Barley
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| Barley | |
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| Barley field | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Liliopsida |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Hordeum |
| Species: | H. vulgare |
| Binomial name | |
| Hordeum vulgare L. |
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Barley is a type of plant. Its seeds are a cereal grain. It is eaten by humans and other animals, and it is one of mankind's oldest crops. It can be made into flour or beer.
Its Latin name is Hordeum vulgare. Barley is an annual plant.
Production [change]
| Rank | Country | quantity (in t) |
rank | Country | quantity (in t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
15.663.110 | 9 |  United Kingdom |
5.149.000 |
| 2 |  Canada |
11.822.100 | 10 |  United States |
4.611.940 |
| 3 |  Spain |
11.684.000 | 11 |  Poland |
4.065.800 |
| 4 |  Germany |
11.034.200 | 12 |  China |
3.851.000 |
| 5 |  France |
9.472.000 | 13 |  Denmark |
3.104.200 |
| 6 |  Turkey |
7.423.000 | 14 |  Iran |
3.000.000 |
| 7 |  Ukraine |
6.000.000 | 15 |  Kazakhstan |
2.600.000 |
| 8 |  Australia |
5.920.000 | World | 136.207.179 | |
| Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [1] | |||||
References [change]
- ↑ "Statistic by the FAO in 2007". FAO. http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567#ancor. Retrieved 30-01-2009.
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