Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 2.8
Changes in cereal production, nutritional status, and income
All six
Period
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Philippines
Vietnam
countries
Production growth rate
Rice
a
1951-66
2.0
2.4
2.6
4.3
2.5
4.8
18.6
1966-77
2.8
5.1
5.0
7.3
5.3
2.1
27.6
1977-88
1.7
2.7
5.4
0.7
1.9
4.4
16.8
1988-2000
4.1
1.5
1.8
3.4
2.7
5.6
19.1
Wheat
b
1951-66
3.2
3.2
n.a.
2.2
n.a.
n.a.
8.6
1966-77
7.8
7.8
n.a.
6.2
n.a.
n.a.
24.0
1977-88
4.3
4.3
n.a.
3.3
n.a.
n.a.
11.9
1988-2000
3.5
3.5
n.a.
3.2
n.a.
n.a.
10.2
Cereal production (million tons)
c
Rice (paddy)
1960s
15.70
54.00
13.78
2.23
4.26
9.14
99.11
1970s
17.75
67.63
22.73
4.03
6.17
10.80
129.11
1980s
22.71
90.76
38.34
4.93
8.51
15.56
180.81
1990s
28.17
121.03
48.68
6.04
10.29
25.22
239.43
2000-03
33.16
126.43
50.58
6.69
11.76
30.37
258.99
Wheat
1960s
0.05
12.55
n.a.
4.67
1.49
n.a.
4.69
1970s
0.21
27.33
n.a.
8.03
2.57
n.a.
9.54
1980s
1.12
44.20
n.a.
12.31
3.83
n.a.
15.37
1990s
1.35
62.52
n.a.
16.53
4.38
n.a.
21.20
2000-03
1.62
68.39
n.a.
18.24
4.37
n.a.
23.16
Proportion of undernourished population (percent)
d
1979-81
42
38
26
31
27
33
33
1990-92
35
25
9
26
26
27
25
1995-97
38
21
6
19
23
21
21
1999-2001
32
21
6
19
22
19
20
Gross domestic product per capita, purchasing price
parity (current international $)
e
1970s
418
618
580
495
1802
—
783
1980s
768
1172
1312
1029
2716
940
1323
1990s
1245
2163
2634
1649
3436
1485
2102
2001
1610
2840
2940
1890
3840
2070
2532
NOTES
: n.a. indicates not applicable; — indicates not available.
a
IRRI (2004).
b
CIMMYT (1998-99).
c
Calculated from FAOSTAT annual data.
d
FAO (1999, 2004).
e
World Bank (2003).
