date:Nov 08, 2017
Tokyo estimates that Japans potato area decreased 1.6 percent to 76,000 ha in MY 2017/18. Despite a reduced planted area in MY 2017/18, FAS/Tokyo forecasts Japans fresh potato production to recover substantially to 2.315 million MT, an increase of 7.2 percent from MY 2016/17, but 2.7 percent less than MY 2015/16. Much of the recovery can be attributed to the planting of off-standard seed potatoes, which allowed farmers to stretch the available seed potatoes.
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