Potato arrived late in Africa, around the turn of the 20th century. In recent decades, production has been in continual expansion, rising from 2 million tonnes in 1960 to over 30 million tonnes in 2013.
Potatoes are grown under a wide range of conditions - from irrigated commercial farms in Egypt and South Africa to intensively cultivated tropical highland zones of Eastern and Central Africa, where it is mainly a small farmer's crop.
In some African countries the production of potatoes is growing very rapidly. Algeria more than doubled its potato production in 5 years, and seems to have overtaken Egypt as the #1 producer in Africa in 2013 - at least based on the preliminary FAO estimate for Egypt. Rwanda also almost doubled its potato production in the last 5 years and now ranks in the top 5 potato producing countries of Africa
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Agricultural Statistics Afrika
Potato Area Harvested in 2014 : | 1735530.00 | ha | Aggregated Data | ℹ |
Potato Yield in 2014 : | 146089.00 | hg/ha | Calculated data | ℹ |
Potato Yield in 2014 : | 136518.00 | hg/ha | Calculated data | ℹ |
Sweet Potato Production in 2014 : | 20673800.00 | tonnes | Aggregated Data | ℹ |
Sweet Potato Area Harvested in 2014 : | 3931540.00 | ha | Aggregated Data | ℹ |
Sweet Potato Yield in 2014 : | 52585.00 | hg/ha | Calculated data | ℹ |
Potato Production in 2013 : | 30498600.00 | tonnes | Aggregate, may include official, semi-official, estimated or calculated data | ℹ |
Consumption Statistics Afrika
Sweet Potatoes , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2001: | 11.90 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Sweet Potatoes |
Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2000: | 13.02 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
Sweet Potatoes , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2000: | 10.50 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Sweet Potatoes |
Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 1999: | 12.73 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
Sweet Potatoes , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 1999: | 10.75 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Sweet Potatoes |
Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 1998: | 11.92 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
Sweet Potatoes , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 1998: | 9.15 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Sweet Potatoes |