Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Pineapple, Ananas comosus

Native of Brazil/Paraguay  Pineapple was already present  all over Caribbean islands by the time Columbus reached them in 1492.  Currently 84 countries are growing pineapples commercially. In 2009, 18 448 674 tons were produced,  leaving an average Earthling with 2.71 kg of pineapple to consume.
There is enough calories in the crop of 2009 to provide 12.13 million people with 2000 calories a day or entire population of Zimbabwe.
852 109  hectares  (more than ever before) were used for pineapple production in 2009, a territory similar in size to Puerto-Rico. That's about 0.054% of all arable land.  Land usage grew by 230% since 1961.

Biggest producer in the world is Philippines with  2 198 497 t produced in 2009.
Biggest producer per capita is Costa Rica with 414 kg produced in 2009.17.35% of Costa-Rica's arable land was used for pineapple production in 2009. Pineapple land usage  in Costa-Rica grew 195 times since 1966. It is very likely that this fast expansion contributed greatly to the extinction of Golden Toad, endemic specie of Costa Rica. To ensure high yields of pineapples, large amounts of pesticides are required ( up to 20 kg  of ACTIVE ingredients per hectare per cycle).  At current yields in Costa Rica, it comes out to 420 milligrams per each kg of pineapples produced.

Best world crop  of pineapples since 1961 was 20 963 463 t in 2007, worst--3 831 437 in 1961.
Best worldwide yields since 1961 were 24706.6 kg/ha in 2007 , worst --10374.1/kg/ha in 1961.
Record yield belongs to Indonesia at 118049.1 kg/ha (2007). What are the record yields from an individual pineapple field I am scared to even imagine.


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Pineapples cost anywhere from $200 to $1000  and more per ton. World crop is about $7-7.5 billion worth
Production, by country ,                                     2007               2008,                              2009

American Samoa
Pineapples
380F 380F
M
Angola
Pineapples
40000F 40000F
M
Antigua and Barbuda
Pineapples
210F 210F
M
Argentina
Pineapples
3300F 3300F 3300F
Australia
Pineapples
164732164732F 157679
Bangladesh
Pineapples
238360210283
M
Belize
Pineapples
22769531177
Benin
Pineapples
135912136123
M
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Pineapples
1452514525F
M
Brazil
Pineapples
267641724919741477675
Brunei Darussalam
Pineapples
990F 990F
M
Cambodia
Pineapples
16000F 16000F
M
Cameroon
Pineapples
52000F 52000F 52000F
Central African Republic
Pineapples
14200F 14200F 14200F
China
Pineapples
13819011402060F 1452060F
Colombia
Pineapples
434574436044427766
Congo
Pineapples
2900F 3000F
M
Cook Islands
Pineapples
25F 25F
M
Costa Rica
Pineapples
196800016781251870121
Côte d'Ivoire
Pineapples
159668159668F
M
Cuba
Pineapples
515975538770920
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pineapples
197320198390
M
Dominican Republic
Pineapples
91593100528
M
Ecuador
Pineapples
110000F 110000F
M
El Salvador
Pineapples
791386258625
Ethiopia
Pineapples
160F 45*
M
Fiji
Pineapples
230235063606
French Guiana
Pineapples
1800F 1800F
M
French Polynesia
Pineapples
3000F 3000F
M
Gabon
Pineapples
750F 750F 750F
Ghana
Pineapples
68000F 68000F
M
Guadeloupe
Pineapples
5300F 5300F
M
Guam
Pineapples

M
M
M
Guatemala
Pineapples
204529204571
M
Guinea
Pineapples
108000F 109000F
M
Guinea-Bissau
Pineapples
350F 350F
M
Guyana
Pineapples
13011301F
M
Haiti
Pineapples
45004500F
M
Honduras
Pineapples
132131133452135186
India
Pineapples
13080001305800
M
Indonesia
Pineapples
223785812727611558049
Israel
Pineapples
552698768
Jamaica
Pineapples
1810220351
M
Japan
Pineapples
1040010400F
M
Kenya
Pineapples
429065429065F
M
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Pineapples
312953326045780
Liberia
Pineapples
7850F 7850F
M
Madagascar
Pineapples
53500F 53500F
M
Malaysia
Pineapples
316210384673400070
Martinique
Pineapples
18000F 18000F
M
Mauritius
Pineapples
639863938880
Mexico
Pineapples
671131685805
M
Morocco
Pineapples

M
M
M
Mozambique
Pineapples
13000F 13000F
M
Nepal
Pineapples
998099809995
Nicaragua
Pineapples
51000F 51000F
M
Nigeria
Pineapples
900000F 900000F
M
Panama
Pineapples
7100275907
M
Papua New Guinea
Pineapples
20000F 20000F
M
Paraguay
Pineapples
73000F 5425756300
Peru
Pineapples
212059243492274393
Philippines
Pineapples
201646222093362198497
Portugal
Pineapples
3000F 3000F
M
Puerto Rico
Pineapples
17000F 17000F
M
Republic of Korea
Pineapples
1050F 1050F
M
Réunion
Pineapples
1689018000*
M
Rwanda
Pineapples
17000F 1820818000F
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Pineapples
6069
M
Saint Lucia
Pineapples
4963
M
Samoa
Pineapples
4600F 4600F
M
Seychelles
Pineapples
160F 160F
M
South Africa
Pineapples
146214124628123125
Sri Lanka
Pineapples
533005218049550
Sudan
Pineapples
5200F 5200F
M
Suriname
Pineapples
375300
M
Swaziland
Pineapples
20000F 20000F
M
Thailand
Pineapples
281527522785661894862
Timor-Leste
Pineapples
200F 200F
M
Togo
Pineapples
1500F 1500F
M
Trinidad and Tobago
Pineapples
4500F 4500F
M
Uganda
Pineapples
1600F 1600F
M
United Republic of Tanzania
Pineapples
78000F 78000F
M
United States of America
Pineapples
172500F 172500F
M
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Pineapples
363075358796
M
Viet Nam
Pineapples
470000F 470000F
M
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Pineapples
5F 5F
M
Zimbabwe
Pineapples
130F 130F
M
World + (Total)
Pineapples
20963463A 19268880A 18448674A

Sources: FAO.org, CIA.gov, USDA.gov, alibaba.com , many others

4 comments:

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  2. Pineapple is almost the healthiest fruit ever. I really did know this much thanks for sharing your blog with us!

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