Table 45 - Land under forest ecosystems with potential for rain-fed cultivation of major cereals

Region
Total of
forest
ecosystems

(mill. ha)
VS+S for wheat, rice, maize
(high input)
VS+S+MS for wheat, rice, maize (mixed inputs)
Total

(mill. ha)
Under forest ecosystems
Total

(mill. ha)
Under forest ecosystems
Extent
(mill. ha)
% of
forest
% of
suitable
Extent
(mill. ha)
% of
forest
% of
suitable

North America

562.1

192.9

64.9

11.6

33.7

342.0

114.8

20.4

33.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Europe

17.0

57.8

0.9

5.3

1.6

110.9

3.9

23.2

3.6

Northern Europe

63.6

24.0

2.7

4.2

11.2

38.2

8.2

12.9

21.4

Southern Europe

23.9

14.0

0.8

3.4

5.9

43.6

3.5

14.4

7.9

Western Europe

14.3

35.4

0.5

3.4

1.4

58.9

2.1

14.4

3.5

Russian Fed.

641.7

74.2

22.2

3.5

29.9

211.5

57.5

9.0

27.2

 

760.5

205.4

27.1

3.6

13.2

463.2

75.2

9.9

16.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean

3.8

4.2

0.3

8.7

7.9

7.3

0.6

16.3

8.6

Central America

66.4

22.0

4.7

7.0

21.2

39.1

9.4

14.2

24.1

 

70.2

26.2

5.0

7.1

19.0

46.4

10.0

14.3

21.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South America

680.5

314.0

103.8

15.2

33.0

528.3

186.6

27.4

35.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oceania

38.1

33.5

4.1

10.9

12.4

70.2

10.5

27.6

15.0

Polynesia

33.6

2.3

0.3

1.0

14.8

2.9

0.6

1.8

20.5

 

71.7

35.8

4.5

6.2

12.5

73.1

11.1

15.5

15.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Africa

32.8

118.8

2.4

7.2

2.0

196.2

5.4

16.4

2.7

Middle Africa

190.2

112.2

17.0

9.0

15.2

183.4

33.8

17.8

18.4

Northern Africa

4.9

52.7

0.4

7.7

0.7

74.0

0.5

10.8

0.7

Southern Africa

4.2

2.7

0.0

0.7

1.1

15.6

0.5

12.1

3.2

Western Africa

13.5

82.1

1.0

7.6

1.3

123.3

2.1

15.8

1.7

 

245.6

368.5

20.8

8.5

5.6

592.5

42.4

17.3

7.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Western Asia

7.6

4.0

0.1

1.0

1.9

28.6

1.0

13.1

3.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southeast Asia

207.4

54.0

6.2

3.0

11.5

71.8

10.5

5.1

14.7

South Asia

39.6

116.7

2.1

5.3

1.8

153.9

3.4

8.6

2.2

East Asia

111.7

57.9

1.7

1.5

2.9

108.1

5.7

5.1

5.3

Central Asia

8.7

1.1

0.2

2.1

16.6

11.9

0.7

8.3

6.0

Japan

20.6

4.8

0.6

3.1

13.4

9.2

2.3

11.3

25.3

 

388.0

234.5

10.8

2.8

4.6

354.9

22.7

5.9

6.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEVELOPING

1404.8

944.6

140.1

10.0

14.8

1544.3

261.0

18.6

16.9

DEVELOPED

1381.4

436.7

96.8

7.0

22.2

884.6

202.8

14.7

22.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD TOTAL

2786.1

1381.3

236.9

8.5

17.2

2428.9

463.8

16.6

19.1

In some countries in the tropics the extents of forest ecosystems derived from the GLCC exceed the area of forest and woodland published by FAO (perhaps due to plantation crops being classified as forest in GLCC). In such cases, the estimates of suitable areas under forest ecosystems were adjusted proportionally.


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