BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- An international team of researchers has released a set of high-precision maps of global agricultural production, providing data support for sustainable development, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
Researchers from the CAAS, the International Food Policy Research Institute and other international research institutes collected data on agricultural production in 186 countries. They mapped the spatial distribution of 42 major crops, such as rice, wheat and corn, around the world, including the data on the crops' area, total yield and per-unit yield.