Mungbean in Southeast Asia and East Africa: varieties, practices and constraints

Table 1 Mungbean production statistics for the nine countries included in this study, 2016–17

Region/country	Area planted (1000 ha)	Production (1000 t)	Average yield (t/ha)	Farm households producing (1000 s)
Southeast Asia
Cambodia	45	54	1.18	40
Indonesia	207	244	1.18	492
Laos	2	3	NA	3
Philippines	42	35	0.84	51
Thailand	82	86	1.04	13
Vietnam	83	92	1.11	378
East Africa
Uganda	42	33	0.72	61
Kenya	302	149	0.49	137
Tanzania	217	73	0.34	494

Area and production data obtained from [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21]. Considering the mungbean production system in Laos, official yield and production data appeared unrealistic and are therefore not shown. The number of farm households producing mungbean was calculated using the average mungbean area per farmer as estimated by the expert panels

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