PotatoSectorinCountriesofAsia Summaryofresponsesto UNECEQuestionnaires

GregoryWolff Director,HorticultureDivision CanadianFoodInspectionAgency

Outline

DataCollection SurveyAreas PotatoProduction Varieties&Uses AgronomicPractices Constraints QualityControl SeedPotatoCertification UtilizationofUNECEStandard FutureTrends

DataCollection

DatapreparedbyMinistryofAgriculture representativesineachcountry Questionnairesaddressed: Potatoproduction Agronomicsconsiderations andconstraints Varietiesgrown&theirusage Elementsofcertificationsystems UtilizationoftheUNECEstandard Datagenerallyfor200809seasons

SurveyArea

China Pakistan India Bangladesh

Japan SouthKorea

Thailand Vietnam Philippines SriLanka Indonesia

ProductionSeasons&Regions

Potatoproductionoccursinallclimatezonesin theregion

Temperate,polar,cold,desert&tropical

Numberofproductionseasonsvaries:

OneseasoninBangladesh YearroundinThailand,Indonesia,Vietnam,SriLanka&
India

Numberofdistinctproductionregionsvaries:

2inThailand 8inIndonesia

Varieties&Uses

Atlantic usedforprocessingin:

Thailand Indonesia SouthKorea, China,&Vietnam Indonesia Philippines Bangladesh SriLanka

Granola usedforfreshconsumptionin:

Varieties&Uses

Japanuses>70varieties Uniquelocalvarietiesinmany countries Forexample:India Mostcountriesusingpotatoes forprocessingaschipsorFrench fries: NotSriLanka&Bangladesh

ProductionTotals:AsianRegion

HarvestArea:8,716,561Ha
(48%world)

Volume:125,865,055Tonnes
(40%World)

AverageYield:17.8Tonnes/Ha AverageConsumption:22.62kg/Capita/Year
(69%world) Source:UNECEpotatosurveys&FAOSTAT

ProductionArea/Country(Ha)
China India Indonesia Bangladesh Pakistan Japan Vietnam South Korea Philippines Thailand Sri Lanka
0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000

Hectares

ProductionVolume/Country(tonnes)
China India Bangladesh Japan Pakistan South Korea Vietnam Thailand Philippines Indonesia Sri Lanka
0 10000

Tonnes

ProductionYieldPerCountry(tonnes/Ha)
South Korea Japan India Bangladesh Philippines Pakistan Indonesia Thailand Sri Lanka China Vietnam
0 5 10 15 20 25 30

(Tonnes/Hectare)

PlantingofPotatoesbyCountry(tonnes)
China India Pakistan Japan Vietnam South Korea Indonesia Sri Lanka Philippines Bangladesh Thailand
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000 900,000 1,000,000

Tonnes

Consumption/Country(Kg/Capita/Year)
Thailand China Bangladesh Japan India South korea Pakistan Vietnam Sri Lanka Indonesia Philippines
0.00

100 37 24 22 17 13 11 10 9 4 1
20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00

(Kg/Capita/Year)

CertifiedSeed/Country(tonnes/year)
China India Pakistan Japan South Korea Bangladesh Indonesia Vietnam Thailand Sri Lanka Philippines
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

Tonnes/Year

Productionandconsumptionhighlights

China&Indiahavethehighestproduction volumeandarea Bangladeshhasasignificantproductionvolume Thailandisthegreatestconsumerofpotatoes Vietnamhasthehighestyielddespitelower productionvolumeandarea China&Indiahavethehighestplanting quantities China&Indiahavethehighestseedproduction

AgronomicPractices

Whole&cuttubers Irrigation(sprinklers,rainfed) Storage(cold&traditional) Seed(import&own) Chemicalfertilizers Planting(manual&machinery)

Constraints

Diseases,viruses,&pests

Mainconstraint

Climate Seedquality Soilquality Seedcosts

Constraints:Diseases,Viruses&Pests

QualityControl

ImportedSeed allCountries exceptfor: Japan SouthKorea China India ColdStorage CertifiedSeed

SeedPotatoCertification

Limitedcertifiedseedinsomecountries Allcountrieshaveacertifiedseedproductionsystem Somecountrieshaveacompletesystem Mainelementsvaryfromcountrytocountry

SeedPotatoCertification

Elementsinclude: Field&tuberinspection DiseaseTolerance PurityofSeed Varietyregistration Seedlabelling&tagging

SeedPotatoCertification

Elementsincluded: Seedclassification Tissueculture Screenhouseproduction Labanalysis(Soil,Seed,Disease& viraltesting) Freedomfrompests SeedsAct

UNECEStandard

Notallcountrieswerefamiliar withthestandard Mostcountriesintendtouse UNECEStandardto: Facilitatetrade Increaseproduction Improvecurrentsystems Improveseedquality

FutureTrends

FutureTrends:Demand&Growth

Futureglobaldemand&growthwillbedrivenby increasedconsumptioninAsia

(esp.,China&India)

Traditionalricebaseddietisevolvingtoinclude morepotatoes FAOreportsproductioninAsiahasincreasedon average4.6%annuallyoverthepast10years

FutureTrends:Demand&Growth

Growthofthepotatoindustry inAsiaisdueto: Increaseuseofcoldstorage facilities Moreprocessingplants Irrigation Growthoffastfoodindustry

FutureTrends:Production
AnnualProductionGrowthRate Bangladesh Pakistan India China Indonesia 0 0.5 2 4 6 8 Percent(%)
*Source:FAOSTAT

13.5 11 5.2 4.5

10

12

14

16

FutureTrends:ClimaticChanges

Impactswillbegreatestin southerncountriesbyamplifying existingproblems: Drought, Landdegradation Increasedisease&pestpressure Lateblightexpectedtoexpand Largerpopulationsofaphids& moreseasons Asvirusvectors,aphidthreaten seedproduction

AsianRegionfuture highlights

Demandexpectedtogrow Desireinmostcountriestoincrease productiontomeetdemand MovingtoanUNECEstandardwillpromote

Increasedyieldandquality Nationalfoodsecurity Opennewtrademarketsthroughinternationally

recognizedstandard