
| -
Indonesia |
1.69 |
1.79 |
0.17 |
0.19 |
10.10 |
9.64 |
7.85 |
| -
Philippines |
0.54 |
0.57 |
0.13 |
0.13 |
4.26 |
4.32 |
7.07 |
|
- Viet Nam |
1.61 |
1.65 |
0.23 |
0.25 |
7.00 |
6.43 |
20.33 |
| Caribbean |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
4.12 |
3.95 |
11.6 |
| South America |
1.25 |
1.18 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
12.32 |
11.91 |
3.56 |
| Central America |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.004 |
0.003 |
16.53 |
16.05 |
0.45 |
| North America |
0.65 |
0.60 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
17.21 |
16.95 |
2.05 |
| Oceania |
0.60 |
0.60 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
5.43 |
5.35 |
19.48 |
| -
Papua New Guinea |
0.48 |
0.47 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
4.75 |
4.67 |
98.58 |
Source: FAOStat
Agriculture Data. www.fao.org/waicent/portal/statistics
en.asp. 13 Nov. 2002. |
World's major crops
Origin
Botany
and morphology
Growing
environments
Nutritional
value
Utilisation |
