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Africa > Niger > Agriculture

NIGERIEN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 126 [32nd of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 30.39 % of land area Time series [126th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 385,000 sq. km Time series [29th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 128 Time series [155th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 4,500 thousand hectares [51st of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 11.43 % of land area Time series [93rd of 199]
Arable land > hectares 14,483,000 hectares Time series [20th of 199]
Cereal production 126 thousand metric tons [32nd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 394.2 kg/ha Time series [169th of 171]
Cotton exports 1 thousand bales [67th of 109]
Cotton production 5 [61st of 109]
Fertilizer use 1 kg [130th of 138]
Food production index 118.4 % Time series [19th of 182]
Labor share 87.5% [6th of 149]
Meat production 118 thousand metric tons [97th of 149]
Pesticide use 0 kg [42nd of 45]
Products
cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava, rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
Tractor concentration 0.05 [147th of 147]
Tractors 128 [138th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 6.04 % Time series [37th 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: Niger, Republic of Niger, Republique du Niger

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