Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
106
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Sorghum seed quantity (metric tonnes)
1960
1961 230383
1962 242428
1963 241300
1964 250836
1965 229905
1966 250784
1967 236467
1968 300025
1969 256926
1970 256336
1971 220687
1972 238026
1973 244273
1974 212474
1975 258940
1976 233182
1977 231586
1978 212965
1979 231193
1980 215052
1981 227127
1982 222150
1983 260530
1984 276248
1985 309891
1986 305376
1987 299289
1988 336691
1989 304895
1990 321705
1991 377110
1992 357796
1993 404443
1994 393209
1995 413219
1996 423727
1997 419540
1998 387002
1999 378507
2000 412953
2001 432864
2002 445597
2003 413939
2004 496606
2005 478549
2006 494964
2007 507101
2008 429821
2009 462562
2010 482552
2011 407866
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
106
Source