APPENDIX 3-6 CHANGES IN THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF OUTPUT OF MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Sources: United Nations FAO database.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1949

1978

1980

1985

1990

1995

1997

1998

Cereals

 

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

Meat

3

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

Cotton Lint

4

3

2

1

1

1

1

1

Soybeans

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

Groundnuts in Shell

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Rapeseeds

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

Sugar Cane

 

9

9

4

4

3

3

3

Tea

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Fruit

 

 

10

8

4

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data refer to pork, beaf and mutton before 1993.