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Crops & Commodities

Commodity-level analysis across 48 crops: area harvested, production, yields, export value and nutrition linkages. Everything shows for all crops until you pick one from the crop filter, which then opens a per-commodity drilldown.

Countries
Crop
Bangladesh
Colombia
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Zambia
All crops
Selected crop
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41.44M
Total area harvested (ha)
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$54.14B
Total export value
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6
Max countries covered
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1.9e-4
Avg hunger severity
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48
Crops tracked
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Quick Summary

6 countries · 2023–2026
  1. 01Colombia leads on crop yield at 6.01 Tonnes/ha, about 21.5× Zambia. Colombia is moving fastest at +46.6% between 2023 and 2024.
  2. 02Zambia leads on climate-resilient variety adoption at 72 %, about 2.06× Bangladesh.
  3. 03Kenya leads on total farm output value at 480B currency/ha, about 3310345× Bangladesh.
  4. 04Kenya leads on harvest index at 0.44 0–1, just ahead of Nigeria.
  5. 05Bangladesh leads on seed rate at 40 kg/ha, about 1.33× Kenya.

Headline analytics

Top crops by area harvested

hectares, all countries

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Top crops by export value

US$, all countries

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Hunger severity linkage

avg severity by crop

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Country coverage per crop

number of countries with data

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Crop summary table

all tracked commodities

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Statistical analysis

Momentum, Crop Yield

Percent change 2023–2026

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Indicator correlation matrix

Pearson r across selected countries

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Leader vs laggard gap

Latest reported values per indicator

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Comparative profiles

Benchmarking & stability

Peer benchmark

standard deviations from the group average

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Indicator stability

year-to-year variation, % of mean

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Converging or diverging

change in country spread, 2023–2026

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Evidence depth behind these charts

how many countries and years report each indicator

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Annualised growth, Crop Yield

compound annual rate, 2023–2026

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Indicator deep dive

Crop Yield

Yield Levels and Productivity Gaps · Tonnes/ha

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Climate-resilient Variety Adoption

Seed Use · %

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Total Farm Output Value

Yield Levels and Productivity Gaps · currency/ha

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Harvest Index

Yield Levels and Productivity Gaps · 0–1

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Seed Rate

Seed Use · kg/ha

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Certified Seed Penetration - Maize

Seed Use · %

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Maize Area Harvested

Grain Production and Trade · ha

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Maize Ending Stocks

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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Maize Feed and Residual

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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Maize Imports

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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Maize Production

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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Maize Production Volume

Crop Production Detail · million 90kg bags

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Maize Total Consumption

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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Milk Yield per Lactating Animal

Yield Levels and Productivity Gaps · litres/animal/day

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Rice Exports

Grain Production and Trade · metric tonnes

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