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Countries by potato production in 2020. 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 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, [3] making China the largest potato producer in the world. [1] [8] [9] However, the average yield of potatoes in China was 14.35 tons/ha, compared to the global mean of 16.74 tons/ha. [3]
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.
It was the 13th largest world producer of potato (5.3 million tons); It was the 13th largest world producer of sugar beet (4.9 million tons), which serves to produce sugar and ethanol; It was the 2nd largest world producer of watermelon (4.1 million tons), second only to China; It was the 16th largest world producer of barley (2.8 million tons);
Place potatoes in the water, and let them soak for 15 minutes to allow dirt and grime to loosen. Using a vegetable brush, thoroughly scrub the potatoes to remove dirt from the skins.
To get a comparable amount of food from a potato, you have to grow a potato, dig it up, clean it off, and pop it in the oven. That's it. Of course, it tastes even better with sour cream and chives.
The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile.
Algeria is a significant producer of potatoes which are the second most popular staple food in the country, after bread. [3]: 17 In 2018 Algeria produced 4,653,322 tonnes (4,579,830 long tons) of potatoes making it the 17th greatest producer in the world and the 2nd largest in Africa (after Egypt). [4]