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Broad bean, Vicia faba / Leguminosae
The broad bean is a very old and easy to cultivate vegetable. Its origin could be focused in the old world. Thousands of years ago it was already harvested in Afghanistan, Western Asia and the surroundings of the Himalayas. During the Middle Ages, in Spain, it was the most consumed vegetable. In 1981 it became the leguminous with greater production in Spain, taking into account that broad bean production includes dry and tender beans.

In Spain, the provinces of Granada, Córdoba and Sevilla are those with larger production of broad bean. It is also cultivated, but in smaller quantities, in Islas Baleares, Cataluña, Navarra, Huelva, Badajoz, Alicante and Valencia. The fresh broad bean production in 2000 reached, all over the world, 883,376,000 tons. The world-wide production for each continent was:

World-wide production of green beans (2000) 
ContinentTons
Africa174,290
Asia300,379
Europe187,047
North America53,300
Oceania1,000
South America167,360
Total883,376

Source: ( http://www.fao.org ) - Data from 1999-

When analysing the production by countries, the first world-wide producer is Morocco, followed by China, Peru, Spain, Bolivia, Italy, Mexico, Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The production of each countries is detailed in the following table.

CountryTons
Morocco120,000
China102,501
Peru70,000
Spain61,800
Bolivia60,000
Italy56,636
Mexico50,000
Turkey47,000
Arab Republic of Syria42,000
Iraq40,000
Total of the 10 larger producers631,664

Source: ( http://www.fao.org ) - Data from 1999-

The countries with larger export, as well as the value of such export, are detailed below.

CountryProduction of fresh exported beans (t)Value of the exports (1000$)
China15,9347,793
Mexico9,7575,266
The Netherlands5,2022,813
Spain3,1383,917
Guatemala2,778848
Italy2,6642,950
Syria2,1452,155
Honduras1,626653
France1,459637
Ghana689496

Source: ( http://www.fao.org ) - Data from 1999-
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