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International Year of the Potato

Potato plant: Versatile and nutritious.

ANTEQUERA has hosted a seminar organised by the Co-ordinator of Agricultural and Farming Organisations to celebrate the International Year of the Potato.
Some 200 potato growers from all over Spain met with experts to discuss the various methods of harvesting this important crop, as well as its nutritional qualities, sanitary considerations and climate risk insurance.
As much as four million tons of potatoes are consumed annually in Spain, but of these only 2.5 million are produced in Spain. Currently Andalucia is the second largest producer in Spain with just short of half-a-million tons produced annually. Growers receive 15 to 20 cents per kilogram in Spain.
The global annual production of potatoes is a staggering 321,736 million tons. Spain is the 23rd highest producer, the first being China (72 million tons).
Today, more than 99 per cent of all cultivated potatoes worldwide are descendants of a subspecies indigenous to Chile.
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