Table 2.
Average annual growth rates for food crops in Asia 1961–2018 a
| Crop | 2016–18 | Average annual growth rates (%) b | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production | Area | Yield | Production | Area | Yield | |||||||
| (000 t) | (000 ha) | (t ha−1) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Rice, paddy | 683 499 | 143 070 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Maize | 361 208 | 67 980 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Wheat | 329 695 | 99 020 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Potato | 180 478 | 9195 | 19.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Cassava | 83 066 | 3844 | 21.6 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | −0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Banana | 62 577 | 2301 | 27.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Sweetpotato | 59 691 | 3087 | 19.3 | 1.0 | −2.2 | −0.7 | −1.6 | −3.1 | −2.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Beans, dry | 14 389 | 19 801 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Sorghum | 7743 | 7009 | 1.1 | 0.3 | −3.0 | −1.4 | −1.5 | −3.2 | −2.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Plantain | 4977 | 407 | 12.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | −0.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Yams | 400 | 26 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Source: FAOSTAT (2020) and calculations for this study.
For this study, Asia includes Central Asia, East Asia, South‐East Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Oceania. Following FAO's classification: Central Asia is made up of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. East Asia consists of People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia and Republic of Korea. South‐East Asia is made of Brunei Darussalam*, Cambodia*, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia*, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore*, Thailand, Timor‐Leste and Viet Nam. South Asia consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives*, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. West Asia consists of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Oceania consists of Fiji, Kiribati*, Papua New Guinea*, Samoa*, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu*. * FAOSTAT reports these territories produced no potatoes in 2016–2018.
1 = 1988–90 vs 1961–1963; 2 = 2016–18 vs 1988–90; 3 = 2016–18 vs 1961–63, where the average annual growth rate is calculated as follows: