Africa | Sorghum seed quantity (metric tonnes)

Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
Africa | Sorghum seed quantity (metric tonnes)
1960
1961 237190
1962 249966
1963 247976
1964 257749
1965 236965
1966 257836
1967 243186
1968 306539
1969 263400
1970 263288
1971 228331
1972 245402
1973 251679
1974 219936
1975 265819
1976 239907
1977 237269
1978 219567
1979 237007
1980 220753
1981 232899
1982 227618
1983 266538
1984 282041
1985 316202
1986 312189
1987 305958
1988 341203
1989 309609
1990 326580
1991 382354
1992 362855
1993 409807
1994 398254
1995 418221
1996 428753
1997 424768
1998 393397
1999 383881
2000 417797
2001 437412
2002 450273
2003 418571
2004 501308
2005 483248
2006 499719
2007 511754
2008 434116
2009 465779
2010 486020
2011 411334
2012

Africa | Sorghum seed quantity (metric tonnes)

Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source