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Agricultural growth	149		[9th of 149]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	995,421		[8th of 190]
DEFINITION: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.		View time series
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
Arable and permanent cropland	135,557 thousand hectares		[4th of 148]
DEFINITION: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Arable land > % of land area	11.09 % of land area		[95th of 199]
DEFINITION: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Arable land > hectares	103,397,000 hectares		[4th of 199]
DEFINITION: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Area > Corn	24,070,000		[3rd of 21]
DEFINITION: Land area under Corn, hectares, 2003/2004
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Area > Rice	26,510,000		[2nd of 23]
DEFINITION: Land area under Rice, hectares, 2003/2004
SOURCE: Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA
Banana production	4,812,530 metric tonnes		[4th of 48]
DEFINITION: Metric tons of Bananas produced in 2000.
SOURCE: Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA
Cereal production	149 thousand metric tons		[9th of 149]
DEFINITION: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
SOURCE: Agri-Food Business Development Centre
Cotton exports	150 thousand bales		[21st of 109]
DEFINITION: Exports of cotton 2003/2004
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Cotton production	25,500		[1st of 109]
DEFINITION: Production of cotton 2003/2004, in thousand bales.
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Fertilizer use	255.6 kg		[10th of 138]
DEFINITION: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Food production index	117.8 %		[21st of 182]
DEFINITION: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Grains > Corn production	114,000 thousand metric tons		[3rd of 17]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Grains > Rice consumption	135,000 thousand metric tons		[1st of 17]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Grains > Rice production	118,000 thousand metric tons		[2nd of 16]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Grains > Wheat consumption	104,500 thousand metric tons		[2nd of 15]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Grains > Wheat production	87,000 thousand metric tons		[3rd of 17]
DEFINITION: Figures for 2003/2004
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Labor share	66%		[33rd of 149]
DEFINITION: Agricultural labor as a percent of total labor force. Agricultural labor as a percentage of the total labor force is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the total number of workers in the labor force. Agricultural labor for
SOURCE: United States Department of Agriculture
Tractors	841,073		[11th of 147]
DEFINITION: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
SOURCE: World Resources Institute

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