By 1998, cereal production was 207,000 mt and met only 15% of the country's needs.
The region's economy is based largely on dairy farming and cereal production.
Its economic activity is mainly dominated by agriculture, including cereal production.
In South Asia, cereal production rose by 137% from 1970 to 2007.
Its dry climate and light soils made for less cereal production than in the north.
There are also areas of cereal production to the east and south.
Total cereal production as of 2008 was estimated to be 780MT.
Owing to the high fertility, 70% of Russian cereal production in the 1850s was here.
At the same time, we had the highest levels of cereal production.
According to recent studies, the world's population is growing at a much faster rate than global cereal production.