Jamaica - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Jamaica was 1,896 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,712 in 1961 and a minimum value of 1,359 in 2004.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 9,712
1962 8,579
1963 8,619
1964 5,960
1965 4,816
1966 5,985
1967 3,590
1968 3,980
1969 3,710
1970 3,663
1971 4,353
1972 4,049
1973 3,575
1974 6,526
1975 7,400
1976 7,090
1977 4,893
1978 6,044
1979 4,685
1980 3,799
1981 3,851
1982 2,951
1983 3,690
1984 4,430
1985 4,391
1986 5,173
1987 4,592
1988 2,366
1989 2,648
1990 2,134
1991 2,697
1992 2,902
1993 2,266
1994 2,903
1995 2,862
1996 2,959
1997 2,716
1998 1,938
1999 1,773
2000 1,553
2001 1,750
2002 1,496
2003 1,672
2004 1,359
2005 1,536
2006 1,542
2007 1,422
2008 1,543
2009 1,907
2010 2,073
2011 2,188
2012 2,433
2013 2,496
2014 2,206
2015 2,069
2016 2,159
2017 2,185
2018 1,896

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production