Limits To Growth/world agricultural production
World Agricultural Production
This page presents production of the 20 most important food and agricultural commodities (ranked by economic value) worldwide for the the year 2008. Data is from the FAOSTAT database: http://faostat.fao.org/site/339/default.aspx
| Commodity | Production (MT) |
|---|---|
| Cow milk, whole, fresh | 580,428,259 |
| Rice, paddy | 689,140,348 |
| Indigenous Cattle Meat | 61,770,940 |
| Indigenous Pigmeat | 104,539,608 |
| Indigenous Chicken Meat | 78,450,112 |
| Wheat | 683,070,203 |
| Hen eggs, in shell | 61,989,410 |
| Soybeans | 231,392,067 |
| Buffalo milk, whole, fresh | 89,354,031 |
| Vegetables fresh nes | 249,659,862 |
| Maize | 826,718,343 |
| Potatoes | 327,682,537 |
| Sugar cane | 1,728,943,998 |
| Cotton lint | 22,623,138 |
| Tomatoes | 142,153,859 |
| Grapes | 66,611,636 |
| Apples | 69,304,442 |
| Groundnuts, with shell | 37,650,689 |
| Indigenous Sheep Meat | 8,323,311 |
| Cassava | 233,359,379 |
In 2010 World grain production reached 2,213 million tons with consumption at 2,238 million tons. Cropland of 689 million hectares was planted for this production. [1]