The leading european country in sweet potato production is portugal, followed by spain. Agricultural production crops statistics explained. In world food production, potato 322 mt is exceeded only by maize 637 mt, rice 585 mt and wheat 549 mt. Potato is the main cash crop and second major food crop after maize in the major growing districts of malawi demo et al.
A majority of the world potato production is dedicated to the direct human. Potatoes for sustainable global food security request pdf. Sweet potato can be used as a raw material for several industrialized products, considering its composition and agricultural potential. Use of tubers is the best method for potato production. Potato can be grown from true potato seed tps, plantlets or tubers. Its production can be increased up to 3040 tha using. Status, performance and impact of sweet potato cultivation on. The worlds production of sweet potatoes is currently stable, as is the ranking of the regions and continents.
Revision of the agriculture production data domain in faostat. In india, potato is cultivated in almost all states and under very diverse agro climate conditions. Factsheets in pdf international year of the potato 2008. Area coverage, production and yield of potato have increased in last few decades in bangladesh. The major production areas are the highlands of southwestern uganda, comprising of kabale, kanungu and kisoro districts which account for. Its large, starchy, and sweet tuberous roots are rich sources of starch, sugars, vitamin c, pro vitamin a, iron, and minerals. In that context, potato production expanded more rapidly in africa than in any other region of the world. Faostat, 2016, with a production of 377 million tons. Strengthening potato value chains food and agriculture. Root and tuber crops, including cassava, sweet potato, potato and yam are the most important food crops for direct human consumption in africa.
The soil eca sensor showed promise for use in commercial potato production in new brunswick, especially in fields with high. This is a list of countries by potato production in 2016, based on data from the food and. Potatoes are grown on 128,000 ha per year with average yields of about 8 tonnes per ha. Despite a physical similarity, yams are not related either. African countries in potato production, harvested areas and yields in 2017 faostat, 2019. However, potato is the fourthlargest crop in china after wheat, rice, and corn zheng et. Curated by knoemas data analysts to deliver leading shortterm and longterm indicators and forecasts from trusted sources for each of the covered industries. The remainder goes to the fresh market, is fed to farm animals or reused as seed tubers for growing the next seasons crop. Sweetpotato ipomoea batatas belongs to the morningglory family. Following the decision to end production quotas, the eu sugar sector supported by the cap underwent a series of deep reforms to prepare it more effectively. Most potato production occurs in the northern and southwest regions of the country. Commercial potato production in north america a brief history of this handbook and use of the information the current publication, commercial potato production in north america was originally published in july 1964 by the usda agricultural research service, agriculture handbook no. Nutritional facts of sweet potato are given in table 8. China is the biggest producer of potatoes worldwide, with about one third of the worlds potatoes produced in china and india.
Root and tuber crops cassava, yam, potato and sweet potato. Extending the benefits of potato growing to other areas depends on. The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world. The agricultural production domain is the first one for which the data disseminated have been thoroughly. All countries with a production quantity of at least 2 million metric tonnes are listed below. Potatoes are consumed by over one billion people world over, half of whom live in the developing countries.
Faostat food and agriculture organization of the united nations. In spite of its name, it is not related to the potato. Spain, with 12,000 t in 2000, greece with 2,000 t, italy with 10,321 t, and portugal with 22,000 t. Potatoes manitoba agriculture province of manitoba. Unlike the potato which is a tuber, or thickened stem the sweetpotato is a storage root. This was mainly based on flesh and skin colour of the sweet potato, with orangefleshed sweet potato being wellknown at each location. Potato food and agriculture organization of the united nations. The objective of this survey was, therefore, to assess production practices of potato by smallholder farmers in the zone to elucidate and document major constraints of producing the crop. It represents the first interpartner effort, post2008, aimed at producing technical guidelines that can be used by decision makers in developing countries to improve the sustainability of potato production and boost the potato subsectors contribution to social and economic development. There is also a substantial wholesale market in the midatlantic based around the increasing demand for locallyproduced foodstuffs and specialtytype potatoes.
Data have been collected from aquastat and faostat databases of. The worlds annual production of sweet potatoes was 105 million metric tons in 2016, with approximately 95% of sweet potatoes being grown in developing countries, and with china ranked as the biggest producer faostat, 2016. Production has generally been high in the past decade compared to previous years. Faostat, 2019 and more potatoes are grown in the developing world. Faostat chart 1 world potato production during 2004 23% 12% 8% 6% 6% 4% 5% 36% china russia india usa ukraine germany poland others.
