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Fiji


Basic Statistics


Element

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Arable land (000 Ha)
89.00
89.00
86.00
86.00
81.00
81.00
79.00
67.00
67.00
67.00
67.00
70.00
70.00
70.00
75.00
80.00
85.00
90.00
90.00
90.00
95.00
100.00
105.00
110.00
120.00
120.00
130.00
140.00
150.00
160.00
171.00
180.00
180.00
180.00
180.00
180.00
180.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
170.00
169.00
169.00
167.60
165.00
165.00
165.00
165.00
Rice area (000 Ha)
12.95
12.75
12.14
10.12
8.08
8.37
8.77
8.96
9.71
10.78
8.93
8.90
8.00
8.91
10.19
9.01
9.31
8.82
9.37
9.01
8.18
9.55
8.92
10.44
11.65
11.42
12.23
13.40
13.15
12.11
12.34
10.44
9.46
7.86
6.96
8.41
8.00
8.00
6.26
5.27
6.00
5.30
6.50
6.10
6.40
5.50
5.56
5.08
4.05
2.85
2.81
2.00
2.00
2.20
Paddy yield (t/Ha)
1.76
1.76
1.81
1.78
1.77
1.71
1.68
1.96
1.78
1.89
1.94
1.95
1.97
1.94
2.25
2.25
1.93
1.83
2.00
1.98
2.07
2.12
1.81
2.13
2.37
2.12
1.92
2.40
2.42
2.19
2.35
2.15
2.36
2.29
2.66
2.07
2.17
0.64
2.76
2.50
2.44
2.42
2.39
2.35
2.37
2.31
2.67
2.28
2.87
2.70
2.81
2.35
2.50
2.54
Paddy Production (000 t)
22.76
22.46
21.95
17.98
14.33
14.33
14.73
17.60
17.27
20.40
17.34
17.34
15.76
17.28
22.93
20.27
17.97
16.10
18.72
17.85
16.97
20.30
16.16
22.25
27.57
24.22
23.48
32.15
31.83
26.48
29.04
22.48
22.28
18.02
18.50
17.37
17.39
5.09
17.30
13.17
14.61
12.85
15.50
14.36
15.19
12.73
14.87
11.60
11.64
7.68
7.91
4.70
5.00
5.58
Milled production (000 t)
15.18
14.98
14.64
12.00
9.56
9.56
9.83
11.74
11.52
13.61
11.57
11.57
10.51
11.52
15.29
13.52
11.98
10.74
12.48
11.90
11.32
13.54
10.78
14.84
18.39
16.15
15.66
21.44
21.23
17.66
19.37
14.99
14.86
12.02
12.34
11.59
11.60
3.40
11.54
8.78
9.75
8.57
10.34
9.58
10.13
8.49
9.92
7.73
7.76
5.12
5.28
Rice imports (000 t)
4.44
4.15
4.78
7.06
12.36
9.82
8.65
5.87
7.55
6.04
10.72
11.01
15.67
14.80
13.54
12.38
17.38
15.77
16.76
14.76
15.01
16.24
19.27
14.49
16.49
15.92
15.54
14.78
11.71
19.56
19.03
29.96
31.23
26.98
22.78
29.37
51.20
55.76
33.18
23.69
25.90
23.72
29.61
26.83
29.68
23.53
30.08
47.58
30.15
50.39
31.65
32.41
38.92
Rice exports (000 t)
0.10
0.03
0.04
0.07
0.49
0.84
0.01
0.10
0.15
0.14
0.17
0.13
0.05
0.02
0.05
0.01
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.13
0.09
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.12
0.25
0.11
1.64
0.45
0.20
0.18
0.87
0.83
0.84
0.52
0.23
0.80
Total rice consumption (000 t)
19.77
19.18
19.23
18.66
19.83
20.07
17.93
17.29
16.64
21.21
20.14
19.92
26.28
24.72
30.13
25.63
25.88
26.19
29.39
24.58
25.94
28.90
27.14
28.60
29.16
33.96
33.19
32.06
31.73
33.42
38.28
39.91
42.03
40.67
33.15
36.57
38.39
35.63
35.47
35.22
36.06
38.02
38.18
37.77
37.96
37.65
37.65
41.72
43.53
47.52
40.58
Fertilizer usage (NPK) (000 t)
18.31
46.18
57.21
88.84
76.54
75.56
65.57
87.16
86.87
88.81
110.45
141.43
117.14
175.86
156.00
157.50
140.00
132.22
193.33
182.22
197.89
138.00
103.81
142.73
113.67
180.83
165.38
180.00
153.67
143.75
81.87
72.78
82.78
100.00
100.00
105.56
106.67
108.24
84.71
44.12
58.82
71.47
19.24
45.29
39.18
25.12
23.96
41.12
21.84
16.36
57.45
32.79
56.73


Production

Imports and exports


Caloric intake (%/day) from rice relative to other sources

Protein intake (%/day) from rice relative to other sources

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$,2011: 4,590
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 28.55 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: rice, starchy roots, kava, oils, vegetables, fruits, meat, milk, seafood
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 42.8 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting
Main
Oct-Nov
Feb-May
Off
Jun-Jul
Sep-Oct


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


Fiji, a group of mostly volcanic islands in the South Pacific Ocean totaling 18,274 km2 in area, has a population of 0.87 million (2011). Arable land constitutes 16% of land area. The climate is hot humid tropical with a dry cooler season (May to October) and warmer wet season (November to April). Agriculture accounts for 9.5% of GDP and 50% of the workforce, mainly in sugarcane production. Rice has been grown for several decades and has become a staple. However, domestic rice production has gradually decreased while demand has grown; more than two-thirds of the rice consumed is now imported.




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