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The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.
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.
In 2009, Allied Pickfords, the international arm of Pickfords, became Pickfords. The company continues to operate as part of the Allied International Network which has 600 offices in over 45 countries. [11] In 2012, the UK arm of the company entered a pre-packaged insolvency, before being bought by two of its directors.
In October 2009, it reached its 10% goal of banking all the world's wild plant species by adding Musa itinerans, a wild banana, to its seed vault. As estimates for the number of seed bearing plant species have increased, 34,088 wild plant species and 1,980,405,036 seeds in storage as of June 2015 represent over 13% of the world's wild plant ...
This is a list of countries by cherry production measured in metric tonnes from the years 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [ 1 ] [ n 1 ] The estimated total world production for 2022 was 4,358,852 metric tonnes , increasing by 1.9% from 4,277,298 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
The no. 1 most expensive sunglasses in the world are the Chopard de Rigo Vision. Made by Chopard, a Swiss watchmaker and jeweler, this eyewear boasts 60 grams of 24 carat gold in its frame, more ...
A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center of a development battle.
The estimated total world production for pears in 2022 was 26,324,874 metric tonnes, up by 2.8% from 25,616,665 tonnes in 2021. [1] China was by far the largest producer, accounting for more than twice the rest of the world combined (approximately 73% [1]).