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Mauritania

Summary

Last modified:
22 September 2009

Mauritania

General data
Region: Sahel
Area (km2): 102,600
Climates: Dry, Tropical
Capital: Nouakchott

Selected Statistics, World Bank (2007)
Population, total: 3,120,981
GNI per capita, Atlas method: US$840
GNI, Atlas method: US$2,636,036,096
GDP: US$2,643,784,960
Agriculture, value added: US$298,755,552

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List of Species

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The table lists the species recorded in the Compendium for this region (from the full species datasheets). It includes species that are invasive in this region, those for which there is no data on invasive status, and also species that are not invasive in the region but are reported as invasive elsewhere. This summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the distribution record. For further information, please follow the link to the datasheet.

Domain	Kingdom	Phylum	Species	Distribution	Origin	Invasive	References
Eukaryota	Fungi	Ascomycota	Claviceps fusiformis (pearl millet ergot)	Present			Frison & Sadio, 1987; CABI/EPPO, 2006
Eukaryota	Fungi	Ascomycota	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Panama disease of banana)	Present	Introduced	Yes	EPPO, 2014; CABI/EPPO, 2015
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid)	Present			UK CAB International, 1968
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)	Present			CIE, 1966
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)	Present	Introduced		Vayssières et al., 2008; CABI/EPPO, 2008; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Brevipalpus phoenicis (false spider mite)	Present			CABI/EPPO, 2013
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)	Localised	Native		Monod, 1956
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)	Widespread			Harbach, 1988
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm)	Present			IIE, 1993; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Palaemon elegans (rock shrimp)	Present	Native		Dore & Frimodt, 1987
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Spodoptera exempta (black armyworm)	Restricted distribution			Haggis, 1984; UK CAB International, 1972; Rose et al., 1996
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Spodoptera littoralis (cotton leafworm)	Present			CIE, 1967; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite)	Present			IIE, 1996
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Trogoderma granarium (khapra beetle)	Present	Introduced		Banks &, 1977; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xyleborus similis	Present	Introduced	Yes	Wood & Bright, 1992
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xylosandrus compactus (shot-hole borer)	Present	Introduced	Yes	Wood & Bright, 1992; CABI/EPPO &, 1997; EPPO, 2013
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Asian ambrosia beetle)	Present	Introduced		Wood & Bright, 1992; CABI/EPPO, 2009; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian goose)	Present	Native		BirdLife International, 2009
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Ammotragus lervia (aoudad)	Present	Native		Lamarche, 1997
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Bos taurus (cattle)	Present			CAB ABSTRACTS Data Mining 2001
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Columba livia (pigeons)	Present	Native		ISSG, 2011
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Lates niloticus (Nile perch)	Present	Native		Froese & Pauly, 2009
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Ovis aries (sheep)	Present			CAB ABSTRACTS Data Mining 2001
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet)	Present, few occurrences	Native		BirdLife International, 2009; Juniper & Parr, 2003
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Quelea quelea (weaver bird)	Widespread	Native	Yes	Lamarche, 1988
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Sarotherodon galilaeus (mango tilapia)	Present	Native		Johnson, 1974
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Schilbe mystus (African butter catfish)	Present	Native		Mohamed Fall, 2005
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Tilapia zillii (redbelly tilapia)	Present	Native		Mohamed Fall KO, 2005. Fishes of Mauritania. Unpublished compilation of K.O. Mohamed Fall
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Tyto alba (Barn owl)	Present	Native		Bruce, 1999
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Varanus niloticus (Nile monitor)	Present	Native		Spawls et al., 2002; Bayless, 2002
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Mollusca	Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster)	Present	Introduced		Sidoumou et al., 1999
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Mollusca	Theba pisana (white garden snail)	Absent, invalid record			Cowie, 1982; Cowie, 1984a
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Nematoda	Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode)	Present			CABI/EPPO, 2002
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Nematoda	Meloidogyne javanica (sugarcane eelworm)	Present			CABI/EPPO, 2002
Eukaryota	Plantae	Chlorophyta	Caulerpa taxifolia (killer algae)	Present	Native		Guiry & Guiry, 2008
Eukaryota	Plantae	Pteridophyta	Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed)	Present			Diop & Hill, 2009
Eukaryota	Plantae	Rhodophyta	Acanthophora spicifera	Present	Native		John et al., 2004
Eukaryota	Plantae	Rhodophyta	Hypnea musciformis	Present	Native		John et al., 2004
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Acacia cyclops (coastal wattle)	Present	Introduced
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Acacia nilotica (gum arabic tree)	Present	Native
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alternanthera sessilis (sessile joyweed)	Restricted distribution			EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)	Present			McIntyre, 1991
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Azadirachta indica (neem tree)	Present	Introduced
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bauhinia tomentosa (yellow bauhinia)	Present	Introduced		PROTA, 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Calotropis procera (apple of sodom)	Present
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Casuarina equisetifolia (casuarina)	Present	Introduced		World Agroforestry Centre, 2002
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cenchrus biflorus (Indian sandbur)	Present	Native		USDA-ARS, 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel grass)	Present	Native		GBIF, 2012
