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Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products ...
This is a list of countries by vegetable production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world vegetable production for 2020 was 1,148,446,252 metric tonnes. In 1961 production was 198 mln. tonnes.
In 2022, world production of lettuce (report combined with chicory) was 27 million tonnes, with China alone producing 55% of the total (table). Lettuce is the only member of the genus Lactuca to be grown commercially. [49] Although China is the top world producer of lettuce, the majority of the crop is consumed domestically.
Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia . Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ), with its many varieties.
As per FAO's Preliminary Statistics for 2011 for China, the area under lettuce and chicory was 570,302 hectares (1,409,250 acres) with a total production of 13.431 million tonnes. [12] Most of the lettuce produced in China is purchased and consumed within the country.
Lettuce is getting more expensive and harder to find, but there are other ways to make a delicious salad at home. (Photo: Getty/Illustrated by Maayan Pearl)
Celtuce (/ˈsɛlt.əs/) (Lactuca sativa var. augustana, [3] [4] [5] angustata, or asparagina), also called stem lettuce, [6] celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, [7] or Chinese lettuce, is a cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem or its leaves. It is used as a vegetable.
World Census of Agriculture Contains structural data from agricultural censuses conducted since the 1930s, under the decennial World Programme for the Census of Agriculture . Structural data include the size and number of agricultural holdings, the holder’s gender, the type of land tenure, the legal status of holders, as well as information ...