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This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2022 was 374,777,763 metric tonnes , up 0.3% from 373,787,150 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
The Colorado potato beetle is considered the most important insect defoliator of potatoes, devastating entire crops. [70] The potato cyst nematode is a microscopic worm that feeds on the roots, thus causing the potato plants to wilt. Since its eggs can survive in the soil for several years, crop rotation is recommended. [71]
The total production of potatoes in China was over 70,000,000 tonnes (77,000,000 tons), or more than 22 percent of the global potato production, [5] making China the largest potato producer in the world. [1] [11] [12] However, the average yield of potatoes in China was 14.35 tons/ha, compared to the global mean of 16.74 tons/ha. [5]
The crop slowly spread across Europe, such that, for example, by 1845 it occupied one-third of Irish arable land. Potatoes comprised about 10% of the caloric intake of Europeans. Along with several other foods that either originated in the Americas or were successfully grown or harvested there, potatoes sustained European populations. [47]
The country was the 17th-largest producer of potatoes in the world in 2018. Production is centred on two regions: the Mediterranean coast and the desert around El Oued. Growing conditions in the coast are broadly conventional in earth furrows while at El Oued centre pivot irrigation predominates, with the potatoes grown in sand. Only an ...
The potato is the most widely consumed vegetable in France, but its consumption has been falling steadily for many years. Average annual consumption was 152.7 kg per capita in 1950, 95.6 kg in 1970, 68.5 kg in 2008,38 and 50 kg in 2016, of which around 20 to 25 kg was fresh (purchases, garden production, catering).
The wild potatoes that grow in the archipelago are mostly found in its western part. Apparently these potatoes do not reproduce by seeds and rarely produce flowers and fruits. [12] Potatoes grow in zones of disturbance, mainly in the herbaceous zone near the coast that is affected by winter storms. [12]
14.3 million metric tons (15.8 million short tons) of sugar beet (6th largest producer in the world), which serves to produce sugar and ethanol; 9.8 million metric tons (10.8 million short tons) of wheat (17th largest producer in the world); 7.4 million metric tons (8.2 million short tons) of potato (9th largest producer in the world);