Fruit, 2009 Roughly

equivalent to
the land area
of Thailand

52 Million Hectares
Intensive farming consumed
the same amount of feed in
cereal and legumes in 2002

670 Million Tonnes

Harvested Areas Global Production

A
G E
D C
14 Lemon, Lime Fig K
F
B

20 T/ha

Tangerine, Mandarin,
I
H
T/ha J
Clementine

6
2,159,170 ha
30,591,665 T
Banana
4,843,595 ha T/ha
95,595,965 T Persimmon Cherry Apricot
Date
1,256,953 ha
7,226,947 T

Uses about 4
22
the same land Pineapple
area as Hawaii T/ha Other Melon
1,288,804 ha
Plum, Sloe T/ha
27,726,563 T
2,525,048 ha
10,917,706 T

15 11
T/ha
13 T/ha

T/ha
Apple
4,957,192 ha
73,139,764 T
26
T/ha
Pear
Peach,
Nectarine
1,739,632 ha 1,655,285 ha
21,907,395 T 18,579,393 T
Watermelon
3,810,535 ha
100,687,056 T

17
6
T/ha

Orange
T/ha
4,192,351 ha
71,478,614 T

Plantain
5,383,032 ha
34,316,133 T

9
Uses roughly
the same land

6
area as Scotland
T/ha

Grape T/ha
7,437,141 ha
69,011,135 T Mango, Guava
4,745,782 ha
36,444,606 T

A Cranberry 18 T/ha E Stone Fruit 6 T/ha I Strawberry 16 T/ha Apricot 7 T/ha Pineapple 26 T/ha
22,591 ha / 409,523 T 84,557 ha / 479,630 T 253,900 ha / 4,132,352 T 520,455 ha / 3,997,529 T 852,109 ha / 22,246,494 T

B Gooseberry 5 T/ha F Kiwifruit 15 T/ha J Grapefruit 19 T/ha Cherry 6 T/ha Lemon, Lime 14 T/ha
26,083 ha / 120,996 T 85,983 ha / 1,285,553 T 250,953 ha / 4,817,096 T 629,371 ha / 3,508,433 T 1,014,635 ha / 13,949,600 T

C Quince 8 T/ha G Raspberry 5 T/ha K Papaya 25 T/ha Persimmon 5 T/ha

64,420 ha / 497,237 T 91,103 ha / 483,620 T 413,227 ha / 10,213,069 T 784,252 ha / 3,807,843 T

D Blueberry 4 T/ha H Currant 6 T/ha Figs 3 T/ha

72,554 ha / 306,383 T 114,617 ha / 631,108 T 448,874 ha / 1,317,284 T

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