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. 2007 Jul 26;363(1491):495–515. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2166

Table 7.

Estimated value of agricultural production per capita of rural population and per unit of agricultural land, by agricultural domain (US$ per person and US$ per 1000 km2), early 2000s. Source: derived from tables 4–6.

agricultural productivity class income group average

OECD/high middle low
labour productivity
irrigated agriculture 3393 506 220 411
high-potential rainfed agriculture 2618 653 158 602
low-potential rainfed agriculture 2356 499 165 456
all systems 2658 544 189 477
land productivity
irrigated agriculture 64.1 82.3 65.2 73.3
high-potential rainfed agriculture 42.3 20.5 8.2 20.8
low-potential rainfed agriculture 16.6 12.3 6.8 11.7
all systems 29.9 21.9 14.1 21.2