FACTOID # 2: What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.
 
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Africa > Ghana > Agriculture

GHANAIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 152 [8th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 64.76 % of land area Time series [29th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 147,350 sq. km Time series [59th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 3,600 Time series [110th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 5,809 thousand hectares [40th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 18.39 % of land area Time series [60th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 4,185,000 hectares Time series [50th of 199]
Cereal production 152 thousand metric tons [8th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 1,457.6 kg/ha Time series [124th of 171]
Cotton exports 15 thousand bales [49th of 109]
Cotton production 70 [37th of 109]
Fertilizer use 2 kg [127th of 138]
Food production index 121 % Time series [16th of 182]
Labor share 56.6% [41st of 149]
Meat production 140 thousand metric tons [91st of 149]
Pesticide use 0 kg [43rd of 45]
Products
cocoa, rice, cassava, peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
Tractor concentration 0.6 [125th of 147]
Tractors 3,570 [103rd of 147]
value added > annual % growth 4.14 % Time series [49th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ghana, Republic of Ghana

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