Saturday, December 18, 2010

Potatoes, Solanum tuberosum

Genetic tests show that potato-farming started between 3000BC and 2000BC in Peru. To this day this crop is of utter importance to Peruvians, as each consumes on the average 530 potatoes per year. Potato is a number 4 crop worldwide, after  wheat, rice, and maize.  China was the biggest producer, (over) 69 059 652 tonnes produced in 2009. China increased its potatoes production over 5 times compared with 1961, and they've been a leading producer at least since the fall of Soviet Union in 1991.
Major producer and major consumer per capita is Belarus, they produced 751 kg, or  1667 pounds per capita  in 2009. Average Belorussian (yes, including babies) eats 381-400 kg of potatoes per year. 1.85%  of Belarusian territory is used for potato farming, which is also a record.
In 2009 ,  329 556 911 tons were produced worldwide.  If we 'd put 1-foot deep sacks of potatoes with this crop together, it would cover  a field 248 miles long and 10 miles wide.
  It comes out to  48.4 kg , or 107.5 pounds of potatoes  per potential consumer of 2009. If you would decide to eat nothing but your "share" of potatoes, it would last you over 18 days at 2000 calories per day.
Worldwide, potatoes can feed  348.4 million people for an entire year , or an entire population of United States,  Saudi  Arabia and Barbados combined. There is  enough protein for 360 million people.
In 2009, 18 326 242+ hectares were under potato production. That's a territory slighter smaller than Syria, and slightly larger than Cambodia or North Dakota. It is also almost 1.17% of all arable land in the world.
Best crop world wide was in 2004,  336.25 million tonnes, worst, since 1961-- in 1980, 240.46 million tonnes.
Best yields world wide were in 2008, 18 004.7 kg/hectare , worst, since 1961--12 216.6  kg/ha  ( 1961)
Record yield belongs to Belgium,  over 49.1 tonnes per hectare (1993)

Land usage : today  we use about 82%  of what we used  in 1961.

Seeds:  about 32.1 million tonnes of potatoes were used as seeds.

World crop is estimated to be $60-70 billion worth.


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  Production by country:

item200720082009
Afghanistan
Potatoes
300800 280000
M
Albania
Potatoes
154900 190000 200000
Algeria
Potatoes
1506859 2171058 2636057
Angola
Potatoes
491216 402207 823266
Argentina
Potatoes
1950000F 1950000F
M
Armenia
Potatoes
579571 648562 593551
Australia
Potatoes
1211988 1400206 1178534
Austria
Potatoes
668755 756945 722098
Azerbaijan
Potatoes
1037317 1077110 982979
Bahamas
Potatoes

M
M
M
Bahrain
Potatoes
23 23F
M
Bangladesh
Potatoes
5167000 6648000
M
Belarus
Potatoes
8743976 8748630 7124981
Belgium
Potatoes
3189817 2943205 3296400
Belize
Potatoes
478 865 1065
Benin
Potatoes
30F 30F
M
Bermuda
Potatoes
1100F 1100F
M
Bhutan
Potatoes
61133 61133F
M
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Potatoes
735254 747968 762719
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potatoes
387239 428635 413658
Brazil
Potatoes
3550510 3676938 3434587
Bulgaria
Potatoes
298722 353060 231745
Burkina Faso
Potatoes
1700F 1700F
M
Burundi
Potatoes
26693 26693F
M
Cameroon
Potatoes
142000F 142000F 142000F
Canada
Potatoes
4999424 4724460 4581123
Cape Verde
Potatoes
3800F 3800F
M
Central African Republic
Potatoes
1000F 1000F 1000F
Chad
Potatoes
67466 42200
M
Chile
Potatoes
834223 965767 924555
China
Potatoes
64837389 68759652* 69059652F
Colombia
Potatoes
2823362 2372862 2272772
Comoros
Potatoes
600F 600F 600F
Congo
Potatoes
4300F 4500F
M
Costa Rica
Potatoes
66050 66126 73606
Côte d'Ivoire
Potatoes

M
M
M
Croatia
Potatoes
296302 255554 270251
Cuba
Potatoes
143700 196100 278600
Cyprus
Potatoes
155500 115000 131800
Czech Republic
Potatoes
820515 769561
M
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Potatoes
1900000F 1520280
M
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Potatoes
93560 93980
M
Denmark
Potatoes
1625580 1705403 1750000F
Dominica
Potatoes
120F 120F
M
Dominican Republic
Potatoes
41794 33035
M
Ecuador
Potatoes
317221 266722 286790
Egypt
Potatoes
2760460 3567050 4000000F
El Salvador
Potatoes
5178 5748 5326
Eritrea
Potatoes
1022 1000F 1050F
Estonia
Potatoes
191754 125200 139050
Ethiopia
Potatoes
525657 402508 384046*
Faroe Islands
Potatoes
1400F 1400F
M
Fiji
Potatoes
80F 80F
M
Finland
Potatoes
701600 684400 755300
France
Potatoes
7183100 6808210 7164200
French Polynesia
Potatoes
600F 600F
M
Georgia
Potatoes
229200 193400 216700
Germany
Potatoes
11643769 11369000 11617500
Greece
Potatoes
943196 848000 848000
Guadeloupe
Potatoes

