Crop

There was an increase in global production of primary crops by 56% between 2000 and 2022 to 9.6 billion tonnes, which represents a 0.7% compared to 2021.

As with quantities produced, cereals accounted for the largest share of the total production value in 2021 (30%).

Vegetables and fruit represented 19% and 17%, respectively, of the total value in 2021, which is significantly higher than the shares in quantities.

Sugar crops represented 4% of the total value: such a discrepancy with the share of the quantities produced is due to differences in price compared to fruit and vegetables, and to the fact that the transformation into refined sugar is adding the most value.

[7] Mono Cropping has its disadvantages, according to Himanshu Arora, such as the risk of the soil losing its fertility.

According to the National Library of Medicine, relay cropping may solve a number of conflicts such as inefficient use of available resources, controversies in sowing time, fertilizer application, and soil degradation.

[10] In the United States, corn is the largest crop produced, and soybean follows in second, according to the government of Alberta.