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The following are international Maize (corn) production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT statics The quantities of corn (maize, Zea mays) in the following table are in million metric tonnes (m STs, m LTs). All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 10 million t (11 million short ...
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.
The following is a list of countries by maize exports. Data is for 2022 as reported in Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database . [ 1 ] Maize (corn) is one of the biggest crops in the international grain trade , alongside other crops like wheat , rice and soybean .
The country is 5th largest producer of cereals which makes it 15th on our list of Top 25 Agricultural Producing Countries in the World. South Africa is also well-known for its quality exports of ...
Maize is grown primarily in North-West, Mpumalanga, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. [19] As of the mid-1990s, maize production generated at least 150,000 jobs in years with good rainfall and used almost one-half of the inputs of the modern agricultural sector. [19] As of 2018, South Africa produced 12.5 million tonnes of maize. [18]
The Portuguese first introduced maize production in Tanzania on Pemba Island in the 16th century, and by the 17th century, maize production spread to other parts of Tanzania including the Tanzanian mainland. [1] Production of maize expanded until recent years. However, Tanzania is still a leading country for maize production in East Africa. [2]
This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2023 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2023 was over three billion metric tons. The per-capita world cereal production for that year was about or nearly 400 kilograms per person. [citation needed]
In 1952, an African Produce and Marketing Board (later renamed the Agricultural Production and Marketing Board) was created with control over the marketing of African produce including maize, beans, peas, wheat, groundnuts, rice, sorghum millet, cassava and cotton seed. In 1956, the activities, powers and duties of the Maize Control, African ...