Editing Wheat (section)

=== Global ===

{{Main|International wheat production statistics}}
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|+ Wheat production, 2023
!Country ||<small>Millions of tonnes</small>
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|{{CHN}} ||136.6
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|{{IND}} ||110.6
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|{{RUS}} ||91.5
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|{{USA}} ||49.3
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|{{AUS}} ||41.2
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|{{FRA}} ||35.9
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|{{CAN}} ||31.9
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|'''World''' ||'''799'''
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|colspan=2 |<small>Source: [[FAO|UN Food and Agriculture Organization]]</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAOSTAT |url=https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.fao.org}}</ref>
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File:WheatYield.png|Wheat-growing areas of the world
File:Production of wheat (2019).svg|Production of wheat (2019)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4477en |title=World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2021 |publisher=FAO |year=2021 |isbn=978-92-5-134332-6 |location=Rome |doi=10.4060/cb4477en |s2cid=240163091 }}</ref>
File:World Production Of Primary Crops, Main Commodities.svg|Wheat's share (brown) of world crop production fell in the 21st century.
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In 2023<!--DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT ALSO UPDATING LEAD AT TOP OF ARTICLE!-->, world wheat production was 799<!--DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT ALSO UPDATING LEAD AT TOP OF ARTICLE!--> million tonnes, led by China, India, and Russia which collectively provided 42.4% of the world total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wheat production in 2023 from pick lists: Crops/World regions/Production quantity/Year |url=https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.fao.org}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, [[List of countries by wheat exports|the largest exporters were]] Russia (32&nbsp;million tonnes), United States (27), Canada (23) and France (20), while the largest importers were Indonesia (11&nbsp;million tonnes), Egypt (10.4) and Turkey (10.0).<ref>{{cite web |publisher=UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division, FAOSTAT |title=Crops and livestock products |url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/TP |date=2021 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> 
In 2021, wheat was grown on {{convert|220.7|e6ha|abbr=off|disp=or}} worldwide, more than any other food crop.<ref name="FAOStat-2023">{{cite web |title=Wheat area harvested, world total from pick lists: Crops/World regions/Area harvested/Year |url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC |date=2023 |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined.<!--<ref name="Curtis-2002"/>--><ref name="Curtis-2002">{{cite web |last1=Curtis |last2=Rajaraman |last3=MacPherson |title=Bread Wheat |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations |year=2002 |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4011e/y4011e00.htm}}</ref>
Global demand for wheat is increasing due to the unique [[viscoelastic]] and adhesive properties of [[gluten]] proteins, which facilitate the production of processed foods, whose consumption is increasing as a result of the worldwide industrialization process and [[Western pattern diet|westernization of diets]].<ref name="Shewry-2015" /><ref name="Day-2006">{{cite journal |last1=Day |first1=L. |last2=Augustin |first2=M.A. |last3=Batey |first3=I.L. |last4=Wrigley |first4=C.W. |title=Wheat-gluten uses and industry needs |journal=[[Trends in Food Science & Technology]] |publisher=Elsevier |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=82–90 |date=2006 |type=Review |doi=10.1016/j.tifs.2005.10.003}}</ref>