Table 2 Land devoted to durum wheat in Italian macro-regions (hectares): 1982-2010

North-western

6.471

0.3 %

11.798

0.6 %

8.204

0.5 %

23.402

1.6 %

North-eastern

28.708

1.5 %

60.512

3.3 %

30.138

1.8 %

94.816

6.7 %

Central

202.476

10.9 %

299.33

16.4 %

393.982

23.2 %

315.237

22.2 %

South

995.982

53.8 %

926.633

50.8 %

853.792

50.2 %

657.996

46.4 %

Insular

618.785

33.4 %

527.158

28.9 %

413.364

24.3 %

327.656

23.1 %

Italy

1,852,423

1,825,430

1,699,480

1,419,106