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Appendix
Table A5.1
World cereal yelds and producton
Yield 1980 Yield 1995
Cereal production
Areas under
kg/ha
kg/ha
1995 mllon tonnes cereal producton
95 mllon ha.
UK
4,944
6,978
22.0
3.15
France
4,854
6,458
53.6
8.30
Germany
4,228
6,051
39.9
6.59
Japan
4,843
5,737
13.4
2.34
China (unadjusted) 2,948
4,664
416.8
89.36
US
3,771
4,647
277.0
59.61
Indonesia
2,866
3,840
58.1
15.13
Vietnam
2,016
3,523
25.2
7.15
China (adjusted) 2,153
3,406
416.8
122.36
Poland
2,337
2,940
25.1
8.54
Canada
2,141
2,705
49.7
18.37
Ukraine
2,522
32.4
12.86
Brazil
1,576
2,504
49.6
19.83
Mexico
2,189
2,463
25.3
10.29
Bangladesh
2,006
2,424
25.9
10.70
Thailand
1,911
2,386
25.4
10.63
India
1,350
2,134
214.9
100.68
Turkey
1,855
1,977
28.2
14.24
Australia
1,052
1,770
26.6
15.01
Russia
1,165
61.8
53.05
World
2,309
2,730
1,896.4
694.52
Note:
The table ncludes all the countres n whch cereal output exceeded 25 mllon
tonnes in 1995, plus UK and Japan. Countries are ranked according to their 1995 yields.
Yelds are by sown area.
Source:
World Bank, 1997.
World Development Indicators
, World Bank, Washington, DC.
Data are from the Food and Agriculture Organisation. China Data are adjusted according
to satellte magery data for cultvated land area.
