Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Maize 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Maize seed quantity (metric tonnes)
1960
1961 317586
1962 319376
1963 333228
1964 334434
1965 336858
1966 355417
1967 378553
1968 391180
1969 384579
1970 373936
1971 383460
1972 392862
1973 382726
1974 390397
1975 393927
1976 379381
1977 380840
1978 369380
1979 377477
1980 394881
1981 415152
1982 421903
1983 422240
1984 448416
1985 502339
1986 512982
1987 532819
1988 557050
1989 577597
1990 581260
1991 589368
1992 614136
1993 658371
1994 638282
1995 646351
1996 658372
1997 646933
1998 639019
1999 622621
2000 632442
2001 656642
2002 711148
2003 706494
2004 731692
2005 743902
2006 714311
2007 761367
2008 770701
2009 803807
2010 895395
2011 895076
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Maize 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source