Crop Total calories worldwide (2008 FAO data) Maize (shelled corn) 2,974,000,000,000,000,000 Sugar cane (refined) 2,438,000,000,000,000,000 Wheat 2,421,000,000,000,000,000 Rice (paddy type) 2,356,000,000,000,000,000 Soybeans 996,800,000,000,000 Barley 557,500,000,000,000 Sugar beet (refined) 438,600,000,000,000 Cassava 362,700,000,000,000 Palm Oil (from pulp) 344,200,000,000,000 Potatoes 239,800,000,000,000 Sorghum 237,600,000,000,000 Rapeseed (canola oil) 224,000,000,000,000 Sunflower seed 217,200,000,000,000 Millet 129,000,000,000,000 Oats 98,710,000,000,000 Sweet potatoes 93,230,000,000,000 Tree Nuts (various) 73,030,000,000,000 Beans - dry 64,090,000,000,000 Rye 61,870,000,000,000 Yams 59,870,000,000,000 Triticale 48,890,000,000,000 Plantains 45,360,000,000,000 Palm kernel oil 44,310,000,000,000 Cottonseed oil 44,100,000,000,000 Coconut oil (copra) 32,350,000,000,000 Chick peas 31,780,000,000,000 Olive oil 25,510,000,000,000 Peas - dry 25,360,000,000,000 Groundnuts (with shell) 22,700,000,000,000 Sesame seed 21,470,000,000,000 Taro (cocoyam) 20,000,000,000,000 Cabbages (brassicas) 19,730,000,000,000 Pumpkins (squash) 19,430,000,000,000 Lentils 12,080,000,000,000 Broccoli (cauliflower) 7,178,000,000,000 Buckwheat 6,863,000,000,000 Peas - green 6,668,000,000,000 Melonseed (cucurbits) 6,096,000,000,000 Flaxseed oil 5,684,000,000,000 Safflower seed 3,284,000,000,000 Beans - snap 2,800,000,000,000 Fonio 1,641,000,000,000 Hempseed 267,900,000,000 Quinoa 211,200,000,000