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Top Agricultural Producing Countries in World
Nigeria stands out as having the highest percentage of cultivated land in West Africa, with 41.5 percent of its land area devoted to agriculture in 2013. In the Guinean and Guineo-Congolian climate zones, which are more humid, the spread of cultivated areas has exerted great pressure on the remaining forests.
Vegetables
Vegetable | First | Second |
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Potato | China | India |
Spinach | China | United States |
Cassava (yuca) | Nigeria | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Soybean | Brazil | United States |
Mollisols – 7% of the world’s ice-free land. Found in Ukraine, parts of Russia and the USA, mollisols are some of the world’s most fertile soil. This type of soil includes black soils with high organic content.
Top African Countries for Organic Farming. Uganda. Nearly 200,000 Ugandans are small-scale organic farmers, the highest number of organic farmers after India. In total, these farmers till land equivalent to 231,157 hectares of land. In Africa, Uganda is the top country for organic farming due to the government support that it receives.
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is now in its tenth year. It has brought the importance of agriculture to the continent’s economic transformation back to the forefront.
A crucial resource to increasing Africa’s production and growth is giving farmers access to more inputs. Many farmers use traditional farming methods, such as animal waste or cover crops for fertilizer. Despite these efforts, they are still unable to replenish their soil.
Agriculture in Africa is the cornerstone of sub-Saharan Africa, generating almost 23 percent of the continent’s GDP. Here, women are the backbone of the industry; yet, one in every four malnourished people in the world lives in Africa, and land laws are not as favorable to women as they are to men.