Table 1. World production and top producers of different cereal crops [3].
| Common name | Scientific name | Production in tons (x106) in 2013 | Top producers in descending order, averaged from 1993 to 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Triticum spp. | 713.2 (25.65%)* | China, India, USA, Russia |
| Common wheat, bread wheat | Triticum aestivum | ||
| Durum wheat | Triticum durum | ||
| Spelt | Triticum spelta | ||
| Rice | Oryza spp. | 745.7 (26.82%) | China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh |
| Rice, paddy | Oryza sativa | ||
| Barley | Hordeum spp. | 144. 7 (5.20%) | Russia, Germany, Canada, France, Ukraine |
| Four-row barley | Hordeum vulgare | ||
| Two-row barley | Hordeum disticum | ||
| Six-row barley | Hordeum hexasticum | ||
| Maize | Zea mays | 1,016.7 (36.56%) | China, USA, Brazil, Mexico |
| Corn, Indian corn, mealies | Zea mays | ||
| Pop corn | Zea mays var. Everta | ||
| Rye | Secale cereale | 16.7 (0.6%) | Russia, Poland, Germany, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Oats | Avena spp. | 23.8 (0.86%) | Russia, Canada, USA, Poland, Australia |
| Oats | Avena sativa | ||
| Millets | 29.9 (1.07%) | India, Nigeria, China, Niger | |
| Pearl, cattail millet | Pennisetum glaucum | ||
| Proso, common, golden millet | Panicum miliaceum | ||
| Barnyard, Japanese millet | Echinocloa frumentacea | ||
| African millet, finger | Eleusine coracana | ||
| Ditch millet, koda | Paspalum scrobiculatum | ||
| Foxtail millet | Setaria italic | ||
| Sorghum | Sorghum spp. | 61.4 (2.21%) | USA, India, Nigeria, Mexico, Sudan (former) |
| Common, milo, feterita, kaffir corn | Sorghum vulgare | ||
| Guinea corn | Sorghum guineense | ||
| Durra, juwar, kaoliang | Sorghum dura | ||
| Buckwheat | Fagopyrum esculentum | 2.55 (0.10%) | China, Russia, Ukraine, France |
| Quinoa | Chenopodium quinoa | 0.10 (0.004%) | Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador |
| Fonio | Digitaria spp. | 0.58 (0.20%) | Guinea, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire |
| Fonio, findi | Digitaria exilis | ||
| Black fonio, hungry rice | Digitaria iburua | ||
| Triticale | Triticale hexaploide | 14.6 (0.52%) | China, USA, Turkey, Vietnam |
| Cereals nes | 6.4 (0.23%) | Ethiopia, Chad, Austria, Thailand, Kazakhstan | |
| Canagua or coaihua | Chenopodium pallidiacaule | ||
| Quihuicha, Inca wheat | Amaranthus caudatus | ||
| Wild rice | Zizania aquatica |
*number in parentheses are percentage of total cereal production