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cleome viscosa (Asian spiderflower)	Present			PROTA, 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cocos nucifera (coconut)	Present	Introduced		Orwa et al., 2009
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Crypsis schoenoides (swamp pricklegrass)	Present	Introduced		eMonocot, 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Crypsis vaginiflora (African pricklegrass)	Present	Native		eMonocot, 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus difformis (small-flowered nutsedge)	Present	Native		Govaerts, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus esculentus (yellow nutsedge)	Present			Holm et al., 1979; Govaerts, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus imbricatus (shingle flatsedge)	Present	Native		Govaerts, 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge)	Present			Holm et al., 1979; Govaerts, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dactyloctenium aegyptium (crowfoot grass)	Present	Introduced		Holm et al., 1979
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Datura innoxia (downy thorn apple)	Present	Introduced		GBIF, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Desmostachya bipinnata (halfa grass)	Present	Native		USDA-ARS, 2003
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dichanthium annulatum (Kleberg's bluestem)	Present	Native		Clayton et al., 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dichrostachys cinerea (sickle bush)	Present	Introduced		World Agroforestry Centre, 2005
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Digitaria ciliaris (southern crabgrass)	Present			Hepper, 1972; Clayton et al., 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Echinochloa colona (junglerice)	Present			Holm et al., 1979
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Echinochloa pyramidalis	Present	Native		Gwannon, 2012
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eleusine indica (goose grass)	Present	Introduced		Clayton et al., 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Erodium cicutarium (common storksbill)	Present	Native		GBIF, 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Fimbristylis littoralis (lesser fimbristylis)	Present		Yes	Govaerts, 2014; Holou et al., 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Gliricidia sepium (mother of cocoa)	Present	Introduced		WAC, 2005
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Hyparrhenia rufa (Jaragua grass)	Present	Native		Clayton et al., 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ischaemum rugosum (saramollagrass)	Present	Native		Clayton et al., 2015
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lemna perpusilla (duckweed)	Present			GBIF, 2009
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Leucaena diversifolia	Present	Introduced		World Agroforestry Centre, 2002
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass)	Present	Introduced		eMonocot, 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mangifera indica (mango)	Present	Introduced		Orwa et al., 2009
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Melia azedarach (Chinaberry)	Present	Introduced
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mimosa pigra (catclaw mimosa)	Widespread			EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Morus alba (mora)	Present
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Orobanche aegyptiaca (Egyptian broomrape)	Restricted distribution			Parker & Wilson, 1986
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Oryza barthii	Present	Native		GBIF, 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican palo-verde)	Present	Introduced
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalidium geminatum (Egyptian paspalidium)	Present	Native		Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2012
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalum scrobiculatum (ricegrass paspalum)	Present	Native		USDA-ARS, 2003
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pennisetum pedicellatum (deenanath grass)	Present	Native	Yes	Heper, 1972; Poilecot, 1995
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Physalis angulata (cutleaf groundcherry)	Present	Introduced		Mairura, 2008
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)	Present			Holm et al., 1979
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Prosopis juliflora (mesquite)	Present	Introduced	Yes	Diagne, 1992
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Prosopis pallida (mesquite)	Present	Introduced		Harris et al., 2003
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Psidium guajava (guava)	Present	Introduced		Govaerts, 2013
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ricinus communis (castor bean)	Present	Introduced		Govaerts, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sesbania sesban (sesban)	Present	Introduced		Orwa et al., 2009
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Setaria verticillata (bristly foxtail)	Present			Clayton, 1972
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sporobolus africanus (rat’s tail grass)	Present			GBIF, 2016
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Striga gesnerioides (cowpea witchweed)	Present			Parker & Wilson, 1986; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Striga hermonthica (witchweed)	Present			Robson et al., 1991; EPPO, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Synedrella nodiflora (synedrella)	Present			Holm et al., 1997
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tecoma stans (yellow bells)	Present	Introduced		Monot, 1977
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tithonia diversifolia (Tithonia)	Widespread	Introduced		USDA-ARS, 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine)	Present			Louveaux et al., 1998
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Typha domingensis (southern cattail)	Widespread	Native		Baker, 1877
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Urochloa mutica (para grass)	Present	Native		Clayton et al., 2014
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ziziphus mauritiana (jujube)	Present	Introduced		CABI, 2005
Eukaryota	Protista	Protozoa	Theileria annulata	Present			CAB ABSTRACTS Data Mining 2001
Virus			Camelpox virus	Present			Nguyen-Ba-Vy, et al., 1989
Virus			Cassava mosaic disease (African cassava mosaic)	Widespread			CABI & EPPO, 1998
Virus			Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus	Present			Bente et al., 2013; CAB ABSTRACTS Data Mining 2001
Virus			Rice yellow mottle virus	Present			Awoderu, 1991a; CABI/EPPO, 2010; EPPO, 2014