M
M
M
Guatemala
Potatoes
451673 451673F
M
Guinea
Potatoes
11876 12167
M
Haiti
Potatoes
14500 15000
M
Honduras
Potatoes
23650 29326 31379
Hungary
Potatoes
563100 683935 560615
Iceland
Potatoes
13000 12500 9500
India
Potatoes
28599600 34658000 34391000
Indonesia
Potatoes
1003730 1044492 1174668
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Potatoes
4026412 4706722 4107626
Iraq
Potatoes
598000 348773 223147
Ireland
Potatoes
398960 371900 361300
Israel
Potatoes
618803 557917 608832
Italy
Potatoes
1781648 1603828 1753200
Jamaica
Potatoes
7477 4929
M
Japan
Potatoes
2873000 2743000 2785000F
Jordan
Potatoes
97400 139787 118705
Kazakhstan
Potatoes
2414800 2354408 2755600
Kenya
Potatoes
850000F 600000F 400000
Kuwait
Potatoes
23500F 23500F
M
Kyrgyzstan
Potatoes
1373780 1334900 1393135
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Potatoes
36000F 36000F
M
Latvia
Potatoes
642100 673400 525400
Lebanon
Potatoes
514600 514600F
M
Lesotho
Potatoes
93000F 96500F
M
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Potatoes
290000 290000
M
Lithuania
Potatoes
576100 716400 662500
Luxembourg
Potatoes
19968 21756 20044
Madagascar
Potatoes
225000F 225000F
M
Malawi
Potatoes
2858811 2993818
M
Mali
Potatoes
114478 120000F
M
Malta
Potatoes
14146 19000 10069
Martinique
Potatoes

M
M
M
Mauritania
Potatoes
2200F 2200F
M
Mauritius
Potatoes
15367 14868 19828
Mexico
Potatoes
1750797 1670480
M
Mongolia
Potatoes
114490 134773 151211
Montenegro
Potatoes
106909 110000F
M
Montserrat
Potatoes
150F 150F
M
Morocco
Potatoes
1437215 1536560
M
Mozambique
Potatoes
100000F 100000F
M
Myanmar
Potatoes
470700 470700F
M
Nepal
Potatoes
1943246 2054817 2424048
Netherlands
Potatoes
6870400 6922700 7181000
New Caledonia
Potatoes
1803 1773 1488
New Zealand
Potatoes
432000F 473000F 490000F
Nicaragua
Potatoes
33000F 33000F
M
Niger
Potatoes
32300 22620
M
Nigeria
Potatoes
662000 1105000
M
Norway
Potatoes
329765 398400 332700
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Potatoes
62840 69180
M
Oman
Potatoes
9067 9067F
M
Pakistan
Potatoes
2581500 2539000 2941300
Panama
Potatoes
23688 22314
M
Papua New Guinea
Potatoes
900* 900F
M
Paraguay
Potatoes
1300F 1250F 1300F
Peru
Potatoes
3388000 3578900 3716700
Philippines
Potatoes
118497 121311 119159
Poland
Potatoes
11791072 10462100 9702800
Portugal
Potatoes
638900 566600 519300
Qatar
Potatoes
44 44F
M
Republic of Korea
Potatoes
574396 604592
M
Republic of Moldova
Potatoes
199400 271039 261000
Réunion
Potatoes
6000 7000*
M
Romania
Potatoes
3712410 3649020 4003980
Russian Federation
Potatoes
36784200 28874230 31133960
Rwanda
Potatoes
967000 1162000 1200000F
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Potatoes
126 239
M
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Potatoes
0* 0F
M
Saudi Arabia
Potatoes
463000 447000
M
Senegal
Potatoes
10000 2825 3000F
Serbia
Potatoes
743282 843545 898282
Slovakia
Potatoes
287667 245277 216123
Slovenia
Potatoes
131050 100319 103425
South Africa
Potatoes
1972391 2098581 1819250
Spain
Potatoes
2479582 2365500 2480800
Sri Lanka
Potatoes
77390 74820 61700
Sudan
Potatoes
263900 273000 284000
Swaziland
Potatoes
6000F 6000F
M
Sweden
Potatoes
789000 853200 854300
Switzerland
Potatoes
491000 473000 517000
Syrian Arab Republic
Potatoes
570128 720492 709601
Tajikistan
Potatoes
662093 679774 680000F
Thailand
Potatoes
125703 114499 126386
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Potatoes
180887 191106 207152
Timor-Leste
Potatoes
1000F 1000F
M
Tunisia
Potatoes
350000 370000 370000F
Turkey
Potatoes
4246207 4196522 4397711
Turkmenistan
Potatoes
185000F 240200
M
Uganda
Potatoes
650000 670000 689000
Ukraine
Potatoes
19102000 19545400 19666100
United Arab Emirates
Potatoes
7900F 7900F
M
United Kingdom
Potatoes
5635000 5999000 6423000
United Republic of Tanzania
Potatoes
650000F 650000F
M
United States of America
Potatoes
20179191 18826578 19569109
Uruguay
Potatoes
118362 106557 102287
Uzbekistan
Potatoes
1188000 1398700 1524500
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Potatoes
456661 421016
M
Viet Nam
Potatoes
370000F 370000F
M
Yemen
Potatoes
249010 263945 278022
Zambia
Potatoes
14500F 10524
M
Zimbabwe
Potatoes
40000F 40000F
M
World + (Total)
Potatoes
322412701A 325558724A 329556911A

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