Mozambique - Cereal production (metric tons)

The value for Cereal production (metric tons) in Mozambique was 1,917,175 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,931,941 in 2011 and a minimum value of 244,554 in 1992.

Definition: 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 641,800
1962 603,000
1963 653,000
1964 661,000
1965 684,000
1966 724,000
1967 791,624
1968 718,758
1969 719,867
1970 685,874
1971 649,343
1972 758,000
1973 900,000
1974 801,000
1975 542,000
1976 756,000
1977 738,000
1978 682,000
1979 621,940
1980 663,000
1981 663,000
1982 633,000
1983 623,000
1984 665,000
1985 746,000
1986 829,000
1987 569,000
1988 562,000
1989 607,000
1990 738,050
1991 551,080
1992 244,554
1993 765,216
1994 790,927
1995 1,126,331
1996 1,378,291
1997 1,529,972
1998 1,687,211
1999 1,813,596
2000 1,587,548
2001 1,507,208
2002 1,361,337
2003 1,514,953
2004 1,327,853
2005 1,142,170
2006 1,725,608
2007 1,438,604
2008 1,455,084
2009 2,239,000
2010 2,802,582
2011 2,931,941
2012 2,758,683
2013 1,459,320
2014 1,718,167
2015 1,503,910
2016 1,717,821
2017 1,608,964
2018 1,917,175

Development Relevance: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that cereals supply 51 percent of Calories and 47 percent of protein in the average diet. The total annual cereal production globally is about 2,500 million tons. FAO estimates that maize (corn), wheat and rice together account for more than three-fourths of all grain production worldwide. In developed countries, cereal crops are universally machine-harvested, typically using a combine harvester, which cuts, threshes, and winnows the grain during a single pass across the field. In many industrialized countries, particularly in the United States and Canada, farmers commonly deliver their newly harvested grain to a grain elevator or a storage facility that consolidates the crops of many farmers. In developing countries, a variety of harvesting methods are used in cereal cultivation, depending on the cost of labor, from small combines to hand tools such as the scythe or cradle. Crop production systems have evolved rapidly over the past century and have resulted in significantly increased crop yields, but have also created undesirable environmental side-effects such as soil degradation and erosion, pollution from chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals and a loss of bio-diversity. Factors such as the green revolution, has led to impressive progress in increasing cereals yields over the last few decades. This progress, however, is not equal across all regions. Continued progress depends on maintaining agricultural research and education. The cultivation of cereals varies widely in different countries and depends partly upon the development of the economy. Production depends on the nature of the soil, the amount of rainfall, irrigation, quality of seeds, and the techniques applied to promote growth.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries. The data collected from official national sources.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: A cereal is a grass cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; cereal crops therefore can also be called staple crops. Cereals production data 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. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production