It is a record, carried by the good perspectives of yield of corn, rice and wheat. World cereal production could reach 2.925 billion tonnes in 2025, according to a FAO report published this Friday.
“World cereal production is expected to reach a record level” this year, up 2.3 % compared to 2024, especially due to “improving perspectives for wheat, corn and rice”, the three main cereals consumed in the world, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Record level of rice
Wheat production, the bread cereal, should reach “805.3 million tonnes (+ 0.9 % over a year), thanks to higher yields than expected in India and Pakistan”, large consumer countries. Global corn production should also increase, “thanks to conditions favorable to Brazil and a larger sown area than expected in India, compensating for reductions in Ukraine and in the European Union due to dry time and a decrease in the hoarse surfaces”, according to the report.
In total, the production of so -called “secondary” cereals, including corn, barley and sorghum, is estimated at 1.564 billion tonnes, an increase of 3.5 % compared to 2024. World rice production should reach “the record level of 555.6 million tonnes (+ 1 %), thanks to the improvement of perspectives in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam And despite the drops expected in Iraq and the United States ”.
The use of increased cereals
The UN agency warns, however, that “hot and dry forecasts in certain key producing regions could have an impact on the yield potential, especially for corn”.
FAO estimates that the overall use of cereals (food, chemistry, fuels, etc.) will also increase slightly (+ 0.8 %), especially that of secondary cereals – to the detriment of wheat – and rice. More particularly, “rice consumption should further increase, stimulated by the increase in food demand and sustained production of ethanol in India”.
