Latin America, harvested

The primary economic rationale underlying the production of cotton is the trade in cotton fibre, which accounts for around 8o% of a cotton farmer s mcome In addition to fibre, the world s cotton farmers produce around 34 million tonnes of cottonseed every year . This high protein commodity is not only used as an animal feed, but is also a source of cottonseed oil around 3.1 million tonnes is used in the preparation of food each year . In total, cottonseed oil represents approximately 8% of the world s vegetable oil consumption ", providing the major source of fat and oil in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Cameroon, and forms a significant part of the diet of the Middle East (3.8 g/day), Far East (0.5 g/day), and Latin America (0.5 g/day). In total, as much as 65% of harvested cotton produce may enter the human food chain. ... 

It takes 5-7 years to first harvest, 10-17 years to full yield, and has a life span of around 100 years. It is being grown in the Southwestern United States and Mexico mainly, but also in Latin America, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. Yields are reported to be about 2.5 ton of oil/hectare. 

Figure 1.1 Quinine and other cinchona alkaloids are extracted from the barkofthe cinchona tree [2], which is mainly cultivated in Africa, Latin America, and Indonesia. Approximately 700 metric tons of cinchona alkaloids is harvested annually.

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