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Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 Wheat is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world. The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report". The ...
It was the largest producer of wheat (131.4 million tons); It was the 3rd largest producer of sugarcane (108 million tons), second only to Brazil and India; It was the largest producer of potato (90.2 million tons); It was the largest producer of watermelon (62.8 million tons); It was the largest producer of tomatoes (61.5 million tons);
India is the world's largest producer of milk, fruits, cashew nuts, coconuts, ginger, turmeric, banana, sapota, pulses, and black pepper. [88] India is the second largest producer of groundnut, wheat, vegetables, sugar and fish in the world. [88]
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It is the largest manufacturing economy in the world, and is the largest exporter of goods. China is also the world's largest producer and consumer of agricultural products. China is a leading producer of rice, and is a key producer of wheat, corn, tobacco, soybeans, and potatoes, among others.
Efforts to expand wheat production in South Africa, Kenya and India were stymied by low yields and disease. However, by 2000 India had become the second largest producer of wheat in the world. [115] In the 19th century the American wheat frontier moved rapidly westward. By the 1880s 70% of American exports went to British ports.
Water is a necessary input for food production. Two billion people face acute water shortage this century as Himalayan glaciers melt. [11] Water shortages in China have helped lower the wheat harvest from its peak of 123 million tons in 1997 to below 100 million tons in recent years [when?], [12] but by 2020 production is back to 134 Mt. [13] Of China's 617 cities, 300 are facing water shortages.