|
Country |
Fruits |
Olives |
Maize |
Pulses |
Rice |
Vegetables |
Wheat |
|
share of permanent crop area (%) |
share of arable land (%) |
||||||
|
Algeria |
56.2 |
31.9 |
0.03 |
1.08 |
0.03 |
3.1 |
20.6 |
|
Egypt |
83.8 |
6.9 |
28.9 |
6.0 |
21.7 |
18.3 |
36.2 |
|
Libya |
19.5 |
31.1 |
0.02 |
0.72 |
- |
3.3 |
8.6 |
|
Mauritania |
72.7 |
- |
3.2 |
21.1 |
4.2 |
0.3 |
0.08 |
|
Morocco |
31.5 |
52.2 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
32.2 |
|
Tunisia |
8.9 |
65.7 |
- |
3.6 |
- |
- |
34.5 |
|
North Africa |
28.4 |
49.6 |
4.6 |
3.5 |
2.6 |
4.6 |
26.9 |
Estimates based on data extracted from FAOSTAT (2002); Note: shaded cells stand for 'naturally suitable crops' of the sub-region, whereas bold and italic cells indicate 'naturally suitable country-specific crops'; Permanent crops with a share exceeding 10% and annual crops exceeding 5% of the total area were retained.
