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  2. List of countries by potato production - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. List of largest producing countries of agricultural commodities

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    Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.

  4. Potato - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Potato production in China - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Agriculture in Russia - Wikipedia

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    It was the 3rd largest world producer of potatoes (22.3 million tons), second only to China, and India; It was the largest world producer of barley (17 million tons); It was the 2nd largest world producer of sunflower seeds (12.7 million tons), second only to Ukraine; It was the 13th largest world producer of maize (11.4 million tons);

  7. Peasant Food: How potatoes saved the world - AOL

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    Because potatoes were so easy to grow, the farmers were able to lay off large numbers of workers. Many of these people ended up moving to the cities, where they provided a huge work force for ...

  8. Potato production in Algeria - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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