World potato production during 2022, falls by 6% compared to the previous campaign

This data would go from 376.1 million tons in 2021 to the current 354.3 The latest figures published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and included in the World Potato Markets report, collected by the bulletin of the French Interprofessional for this crop, consider that, in 2021, reached a record world production of this tuber with 376.1 million tons of potatoes (all types and uses). The world surface increases by 7.4%, up to 18 million hectares, the highest level since 2013. The greatest growth was registered in Asia, with an increase of 15%, up to 10.3 million hectares. It is estimated that the European area would have fallen by 3.5%, to 4.3 million hectares. Yields declined in all major producing regions except Oceania. Asia continued to produce more than half of the world's potatoes, with production increasing by 15.3% to 197.5 million tonnes. China produced 94.4 million tons and India 54.2 million. Europe is the second producing area, with ...