Per capita availability of potatoes in Nepal has crossed the world average due to a sharp rise in production over the past one and a half decades, officials said.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (MoAC) stated that the production of potatoes went up to 2.05 million tons in 2007/08 from 0.74 million tons in 1993/94.
Likewise, potato crop acreage and productivity also rose by 75 percent and 57 percent over the period.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (MoAC) stated that the production of potatoes went up to 2.05 million tons in 2007/08 from 0.74 million tons in 1993/94.
Likewise, potato crop acreage and productivity also rose by 75 percent and 57 percent over the period.
According to MoAC, the per capita availability of potatoes was 61kg, which is almost double the world average.
In the same year, per capita potato availability was 17 kg, 24 kg and 11 kg in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively.
In the same year, per capita potato availability was 17 kg, 24 kg and 11 kg in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively.