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List of Animal Diseases

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The table lists the animal diseases recorded in the Compendium for this region (from the full disease datasheets). For further information, please follow the link to the datasheet.

Disease	Distribution	References
anthrax	Reported present or known to be present	FAO Animal Health Yearbook1971; OIE, 1997
avian influenza	Disease never reported	OIE, 2012
bluetongue	No information available	Lefèvre & Calvez, 1986
camelpox	Present	Nguyen-Ba-Vy, et al., 1989
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia	Reported present or known to be present	Masiga et al., 1998; Kané, 2000
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Present	Bente et al., 2013
foot-and-mouth disease in ruminants	Reported present or known to be present	Kitching, 1998
heartwater	No information available	CCTA, 1962
peste des petits ruminants	Restricted distribution	OIE, 2012
rabies	Present	OIE, 2012
Rift Valley fever	Restricted distribution	OIE, 2012
sheep and goat pox	Reported present or known to be present	OIE, 1998
Theileria annulata infections	Present	Jacquiet et al., 1990; Jacquiet et al., 1994; D'Oliveira et al., 1995; D'Oliveira et al., 1997

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Agricultural Production

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2011-2007 | 2006-2002

crop		2011		2010		2009		2008		2007
Barley	Area Harvested	510	F	500	F	499	F	510		510
Barley	Production Quantity	1350	F	1300	F	1200	F	1090		1090
Barley	Seed	33.15	Fc	33.15	Fc	32.5	Fc	32.44	Fc	33.15	Fc
Barley	Yield	26470.6	Fc	26000	Fc	24048.1	Fc	21372.5	Fc	21372.5	Fc
Beans, dry	Area Harvested	9287	Im	9441	Im	8360	Im	8657	Im	8226	Im
Beans, dry	Production Quantity	11860	Im	11817	Im	10000	F	9900	*	9900	*
Beans, dry	Yield	12770.5	Fc	12516.7	Fc	11961.7	Fc	11435.8	Fc	12035	Fc
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Area Harvested	144885	A	291500	A	239538	A	248016	A	258945	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Production Quantity	148424	A	230892	A	153865	A	163267	A	156135	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Seed	5084.82	A	5084.82	A	7742.24	A	5965.46	A	6383	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Yield	10244.2	Fc	7920.83	Fc	6423.39	Fc	6582.91	Fc	6029.66	Fc
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	144885	A	291500	A	239538	A	248016	A	258945	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	202062	A	275663	A	171703	A	190627	A	183496	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Seed	5084.82	A	5084.82	A	7742.24	A	5965.46	A	6383	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Yield	13946.4	Fc	9456.71	Fc	7168.09	Fc	7686.08	Fc	7086.29	Fc
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	112019	A	264639	A	224384	A	228766	A	240545	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	38098	A	138803	A	114720	A	104464	A	99331	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Seed	2491.6	A	2491.6	A	5616.54	A	4787.66	A	4883	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Yield	3401.03	Fc	5244.99	Fc	5112.66	Fc	4566.41	Fc	4129.41	Fc
Cow peas, dry	Area Harvested	33064	Im	35690	Im	28300	F	28646	Im	27523	Im
