In 1910, East Africa's wheat planting area alone reached more than 20 million hectares—over 300 million mu. With an average yield of around 65 kilograms per mu, the nation's wheat output approached 30 million tonnes, equivalent to the total wheat production of Shandong in the Far East Empire in the previous life.
In the previous life, Shandong Province had more than 60 million mu planted with wheat, only one-fifth of East Africa's area, yet its total wheat output was not much lower. By comparison, East Africa's wheat yield per unit was truly abysmal. However, in the early twentieth century, East Africa's per-unit wheat yield had already surpassed the global average. Even by the living standards of the previous life, East Africa's wheat output was enough to feed at least 50 million people.
But this was not the peak of East Africa's wheat production. During the height of East African wheat cultivation, in the early nineties, its wheat planting area was even greater than it was now. Wheat alone covered more than 40 million hectares, nearly half more than the present figure.
In contrast, the acreage devoted to rice and cash crops continued to expand. East Africa's irrigation projects had given many regions across the country the conditions needed to grow rice, and rice also yielded more per unit than wheat. Meanwhile, as agriculture transformed toward higher profits, cash-crop acreage reached unprecedented heights, approaching more than a billion mu.
Moreover, aside from rice and wheat, the two main staple crops, East Africa's output of corn, potatoes, and millet was also considerable. Its grain production alone showed that East Africa had long since cast off the food crisis and had achieved diversity of choice early on.
With abundant products and plentiful resources, the quality of life for East African citizens naturally was