Russia would be self-sufficient in potatoes, but there are a few snags

Potato production in the Russian Federation tends to decrease, while yields in the country increase. In 2013, the average yield was still 14.3 t/ha, and in 2022 it will be 17.4 t/ha, narrowed down to professional farms, 24-27 t/ha. However, the production of seed potatoes remains a problem. Before the outbreak of the war, they produced only 8.7% of their needs from internal sources, the rest they had to import, mainly from the Netherlands and Germany. In comparison, according to a government objective, by 2030, 75% of the potato fields should be supplied with domestically propagated seed potatoes. We already wrote about it earlier that the embargoes against Russia following the occupation of Crimea gave a boost to the reduction of import dependence, and in fact, the Russians became exporters of products that no one expected. (See: The Big Bear is crushing the world, only our know-how is left.) Another wave of war against Kiev led to further sanctions, which accelerates the ...