USAID/LANIC: Environmental Indicators - Food and agriculture Production

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	Agricultural Production Index						Food Production Index
													(000 metric tons)	% change since	(000 metric tons)	% change since
	Total			Per Capita			Total			Per Capita
			% change			% change			% change			% change
	1987	1997		1987	1997		1987	1997		1987	1997		1994-96	1984-86	1994-96	1984-86
Antigua & Barbuda	108	98	-10	110	93	-15	108	98	-9	110	94	-15	..	..	..	..
Bahamas	119	133	12	126	118	-7	119	133	12	126	118	-7	..	..	..	..
Barbados	95	100	5	96	98	2	95	100	5	96	98	2	..	..	..	..
Belize	95	147	55	102	123	21	95	147	55	102	123	21	35	34	4	14
Cayman Islands	141	85	-40	158	66	-58	141	85	-40	158	66	-58	..	..	..	..
Cuba	97	62	-36	100	59	-41	97	61	-37	100	59	-41	312	..	758	-22
Dominica	104	88	-15	103	88	-15	104	88	-16	103	88	-15	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	95	104	10	101	92	-9	93	107	14	99	94	-6	555	-8	258	13
Falkland Islands	89	88	-2	89	88	-2	91	72	-22	91	72	-22	..	..	..	..
French Guiana	67	130	94	78	96	23	67	130	94	78	96	23	..	..	..	..
Grenada	122	103	-15	122	101	-18	122	103	-15	122	101	-18	..	..	..	..
Guadeloupe	121	109	-10	128	97	-24	121	109	-10	128	97	-24	..	..	..	..
Guyana	112	180	60	113	169	50	113	180	60	113	169	50	475	41	47	37
Haiti	106	92	-14	113	80	-29	108	93	-14	114	81	-29	391	-15	771	0
Jamaica	96	114	19	97	107	11	96	114	19	97	107	11	4	..	341	27
Martinique	95	112	19	98	104	7	95	112	19	98	104	6	..	..	..	..
Montserrat	93	110	18	94	110	17	93	110	18	94	110	17	..	..	..	..
Netherlands Antilles	99	138	39	101	132	30	99	138	39	101	132	30	..	..	..	..
St. Kitts & Nevis	119	119	-1	118	142	20	119	119	0	118	142	20	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	88	75	-14	91	69	-25	88	75	-14	91	69	-25	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent & Grenadines	83	83	-1	86	78	-10	83	83	0	85	77	-9	..	..	..	..
Suriname	100	76	-24	104	70	-33	100	76	-24	104	70	-33	221	-36	7	46
Trinidad & Tobago	93	109	17	95	103	8	92	110	19	95	104	10	18	59	12	22
Caribbean	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Costa Rica	84	126	49	92	107	17	84	131	57	91	112	23	208	-74	209	69
El Salvador	92	112	22	97	95	-2	87	114	32	91	97	6	834	18	110	72
Guatemala	89	114	28	97	93	-4	88	121	38	96	99	3	1,232	-4	72	3
Honduras	90	119	33	98	97	-1	92	116	26	101	95	-6	693	20	31	31
Nicaragua	96	123	28	103	101	-2	88	129	47	94	106	13	601	20	81	0
Panama	102	102	0	108	90	-17	102	102	0	108	90	-17	346	17	67	-26
Central America	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,914	..	570	..
Argentina	98	125	28	102	114	12	99	128	29	103	117	13	26,258	-9	2,599	-2
Bolivia	85	135	59	91	114	25	85	136	60	91	115	27	1,090	18	1,064	-10
Brazil	95	124	31	100	113	13	93	128	37	98	116	18	47,164	25	28,278	7
Chile	84	131	56	88	117	33	84	132	58	88	118	35	2,654	10	873	-5
Colombia	84	106	26	89	93	5	84	112	33	90	99	10	3,523	10	4,801	24
Ecuador	87	135	55	93	116	24	87	139	59	94	120	28	2,095	56	575	-8
Paraguay	77	108	41	84	90	7	81	123	51	89	102	14	1,166	58	2,846	-3
Peru	101	139	37	107	123	14	102	143	41	108	127	18	2,378	18	3,118	21
Uruguay	89	131	48	90	126	40	86	138	60	88	132	51	1,790	44	181	-10
Venezuela	97	120	24	105	103	-2	97	122	25	105	104	-1	2,217	17	732	13
South America	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90,335	..	45,067	..
Mexico	101	120	19	107	106	-1	100	121	21	106	107	1	26,125	5	1,330	18

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT Statistics Database, Rome, 1998.

Definitions: Indexes of agricultural production and food production reflect the disposable output (after deduction for seed and feed) of a country's agricultural sector relative to the base period 1989-91. For a given ye ar and country, the index is based on the disposable average output of each commodity in terms of weight or volume during the period of interest multiplied by the 1989-91 average national producer price per unit. The values of all crop and livestock prod ucts are totaled to yield an aggregated value of agricultural production in 1989-91 prices. The ratio of this aggregate for a given year to that for 1989-91 is multiplied by 100 to obtain the index number. Average production of cereals includes cereal production for feed and seed. Cereals comprise all cereals harvested for dry grain, exclusive of crops cut for hay or harvested green. Average production of roots and tubers covers all root crops grown principally for human consumption, s uch as cassava, yucca, taro, and yams; root crops grown principally for feed are excluded. [an error occurred while processing this directive]