The varieties developed in this period thrive best at temperatures of 1030 deg c, and with the day lengths experienced between latitudes 30 and 65 deg n. Fresh weight and vine length of sweet potato increased by inoculating mixed cultures of the isolates from each location. About 85 per cent of potatoes are cultivated in indogangetic. Wood pellet production 1 000 t 18 054 33 099 emissions in agriculture co2 eq. Sustainable potato production food and agriculture organization. This paper presents data on global potato production, consumption. Sugar beet production down sharply from postquota high in 2017. Today, potatoes are grown in over 158 countries worldwide faostat, 2019. The processing of coarse starch is the most important component of the potato processing industry in china, but other processing industries, such as crisps and french fries, are expanding.
Statistics 78 world potato production country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20. The total world potato production is estimated at 388,191,000 tonnes in 2017 source. She has attended six field schools to learn about disease control, soil sanitation, pesticides and fertilizers. Assessment of production practices of smallholder potato. Until the early 1990s, most potatoes were grown and consumed in europe, north america and countries of the former soviet union. Sweetpotato is culti vated in over 100 developing countries and ranks among the five most important food crops in more than half of them faostat. Andy robinson, extension potato agronomist, north dakota state university university of minnesota. In general, however, any advice that relates to high yield and quality tuber production is applicable to seed potato seed production too. In ethiopia, their program is focused on improving potato production. About 63 percent of potato sales are to processors for french fries, chips, dehydrated potatoes and other potato products.
Field selection, soil management and fertilizers pdf1. Potato production by province compared with other major crops in kenya, 2009. Faostat provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all fao regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. Production practices of potato solanum tuberosum by. Anderson director general, international potato center. After an analysis of fao annual secondary data on regional trends in production.
Participatory assessment of potato farming systems. Asian production corresponds to about 87% of this amount, china being the largest world producer with 100 million tons faostat. Global status of sweet potato cultivation global science books. Irrigated potato production costs 2018 xls 215 kb or pdf 56 kb potato marketing and cost of production pdf 159 kb field selection, soil management and fertilizers. The potatoes pass to a manual rectifier, where peel residuals, eyes. Potato production worldwide from the time potatoes were brought to europe nearly 500 years ago, the main centres of production have long been northern europe including russia and the cooler areas of north america.
Gg 4 557 004 5 010 669 5 410 477 net emissions in land use co2 eq. In africa, increasing demand for potato has been met by increased. Clean, certified seed is the key to improving the potato system in ethiopia. The total world potato production is estimated at 38819 tonnes in 2017 source. Faostat 2018 references scientific research publishing. Potato starch is used as the starting material for biodegradable sugar detergents. Currently, the potato is the fourthmost important food crop in the world hancock et al.
Pdf potato production and management with preference to. Introduction with more than 3 million tons faostat, 1998 in annual production sweet potato ranks the most. A case study from the south african tomato industry stephanus malherbea, diana maraisb a zz2, po box 19, mooketsi, 0825, south africa. Zimbabwe production statistics crops, crops processed. Professor leigh anderson, principal investigator associate. Sweetpotato can grow at altitudes ranging from sea level to 2,500. This has been designed for a clipboard to help with potato diagnostics program. Fao is constantly improving its statistical services, and your feedback is.
Starch production, consumption, challenges and investment potentials in ethiopia. The contribution of potatoes to global food security pamela k. Following the introduction of the potato to ethiopia in 1858 by a german immigrant, wilhelm schimper, adoption by ethiopian farmers occurred very gradually for. Dear faostat user, thank you for accessing the faostat database. This manual is a guide in the production of potatoes in kenya, focusing on ware production. Sweet potato production volume of the agriculture sector in japan 20102017 volume of sweet potatoes available for consumption per person in. Faostat, 2019 the world potato sector is undergoing major changes. In recent years potato production in zambia has increased significantly. Most government policies are inappropriate and inconsistent, and do not provide an enabling environment for the development of the cereal. According to the food and agricultural organisation fao, 2008, in the 1990s most of the potatoes were produced in europe. In this continent, practically the whole of the production is chinese, with 121,023,100 t in 2000. The international potato centre cip a cgiar research centre where the most important gene bank for cultivated and wild potato species is found, regu. Constraints of potato seed production in developing countries. Aberash is on the management team of her local seed producers cooperative.
Certified seed will produce 15 20% higher yields than standard seed. In kenya potato is an important food crop, second after maize. Still, zambia is not in the top 100 producing countries worldwide and potato consumption is very low. Water consumption, land use and production patterns of. Starch production, consumption, challenges and investment. These are suitable areas for potato production because. Sp production and consumption in africa, asia, south american continents, and caribbean islands are. The international year was observed around the globe in. International wheat production statistics wikipedia. Revision of the agriculture production data domain in faostat 7 december 2016 the fao statistics division is undertaking a methodological overhaul of its main statistical domains to improve the quality of the data disseminated through faostat. Potato production a source of food security in ethiopia. This research analyzed the water consumption, agricultural land use and production patterns of three major cultivated crops in south asia for the period 19882012, namely rice, wheat and potato. World 5000 1997 2007 2017 the setting population, total mill.