Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Trends for word acreage (million ha) and yield (t ha⁻¹) for legume crops included in FAOSTAT classification starting from 1974 to 2014 [23]; the major three cereal crops are also reported, for comparison

From: Multiple benefits of legumes for agriculture sustainability: an overview

	Harvested area (Million ha)					Yield (t ha⁻¹)
	1974	1984	1994	2004	2014	1974	1984	1994	2004	2014
Legume crops
Bambara bean	0.05	0.05	0.09	0.12	0.37	0.67	0.66	0.64	0.65	0.77
Dry bean	23.9	26.3	26.7	27.3	30.14	0.53	0.6	0.65	0.67	0.83
Faba bean	3.98	3.32	2.48	2.65	2.37	1.07	1.29	1.45	1.62	1.82
Chickpea	10.6	9.85	9.96	10.5	14.8	0.56	0.67	0.71	0.8	0.96
Cowpea	4.7	3.66	7.35	9.18	12.52	0.35	0.31	0.38	0.45	0.45
Groundnut	19.9	18.2	22	23.7	25.68	0.94	1.1	1.3	1.54	1.65
Lentil	2.03	2.56	3.43	3.85	4.52	0.61	0.68	0.81	0.93	1.08
Lupin	0.76	1.06	1.56	1.05	0.76	0.84	1.05	0.78	1.18	1.3
Pea	8.13	8.91	7.65	6.34	6.87	1.22	1.3	1.88	1.85	1.65
Pigeon pea	3.04	3.61	4.24	4.72	6.67	0.54	0.78	0.74	0.7	0.73
Soybean	37.4	52.9	62.5	91.6	117.72	1.41	1.71	2.18	2.24	2.62
French bean	0.22	0.17	0.22	0.23	0.20^a	5.76	6.93	7.44	9.04	9.32^a
Vetch	1.52	1.29	0.93	0.89	0.52	1.24	1.21	1.12	1.43	1.71
Pulses, nes	5.67	5.65	5.33	4.27	6.1	0.54	0.58	0.65	0.82	0.84
Vegetables, leguminous nes	0.14	0.18	0.18	0.25	0.24^a	5.41	5.09	5.18	6.54	6.86^a
Major cereal crops
Wheat	222.12	230.77	215.12	216.57	221.62	1.62	2.22	2.45	2.92	3.29
Maize	119.86	127.76	137.99	147.45	183.32	2.56	3.53	4.12	4.94	5.66
Rice (paddy)	136.89	144.24	147.29	150.58	163.25	2.43	3.23	3.66	4.03	4.54

In Table 2, for each legume crop, item name and code as well as FAO definitions are reported
^aData are referred to year 2013 (2014 data not available)

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