Cow peas, dry	Production Quantity	10404	Im	12385	Im	10105	Im	10429	Im	9355	Im
Cow peas, dry	Seed	1322.56	Fc	1322.56	Fc	1427.6	Fc	1132	Fc	1145.84	Fc
Cow peas, dry	Yield	3146.62	Fc	3470.16	Fc	3570.67	Fc	3640.65	Fc	3398.98	Fc
Dates	Area Harvested	8638	Im	8417	Im	8260	Im	8000		8000
Dates	Production Quantity	21438	Im	21000	Im	20000	F	19200		20000
Dates	Yield	24818.2	Fc	24949.5	Fc	24213.1	Fc	24000	Fc	25000	Fc
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	9416	A	9175	A	9004	A	8715	A	8719	A
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	24475	A	23975	A	22940	A	22078	A	22851	A
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Yield	25993	Fc	26130.8	Fc	25477.6	Fc	25333.3	Fc	26208.3	Fc
Fruit Fresh Nes	Area Harvested	778	Im	758	Im	744	Im	715	Im	719	Im
Fruit Fresh Nes	Production Quantity	3037	Im	2975	Im	2940	Im	2878	Im	2851	Im
Fruit Fresh Nes	Yield	39036	Fc	39248	Fc	39516.1	Fc	40251.8	Fc	39652.3	Fc
Groundnuts, with shell	Area Harvested	949	Im	1100	*	1100	*	1000	*	1000	*
Groundnuts, with shell	Production Quantity	651	Im	870	*	860	*	800	*	800	*
Groundnuts, with shell	Seed	66.43	Fc	66.43	Fc	77	Fc	77	Fc	70	Fc
Groundnuts, with shell	Yield	6859.85	Fc	7909.09	Fc	7818.18	Fc	8000	Fc	8000	Fc
Maize	Area Harvested	17559		23174		21348		21902		23843
Maize	Production Quantity	11609		19910		11830		15461		16966
Maize	Seed	579.45	Fc	579.45	Fc	764.74	Fc	704.48	Fc	722.77	Fc
Maize	Yield	6611.42	Fc	8591.52	Fc	5541.5	Fc	7059.17	Fc	7115.72	Fc
Melonseed	Area Harvested	4258	Im	4476	Im	4664	Im	6966	Im	6559	Im
Melonseed	Production Quantity	2558	Im	3196	Im	2522	Im	3116	Im	3097	Im
Melonseed	Yield	6007.52	Fc	7140.3	Fc	5407.38	Fc	4473.16	Fc	4721.76	Fc
Millet	Area Harvested	5795		11253		11588		11588		15824
Millet	Production Quantity	520		3344		8081		2318		1601
Millet	Seed	115.9	Fc	115.9	Fc	225.06	Fc	231.76	Fc	231.76	Fc
Millet	Yield	897.33	Fc	2971.65	Fc	6973.59	Fc	2000.35	Fc	1011.75	Fc
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Area Harvested	5207	A	5576	A	5764	A	7966	A	7559	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Production Quantity	1782.18	A	2248.2	A	1840	A	2173.6	A	2162.2	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Seed	25.24	A	25.24	A	29.26	A	29.26	A	26.6	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Yield	3422.66	Fc	4031.92	Fc	3192.23	Fc	2728.6	Fc	2860.43	Fc
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Area Harvested	5207	A	5576	A	5764	A	7966	A	7559	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Production Quantity	962.7	A	1219.8	A	1014.6	A	1174.8	A	1169.1	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Seed	19.93	A	19.93	A	23.1	A	23.1	A	21	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Yield	1848.86	Fc	2187.59	Fc	1760.24	Fc	1474.77	Fc	1546.63	Fc
Peas, dry	Area Harvested	27839	Im	30000	F	26627	Im	38050	Im	36536	Im
Peas, dry	Production Quantity	6683	Im	10000	F	12480	Im	10692	Im	9915	Im
Peas, dry	Yield	2400.59	Fc	3333.33	Fc	4686.97	Fc	2809.99	Fc	2713.76	Fc
Potatoes	Area Harvested	333	Im	430	F	390	Im	436	Im	446	Im
Potatoes	Production Quantity	1833	Im	2200	F	1973	Im	2288	Im	2069	Im
Potatoes	Seed	266.4	Fc	266.4	Fc	344	Fc	312	Fc	348.8	Fc
Potatoes	Yield	55045.1	Fc	51162.8	Fc	50589.7	Fc	52477.1	Fc	46390.1	Fc
Pulses, nes	Area Harvested	51841	Im	51225	Im	48500	F	48246	Im	46326	Im
