South
Asia |
PRODUCERS |
CONSUMER |
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total or |
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Bangladesh |
India |
Myanmar |
Nepal |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
average |
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General indicators |
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| 1 |
Estimated population, 1995
(million) |
120.4 |
935.7 |
46.5 |
21.9 |
140.5 |
18.4 |
1285.4 |
| 2 |
Estimated growth rate of
population, |
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1993-2000 (%/yr) |
1.8 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
| 3 |
Per capita income 1994 (US $) |
220 |
320 |
… |
200 |
430 |
640 |
326 |
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Average per capita cereal
production, |
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1993-95 (kg/yr) |
229 |
230 |
414 |
259 |
173 |
148 |
229 |
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Growth rate of per capita cereal
production, 1985-95 (%/yr) |
-0.6 |
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0.8 |
-1 |
-0.4 |
-0.6 |
0.7 |
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Production of wheat and all
cereals |
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Average wheat area harvested, |
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1993-95 (000 ha) |
634 |
24961 |
122 |
619 |
8168 |
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34511 |
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Average wheat yield, 1993-95
(t/ha) |
1.8 |
2.4 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
2 |
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2.3 |
| 8 |
Average wheat production 1993-95
(000 t) |
1169 |
59783 |
131 |
860 |
16124 |
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78072 |
| 9 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66
(%) |
3.5 |
2.3 |
14.5 |
-1.1 |
1.7 |
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2.1 |
| 10 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77
(%) |
7.9 |
4.3 |
-4 |
8.8 |
1.1 |
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3.5 |
| 11 |
Growth rate of wheat area
1977-1985 (%) |
17.3 |
1.6 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
2 |
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2 |
| 12 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95
(%) |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
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0.9 |
| 13 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66
(%) |
0.9 |
1.4 |
4.8 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
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1.1 |
| 14 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77
(%) |
6 |
4 |
2.6 |
-0.7 |
5.1 |
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4.3 |
| 15 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85
(%) |
3.4 |
3.9 |
10.2 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
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3.4 |
| 16 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95
(%) |
-0.9 |
2.7 |
-5.6 |
1.9 |
2 |
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2.5 |
| 17 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1951-66 (%) |
4.3 |
3.7 |
19.3 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
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3.2 |
| 18 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1966-77 (%) |
13.9 |
8.3 |
-1.3 |
8.2 |
6.2 |
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7.8 |
| 19 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1977-85 (%) |
20.7 |
5.5 |
15.1 |
7.6 |
3.8 |
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5.4 |
| 20 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1985-95 (%) |
-0.4 |
3.5 |
-4.7 |
3 |
3.2 |
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3.4 |
| 21 |
Wheat area as percent of total
cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) |
6 |
25 |
2 |
20 |
67 |
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26 |
| 22 |
Average yield of all cereals,
1993-95 (t/ha) |
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
2.9 |
2.2 |
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Growth rate of yield of all
cereals, |
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1951-95 (%/yr) |
1.5 |
2.4 |
2 |
-0.1 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
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Trade and utilization |
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| 24 |
Average net imports of wheat,
1992-94 (000 t) |
1132 |
502 |
19 |
12 |
2268 |
853 |
4812 |
| 25 |
Average net imports of wheat per
capita, |
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1992-94 (kg/yr) |
10 |
1 |
<1 |
1 |
17 |
48 |
4 |
| 26 |
Average per capita wheat
consumption, |
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1992-94 (kg/yr) |
21 |
63 |
3 |
41 |
141 |
48 |
65 |
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Growth rate of per capita wheat
consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) |
-4.6 |
0.8 |
-5.8 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
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Prices and input use |
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| 28 |
Percent of total wheat area under
semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 |
99 |
90 |
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90 |
93 |
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91 |
| 29 |
Nitrogen applied per hectare of
wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) |
49 |
85 |
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29 |
88 |
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84 |
| 30 |
Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US
$/ton) |
178 |
119 |
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120 |
131 |
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| 31 |
Ratio of farm level nitrogen price
to wheat price, 1993-94 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
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2.1 |
2.5 |
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| 32 |
Farm wage in kg of wheat per day,
1993-94 |
5 |
12 |
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5 |
17 |
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