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Table 9 Geographical distribution of crop production by irrigation type

From: The role of irrigation in determining the global land use impacts of biofuels

Region

Production (million metric tons)

Distribution by irrigation (%)

Geographical distribution (%)

 

Rainfed

Irrigated

Total

Rainfed

Irrigated

Total

Rainfed

Irrigated

Total

USA

839.7

417.2

1256.8

66.8

33.2

100.0

16.2

13.1

15.0

EU27

1064.5

210.9

1275.3

83.5

16.5

100.0

20.5

6.6

15.2

Brazil

261.1

245.0

506.1

51.6

48.4

100.0

5.0

7.7

6.0

Canada

165.0

7.5

172.5

95.7

4.3

100.0

3.2

0.2

2.1

Japan

50.9

23.4

74.3

68.5

31.5

100.0

1.0

0.7

0.9

China

696.4

507.8

1204.1

57.8

42.2

100.0

13.4

16.0

14.4

India

283.4

509.3

792.7

35.7

64.3

100.0

5.5

16.0

9.5

Central America

63.2

186.6

249.7

25.3

74.7

100.0

1.2

5.9

3.0

South America

286.6

118.0

404.6

70.8

29.2

100.0

5.5

3.7

4.8

East Asia

20.5

14.5

34.9

58.6

41.4

100.0

0.4

0.5

0.4

Malaysia-Indonesia

191.1

48.0

239.1

79.9

20.1

100.0

3.7

1.5

2.9

Rest of Southeast Asia

179.4

151.6

331.0

54.2

45.8

100.0

3.5

4.8

4.0

Rest of South Asia

46.8

137.6

184.5

25.4

74.6

100.0

0.9

4.3

2.2

Russia

310.2

32.8

343.0

90.4

9.6

100.0

6.0

1.0

4.1

E-Europe-RFSU

268.5

118.1

386.6

69.5

30.5

100.0

5.2

3.7

4.6

Other European regions

18.7

1.0

19.7

95.0

5.0

100.0

0.4

0.0

0.2

M-East-N-Africa

47.2

212.7

259.8

18.1

81.9

100.0

0.9

6.7

3.1

Sub-Saharan Africa

305.4

59.5

365.0

83.7

16.3

100.0

5.9

1.9

4.4

Oceania

94.6

173.3

267.9

35.3

64.7

100.0

1.8

5.5

3.2

Total

5193.0

3174.6

8367.6

62.1

37.9

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0