25-6  Changes in the Order of Precedence of Output of Major Agricultural Products

Sources: United Nations FAO database.

Item

1949

1978

1980

1985

1990

1995

1998

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

4

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, beef and mutton prior to 1993.