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Table 3 Significance of developing nations (as classified by the World Bank as low to upper-middle income) to global population and agriculture statistics (for regional information see Additional file 2 : Figure S1)

From: Pollination and biological control research: are we neglecting two billion smallholders

 

World

Developing nations

All other nations

Agricultural land (million km2)*

48

74%

26%

Cereal production (million metric tons)*

2,587

71%

29%

Land under cereal production (million km2)*

7.0

80%

20%

Population (million)*

6,974

84%

16%

Agricultural population (million)*

2,598

98%

2%

Yield gap (percentage difference between actual and potential crop yields in high input systems)**

57%

63%

38%

Agricultural population using holdings <2 ha (million)***

2,147

99%

1%

Smallholdings <2 ha as percentage of global agricultural area***

16%

15%

1%

  1. *2011 [9, 18]. **2000 [56]. ***Values estimated using data from the World Census of Agriculture 2000 [9], [17] (Additional file 1: Table S1).