Crop

Global Crop Production Statistics

• World production of crops by commodity group
• World agricultural land by use, permanent meadows and pastures, and cropland
• Area used for crops by country in 2021
• The production of primary crops was 9.5 billion tonnes in 2021, 54% more than in 2000
• Four crops account for about half of global primary crop production: sugar cane, maize, wheat, and rice

Important Global Crops and Caloric Values

• Rice, wheat, sugarcane, maize, soybean oil, other vegetables, potatoes, palm oil, cassava, legume pulses, sorghum, millet, groundnuts, beans, sweet potatoes, bananas, various nuts, soybeans, cottonseed oil, groundnut oil
• In Africa, roots & tubers dominate with 421 kcal/person/day, and sorghum and millet contribute 135 kcal and 90 kcal, respectively

Crop Cultivation Methods and Popular Crops in the U.S.

• Various methods of cropping: mono-cropping, crop rotation, sequential cropping, mixed intercropping
• Disadvantages of mono-cropping: risk of soil losing fertility
• Relay cropping to solve conflicts like inefficient resource use, controversies in sowing time, and soil degradation
• Corn is the largest crop produced in the U.S., followed by soybean

Sources and References

• Text taken from ‘World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2023’ by FAO
• Licensed under CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
• Incorporates information from FAO
• Additional sources and references for further reading
• Detailed information on crop production and global statistics

Additional Resources and Further Reading

• Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crops
• Book: ‘Breeding Field Crops’ by David A. Sleper and John M. Poehlman (2006)
• ISBN: 9780813824284
• Additional resources for understanding crop breeding and production
• Valuable insights on enhancing crop yield and quality

Crop Data Sources