Agriculture in Burundi
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Burundi produced in 2018: * 2.3 million tons of cassava; * 1.6 million tons of
banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...
; * 583 thousand tons of
sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...
; * 556 thousand tons of vegetable; * 393 thousand tons of beans; * 302 thousand tons of potato; * 290 thousand tons of maize; * 178 thousand tons of sugar cane; * 85 thousand tons of
palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ...
; * 56 thousand tons of taro; * 55 thousand tons of rice; * 53 thousand tons of tea; In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like
sorghum ''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...
(28 thousand tons) and coffee (14 thousand tons). Burundi production in 2018, by FAO


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