Pulses, nes	Production Quantity	19056	Im	22685	Im	18509	Im	19718	Im	19533	Im
Pulses, nes	Seed	2592.05	Fc	2592.05	Fc	2561.25	Fc	2425	Fc	2412.3	Fc
Pulses, nes	Yield	3675.86	Fc	4428.5	Fc	3816.29	Fc	4086.97	Fc	4216.42	Fc
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	122031	A	126356	A	111787	A	123599	A	118611	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	48003	A	56887	A	51094	A	50739	A	48703	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Seed	3914.61	A	3914.61	A	3988.85	A	3557	A	3558.14	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Yield	3933.67	Fc	4502.12	Fc	4570.66	Fc	4105.13	Fc	4106.11	Fc
Rice, paddy	Area Harvested	31063		25702		13428		17250		17400
Rice, paddy	Production Quantity	161076		134447		53569		82163		82165
Rice, paddy	Seed	2485.04	Fc	2485.04	Fc	2056.16	Fc	1074.24	Fc	1380	Fc
Rice, paddy	Yield	51854.6	Fc	52309.9	Fc	39893.5	Fc	47630.7	Fc	47221.3	Fc
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	3131	A	3419	A	3019	A	3283	A	3353	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	6956	A	6864	A	6349	A	7345	A	6282	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Seed	266.4	A	266.4	A	344	A	312	A	348.8	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Yield	22216.5	Fc	20076	Fc	21030.1	Fc	22372.8	Fc	18735.5	Fc
Sorghum	Area Harvested	88155		229712		190949		194766		200368
Sorghum	Production Quantity	24619		114249		93609		85595		79674
Sorghum	Seed	1763.1	Fc	1763.1	Fc	4594.24	Fc	3818.98	Fc	3895.32	Fc
Sorghum	Yield	2792.69	Fc	4973.58	Fc	4902.3	Fc	4394.76	Fc	3976.38	Fc
Sweet potatoes	Area Harvested	2335	Im	2528	Im	2185	Im	2391	Im	2447	Im
Sweet potatoes	Production Quantity	2170	Im	1892	Im	1922	Im	2223	Im	1726	Im
Sweet potatoes	Yield	9293.36	Fc	7484.18	Fc	8796.34	Fc	9297.37	Fc	7053.53	Fc
Vegetables fresh nes	Area Harvested	830	Im	882	Im	813	Im	786	Im	781	Im
Vegetables fresh nes	Production Quantity	4636	Im	4963	Im	3880	Im	4405	Im	3754	Im
Vegetables fresh nes	Yield	55855.4	Fc	56269.8	Fc	47724.5	Fc	56043.3	Fc	48066.6	Fc
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Area Harvested	1536	A	1632	A	1658	A	1541	A	1531	A
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Production Quantity	4790	A	5213	A	4151	A	4699	A	4004	A
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Yield	31184.9	Fc	31942.4	Fc	25036.2	Fc	30493.2	Fc	26152.8	Fc
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	1536	A	1632	A	1658	A	1541	A	1531	A
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	4790	A	5213	A	4151	A	4699	A	4004	A
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Yield	31184.9	Fc	31942.4	Fc	25036.2	Fc	30493.2	Fc	26152.8	Fc
Watermelons	Area Harvested	706	Im	750	F	845	Im	755	Im	750	F
Watermelons	Production Quantity	154	Im	250	F	271	Im	294	Im	250	F
Watermelons	Yield	2181.3	Fc	3333.33	Fc	3207.1	Fc	3894.04	Fc	3333.33	Fc
Wheat	Area Harvested	1803		1159		1726		2000		1000	F
Wheat	Production Quantity	2888		2413		3414		4000		2000	F
Wheat	Seed	108.18	Fc	108.18	Fc	69.54	Fc	103.56	Fc	120	Fc
Wheat	Yield	16017.8	Fc	20819.7	Fc	19779.8	Fc	20000	Fc	20000	Fc
Yams	Area Harvested	463	Im	461	Im	444	Im	456	Im	460	Im
Yams	Production Quantity	2953	Im	2772	Im	2454	Im	2834	Im	2487	Im
Yams	Yield	63779.7	Fc	60130.2	Fc	55270.3	Fc	62149.1	Fc	54065.2	Fc

