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North Africa and the Middle East


Egypt

Sudan

Saudi Arabia

General information

1. Estimated population, 1994 (million)

61.6

27.3

17.4

2. Estimated population growth rate, 1994-2010 (%/yr)

2.3

2.8

4.9

3. Per caput income, 1991 (US$)

610

168

7820

4. Per caput cereal production, 1992-94 (kg/yr)

14.4

173.9

27.0

5. Per caput sorghum production, 1992-94 (kg/yr)

1 3.6

130.0

10.8

6. Per caput millet production, 1992-94 (kg/yr)

0.0

21.2

1.0

Sorghum statistics

7. Sorghum area harvested, 1992-94 average ('000 ha)

151.0

5769

149.0

8. Sorghum production, 1992-94 average ('000 t)

759.0

3322

176.0

9. Sorghum yield, 1992-94 average (t/ha)

5.03

0.57

1.18

10. Sorghum share in total cereal area, 1992-94 average (%)

6.0

81.0

13.0

11. Sorghum share in total cereal production, 1992-94 average (%)

5.0

77.0

3.7

12. Per caput sorghum consumption, 1972-74 average (kg/yr)

7.9

89.7

7.8

13. Per caput sorghum consumption, 1982-84 average (kg/yr)

2.5

84.9

4.3

14. Per caput sorghum consumption, 1992-94 average (kg/yr)

3.8

92.1

2.9

15. Growth rate of sorghum area, 1975-84 (%/yr)

-2.7

3.5

-19.0

16. Growth rate of sorghum area, 1985-94 (%/yr)

0.7

2.1

17.3

17. Growth rate of sorghum production, 1975-84 (%/yr)

-2.9

3.1

-14.0

18. Growth rate of sorghum production, 1985-94 (%/yr)

4.0

1.4

16.7

19. Growth rate of sorghum yield, 1975-84 (%/yr)

-0.2

-6.6

5.0

20. Growth rate of sorghum yield, 1985-94 (%/yr)

3.3

-0.7

-0.5

Millet statistics

21. Millet area harvested, 1992-94 average ('000 ha)

0.0

1950

6.0

22. Millet production, 1992-94 average ('000 t)

0.0

547

11.0

23. Millet yield, 1992-94 average (t/ha)

0.0

0.27

1.83

24. Millet share in total cereal area, 1992-94 average (%)

0.0

27.0

0.5

25. Millet share in total cereal production, 1992-94 average (%)

0.0

13.0

0.2

26. Per caput millet consumption, 1972-74 average (kg/yr)

0.0

23.4

7.1

27. Per caput millet consumption, 1982-84 average (kg/yr)

0.0

14.6

05

28. Per caput millet consumption, 1992-94 average (kg/yr)

0.0

14.1

0.8

29. Growth rate of millet area, 1975-84 (%/yr)

0.0

0.8

-21.2

30. Growth rate of millet area, 1985-94 (%/yr)

0.0

1.3

10.0

31. Growth rate of millet production, 1975-84 (%/yr)

0.0

-8.2

-12.5

32. Growth rate of millet production 1985-94 (%/yr)

0.0

5.7

10.1

33. Growth rate of millet yield, 1975-84 (%/yr)

0.0

-9.0

8.7

34. Growth rate of millet yield, 1985-94 (%/yr)

0.0

4.4

0.1


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