. 2020 Oct 13;56(3):1093–1114. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.14778

Table 3.

Average annual growth rates for food crops in LAC 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
Maize	171 518	35 487	4.8	2.7	4.4	3.6	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.8	3.3	2.5
Banana	29 978	1199	25.0	2.1	1.7	1.9	1.7	0.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	0.8
Wheat	28 794	9123	3.2	2.6	1.1	1.8	1.1	−0.5	0.3	1.5	1.6	1.6
Cassava	28 478	2210	12.9	1.0	−0.3	0.3	1.1	−0.6	0.2	−0.1	0.3	0.1
Rice, paddy	27 598	4980	5.5	3.0	1.5	2.2	1.6	−1.4	0.1	1.4	2.8	2.1
Potato	20 161	1051	19.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	2.2	1.5	1.9
Sorghum	10 560	3359	3.1	5.9	0.1	2.9	3.7	−0.4	1.6	2.1	0.5	1.3
Plantain	10 416	986	10.6	2.4	1.7	2.0	2.2	0.7	1.5	0.2	1.0	0.6
Beans, dry	5839	6272	0.9	1.4	1.0	1.2	1.7	−1.0	0.3	−0.3	2.1	0.9
Sweetpotato	2895	281	10.3	−1.3	1.5	0.1	−0.9	0.2	−0.3	−0.5	1.3	0.4
Yams	1459	150	9.7	1.7	2.7	2.2	1.5	1.7	1.6	0.1	1.0	0.6

Source: FAOSTAT (2020) and calculations for this study.

^{^a}

For this study, LAC includes Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America. Following FAO's classification: the Caribbean is made of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago; Central America consists of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. South America consists of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

^{^b}

1 = 1988–90 vs 1961–63; 2 = 2016–18 vs 1988–90; 3 = 2016–18 vs 1961–63, where the average annual growth rate is calculated as follows: $[{(\frac{Ending 3 ‐ year average}{Beginning 3 ‐ year average})}^{\frac{1}{Number of years between beginning and end mid ‐ points}} ‐ 1] \times 100$