2011-2007 | 2006-2002

crop		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Barley	Area Harvested	510		480	F	570	*	570	*	400
Barley	Production Quantity	1060		950	F	1130	*	1130	*	800
Barley	Seed	33.15	Fc	33.15	Fc	31.2	Fc	37.05	Fc	56
Barley	Yield	20784.3	Fc	19791.7	Fc	19824.6	Fc	19824.6	Fc	20000	Fc
Beans, dry	Area Harvested	6816	Im	7080	Im	6683	Im	6322	Im	7039	Im
Beans, dry	Production Quantity	9900	*	7721	Im	6539	Im	10000	F	9990
Beans, dry	Yield	14524.7	Fc	10905.4	Fc	9784.53	Fc	15817.8	Fc	14192.4	Fc
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Area Harvested	253775	A	203547	A	181001	A	211908	A	111460	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Production Quantity	145355	A	147819	A	85727.5	A	144233	A	86989.8	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Seed	6595.81	A	6513.63	A	5409.54	A	4831.07	A	3342.2	A
Cereals (Rice Milled Eqv + (Total)	Yield	5727.72	Fc	7262.16	Fc	4736.3	Fc	6806.4	Fc	7804.58	Fc
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	253775	A	203547	A	181001	A	211908	A	111460	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	168819	A	171795	A	114209	A	170540	A	112767	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Seed	6595.81	A	6513.63	A	5409.54	A	4831.07	A	3342.2	A
Cereals,Total + (Total)	Yield	6652.31	Fc	8440.07	Fc	6309.85	Fc	8047.83	Fc	10117.3	Fc
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	237550	A	184747	A	162481	A	190448	A	94176	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	97357	A	99221	A	27882	A	90940	A	34858	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Seed	5143.81	A	5225.63	A	3911.54	A	3355.87	A	1113.6	A
Coarse Grain, Total + (Total)	Yield	4098.38	Fc	5370.64	Fc	1716.02	Fc	4775.06	Fc	3701.37	Fc
Cow peas, dry	Area Harvested	25387	Im	23000	F	14000	F	22000	F	20849
Cow peas, dry	Production Quantity	8536	Im	8000		5000		7646		7347
Cow peas, dry	Seed	1100.92	Fc	1015.48	Fc	920	Fc	560	Fc	880	Fc
Cow peas, dry	Yield	3362.35	Fc	3478.26	Fc	3571.43	Fc	3475.45	Fc	3523.91	Fc
Dates	Area Harvested	8000		8000		8000	*	9560	*	8000
Dates	Production Quantity	20000		22000		24000	*	20000	*	24000
Dates	Yield	25000	Fc	27500	Fc	30000	Fc	20920.5	Fc	30000	Fc
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	8709	A	8702	A	8700	A	10224	A	8659	A
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	22666	A	24933	A	27200	A	22583	A	27100	A
Fruit excl Melons,Total + (Total)	Yield	26026	Fc	28652	Fc	31264.4	Fc	22088.2	Fc	31296.9	Fc
Fruit Fresh Nes	Area Harvested	709	Im	702	Im	700	F	664	Im	659	Im
Fruit Fresh Nes	Production Quantity	2666	Im	2933	Im	3200	F	2583	Im	3100	F
Fruit Fresh Nes	Yield	37602.3	Fc	41780.6	Fc	45714.3	Fc	38900.6	Fc	47041	Fc
Groundnuts, with shell	Area Harvested	1000	*	875	F	500	F	871	Im	860	F
Groundnuts, with shell	Production Quantity	800	*	700		400		690		690
Groundnuts, with shell	Seed	70	Fc	70	Fc	61.25	Fc	35	Fc	60.97	Fc
Groundnuts, with shell	Yield	8000	Fc	8000	Fc	8000	Fc	7921.93	Fc	8023.26	Fc
Maize	Area Harvested	34745		15000	F	6200	*	6200	*	8466
Maize	Production Quantity	17285		12234		5200	*	6000	*	4778
Maize	Seed	786.82	Fc	1146.58	Fc	495	Fc	204.6	Fc	204.6	Fc
Maize	Yield	4974.82	Fc	8156	Fc	8387.1	Fc	9677.42	Fc	5643.75	Fc
Melonseed	Area Harvested	6975	Im	7097	Im	6933	Im	6626	Im	6472	Im
Melonseed	Production Quantity	3053	Im	2851	Im	2668	Im	2491	Im	2339	Im
Melonseed	Yield	4377.06	Fc	4017.19	Fc	3848.26	Fc	3759.43	Fc	3614.03	Fc
Millet	Area Harvested	18854		10596		12563		15323		5175
Millet	Production Quantity	4955		4221		823		5902		586
Millet	Seed	316.48	Fc	377.08	Fc	211.92	Fc	251.26	Fc	52
Millet	Yield	2628.09	Fc	3983.58	Fc	655.1	Fc	3851.73	Fc	1132.37	Fc
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Area Harvested	7975	A	7972	A	7433	A	7497	A	7332	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Production Quantity	2135.8	A	1976.6	A	1752.8	A	1756.8	A	1665.6	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Seed	26.6	A	26.6	A	23.27	A	13.3	A	23.17	A
Oilcakes Equivalent + (Total)	Yield	2678.12	Fc	2479.43	Fc	2358.13	Fc	2343.34	Fc	2271.69	Fc
