Editing Ginger (section)

==Production==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:12em; text-align:center;"
|+ Raw ginger production <br>{{small|2023, tonnes}}
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| {{IND}} || 2,201,000
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| {{NGA}} || 781,641
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| {{CHN}} || 672,914
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| {{NEP}} || 309,533
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| {{IDN}} || 198,873
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| {{THA}} || 174,103
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|'''World''' || '''4,877,179'''
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|colspan=2|{{small|Source: [[FAOSTAT]] of the [[United Nations]]}}<ref name="faostat">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC|title=Ginger production in 2023, Crops/Regions/World list/Production Quantity/Year (pick lists)|date=2025|publisher=UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT)|access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
|}

In 2023, world production of raw ginger was 4.9&nbsp;million tonnes, led by India with 45% of the total, and [[Nigeria]] and China as secondary producers.<ref name=faostat/>

=== Production in India ===
Though it is grown in many areas across the globe, ginger is "among the earliest recorded spices to be cultivated and exported from southwest India".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Münster|first=Daniel|date=2015-03-01|title=Ginger is a gamble|journal=Focaal|volume=2015|issue=71|pages=100–113|doi=10.3167/fcl.2015.710109|issn=0920-1297|doi-access=free}}</ref> India holds the seventh position in ginger export worldwide, however is the "largest producer of ginger in the world".<ref name=":3"/> Regions in southwest and Northeast India are most suitable for ginger production due to their warm and humid climate, average rainfall and land space.<ref>{{Citation|last=Nair|first=Kodoth Prabhakaran|chapter=Ginger as a Spice and Flavorant|date=2019|pages=541–554|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3-030-29188-4|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-29189-1_26|title=Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) - World's Invaluable Medicinal Spices|s2cid=208647553}}</ref>

Ginger has the ability to grow in a wide variety of land types and areas, however is best produced when grown in a warm, humid environment, at an elevation between {{convert|300|and|900|m|ft|abbr=on|-2}}, and in well-drained soils at least 30&nbsp;cm deep.<ref name="Nybe 2016 224–253">{{Citation|last=Nybe|first=E.V.|chapter=Ginger Production in India and Other South Asian Countries|pages=224–253|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-2336-7|doi=10.1201/9781420023367-9|title=Ginger|year=2016}}</ref> A period of low rainfall prior to growing and well-distributed rainfall during growing are also essential for the ginger to thrive well in the soil.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Aryal|first=Suman|date=2013-02-10|title=Rainfall And Water Requirement of Rice During Growing Period|journal=Journal of Agriculture and Environment|volume=13|pages=1–4|doi=10.3126/aej.v13i0.7576|issn=2091-1009|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Ginger produced in India is most often farmed through homestead farming, with work adaptively shared by available family and community members.<ref name="Nybe 2016 224–253"/><ref name=":0">{{Citation|last1=Pachuau|first1=Lalduhsanga|title=Wild Edible Fruits of Northeast India: Medicinal Values and Traditional Practices|date=2019-09-11|work=Herbal Medicine in India|pages=437–450|publisher=Springer Singapore|isbn=978-981-13-7247-6|last2=Dutta|first2=Rajat Subhra|doi=10.1007/978-981-13-7248-3_27|s2cid=203378390}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|journal=ITAA Annual Conference Proceedings|last1=Sneed|first1=Christoper|last2=Kwon|first2=Theresa Hyunjin|last3=Fairhurst|first3=Ann|date=2017|title=Do They Matter? The Impact of Atmospherics on Farmers' Market Consumers' Purchase Intention and Word-of-Mouth|location=Ames|doi=10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-389|url=https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2328&context=itaa_proceedings}}</ref>