ʻO nā mea kanu kālā, e like me ke kofe a i ʻole ka raiki, nā mea kanu i hana ʻia no kahi mākeke kūʻai. ʻO ka mahiʻai ka mea kokoke i 20% o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Sub-Saharan Africa - he pākēneka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Mai Nigeria a i ka ʻāina momona ma waena o ke awāwa ʻo East African Rift Valley, ʻo ka ʻāina ka home o 60% o ka ʻāina mahi ʻole ʻia o ka honua. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻāpana mahiʻai nui o ʻApelika, aia nō nā bottlenecks i ka huahana.
Ma muli o kēia mau pilikia, hiki i nā holomua ʻenehana ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā laina lalo o ka poʻe mahiʻai. No ka laʻana, e ana ka ʻenehana pololei i ka ua, ka ʻike lepo, a me ka huahana lepo. Ma ka manawa like, hiki i ka ʻenehana ʻike mamao ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ke aniau a me ke aniau. ʻO kēia, i hui pū ʻia me ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina mahiʻai ʻole o ka honua, hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūpono no nā mea kanu kālā e hele ana i mua. Ma ka manaʻo hoʻokahi, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ka cereal a me ka hua palaoa i ʻekolu manawa.
Eia ka 20 kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea kanu kālā ma ʻApelika.
Rank | Mea hōʻiliʻili kālā | Mau tona |
1. | ʻO Cassava | 192.1 miliona |
2. | Kō kō | 97.3 miliona |
3. | Maize | 81.9 miliona |
4. | ʻO Yams | 72.4 miliona |
5. | Laiki, paddy | 38.8 miliona |
6. | ʻO Sorghum | 28.6 miliona |
7. | Laiki, paddy (like milled equivalent) | 25.9 miliona |
8. | ʻO kaʻuala | 27.9 miliona |
9. | palaoa | 26.9 miliona |
10. | Plantain | 26.7 miliona |
11. | uala | 26.5 miliona |
12. | Nā lau momona hou | 22.0 miliona |
13. | ʻAila hua pāma | 21.9 miliona |
14. | Pākē | 21.7 miliona |
15. | maia | 21.5 miliona |
16. | ʻO ka ʻuala, me ka pūpū | 16.6 miliona |
17. | Sugar uō | 14.3 miliona |
18. | ʻOkaika, maloʻo | 13.9 miliona |
19. | Millet | 13.7 miliona |
20. | Oranges | 9.8 miliona |