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Area Harvested	7975	A	7972	A	7433	A	7497	A	7332	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Production Quantity	1155.9	A	1065.3	A	920.4	A	954.3	A	908.7	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Seed	21	A	21	A	18.38	A	10.5	A	18.29	A
Oilcrops Primary + (Total)	Yield	1449.4	Fc	1336.3	Fc	1238.26	Fc	1272.91	Fc	1239.36	Fc
Peas, dry	Area Harvested	33518	Im	30560	Im	27023	Im	30964	Im	30000	F
Peas, dry	Production Quantity	8629	Im	8209	Im	6806	Im	10407	Im	10000	F
Peas, dry	Yield	2574.44	Fc	2686.19	Fc	2518.6	Fc	3361	Fc	3333.33	Fc
Potatoes	Area Harvested	441	Im	430	F	428	Im	409	Im	390	F
Potatoes	Production Quantity	2484	Im	2200	F	2274	Im	2123	Im	2000	F
Potatoes	Seed	356.8	Fc	352.8	Fc	344	Fc	342.4	Fc	327.2	Fc
Potatoes	Yield	56326.5	Fc	51162.8	Fc	53130.8	Fc	51907.1	Fc	51282.1	Fc
Pulses, nes	Area Harvested	42500	F	48772	Im	43127	Im	49418	Im	47880	Im
Pulses, nes	Production Quantity	17000	F	19099	Im	15835	Im	16861	Im	15922	Im
Pulses, nes	Seed	2316.3	Fc	2125	Fc	2438.6	Fc	2156.35	Fc	2470.9	Fc
Pulses, nes	Yield	4000	Fc	3915.98	Fc	3671.71	Fc	3411.91	Fc	3325.4	Fc
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	108221	A	109412	A	90833	A	108704	A	105768	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	44065	A	43029	A	34180	A	44914	A	43259	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Seed	3417.22	A	3140.48	A	3358.6	A	2716.35	A	3350.9	A
Pulses,Total + (Total)	Yield	4071.76	Fc	3932.75	Fc	3762.95	Fc	4131.77	Fc	4089.99	Fc
Rice, paddy	Area Harvested	15725		18500		18200		21100		16975
Rice, paddy	Production Quantity	70462		72000		85530		79000		77409
Rice, paddy	Seed	1392	Fc	1258	Fc	1480	Fc	1456	Fc	2207
Rice, paddy	Yield	44808.9	Fc	38918.9	Fc	46994.5	Fc	37440.8	Fc	45601.8	Fc
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	3091	A	3192	A	3100	A	3045	A	3106	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	7484	A	7880	A	7685	A	7245	A	7375	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Seed	356.8	A	352.8	A	344	A	342.4	A	327.2	A
Roots and Tubers,Total + (Total)	Yield	24212.2	Fc	24686.7	Fc	24790.3	Fc	23793.1	Fc	23744.4	Fc
Sorghum	Area Harvested	183441		158671		143148		168355		80135
Sorghum	Production Quantity	74057		81816		20729		77908		28694
Sorghum	Seed	4007.36	Fc	3668.82	Fc	3173.42	Fc	2862.96	Fc	801
Sorghum	Yield	4037.1	Fc	5156.33	Fc	1448.08	Fc	4627.6	Fc	3580.71	Fc
Sweet potatoes	Area Harvested	2200	F	2347	Im	2257	Im	2221	Im	2195	Im
Sweet potatoes	Production Quantity	2200	F	2777	Im	2645	Im	2522	Im	2383	Im
Sweet potatoes	Yield	10000	Fc	11832.1	Fc	11719.1	Fc	11355.3	Fc	10856.5	Fc
Vegetables fresh nes	Area Harvested	669	Im	620	F	696	Im	760	Im	746	Im
Vegetables fresh nes	Production Quantity	4364	Im	4000	F	4726	Im	4418	Im	4142	Im
Vegetables fresh nes	Yield	65231.7	Fc	64516.1	Fc	67902.3	Fc	58131.6	Fc	55522.8	Fc
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Area Harvested	1869	A	1370	A	1126	A	1405	A	1398	A
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Production Quantity	4754	A	4250	A	4876	A	4644	A	4367	A
Vegetables Primary + (Total)	Yield	25436.1	Fc	31021.9	Fc	43303.7	Fc	33053.4	Fc	31237.5	Fc
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Area Harvested	1869	A	1370	A	1126	A	1405	A	1398	A
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Production Quantity	4754	A	4250	A	4876	A	4644	A	4367	A
Vegetables&Melons, Total + (Total)	Yield	25436.1	Fc	31021.9	Fc	43303.7	Fc	33053.4	Fc	31237.5	Fc
Watermelons	Area Harvested	1200	F	750	F	430	F	645	F	652
Watermelons	Production Quantity	390	F	250		150		226		225
Watermelons	Yield	3250	Fc	3333.33	Fc	3488.37	Fc	3503.88	Fc	3450.92	Fc
Wheat	Area Harvested	500	F	300	F	320		360	F	309	Im
Wheat	Production Quantity	1000	F	574		797		600	F	500	F
Wheat	Seed	60	Fc	30	Fc	18	Fc	19.2	Fc	21.6	Fc
Wheat	Yield	20000	Fc	19133.3	Fc	24906.3	Fc	16666.7	Fc	16181.2	Fc
Yams	Area Harvested	450	F	415		415		415	F	521	Im
Yams	Production Quantity	2800	F	2903	Im	2766	Im	2600	F	2992	Im
Yams	Yield	62222.2	Fc	69951.8	Fc	66650.6	Fc	62650.6	Fc	57428	Fc

