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Ginger Rhizome Production,
Processing and Chemical
Composition
Ginger Production*
Ginger is one of the earliest important
species grown in the Western hemisphere
reported to be a native of Southeast Asia.
Ginger requires a warm temperature (29-35
degree Celsius) and a humid climate for
growth. It also requires a distinctive pattern
of rainfall of at least 150 to 200 cm during
the growing period and no rainfall a month
prior to harvest.
In 2013, world production of ginger was
reported to be 2.14 ton; the major
producers, India and China, accounting for
h lf f th ld’
t t
*Data from
FAOSTAT
, retrieved Tue Sep 06 01:34:37 CEST 2016
a o e wor s ou pu .
Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria and Thailand
account for additional 36%.
The United States’ production of ginger
amounts to about 0.04%, or 774 tons.