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2011-2007 | 2006-2002

land use		2011		2010		2009		2008		2007
Agricultural area	Area	39711	Fm	39711	Fm	39651	Fm	39661	Fm	39661	Fm
Arable land	Area	450	Fm	450	Fm	390	Fm	400	Fm	400	Fm
Arable land and Permanent crops	Area	461	Fm	461	Fm	401	Fm	411	Fm	411	Fm
Country area	Area	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W
Forest area	Area	237	Fm	242	Q	247	Fm	252	Fm	257	Fm
Land area	Area	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W	103070	W
Other land	Area	63122	Fm	63117	Fm	63172	Fm	63157	Fm	63152	Fm
Permanent crops	Area	11	Fm	11	Fm	11	Fm	11	Fm	11	Fm
Permanent meadows and pastures	Area	39250	Fm	39250	Fm	39250	Fm	39250	Fm	39250	Fm
Total area equipped for irrigation	Area	45	Fm	45	Fm	45	Fm	45	Fm	45	Fm

2011-2007 | 2006-2002

land use		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Agricultural area	Area	39661	Fm	39661	Fm	39661	Fm	39662	Fm	39662	Fm
Arable land	Area	400	Fm	400	Fm	400	Fm	400	Fm	400	Fm
Arable land and Permanent crops	Area	411	Fm	411	Fm	411	Fm	412	Fm	412	Fm
Country area	Area	103070	W	103070	Q	103070	Q	103070	Q	103070	Q
Forest area	Area	262	Fm	267	Q	277	Fm	287	Fm	297	Fm
Land area	Area	103070	W	103070	Q	103070	Q	103070	Q	103070	Q
Other land	Area	63147	Fm	63142	Fm	63132	Fm	63121	Fm	63111	Fm
Permanent crops	Area	11	Fm	11	Fm	11	Fm	12	F	12	F
Permanent meadows and pastures	Area	39250	Fm	39250	Fm	39250	Fm	39250	F	39250	F
Total area equipped for irrigation	Area	45	Fm	45	Fm	45	I	45	Fm	45	Fm

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