Traditionally, the potato is regarded as a temperate zone crop but in the last few decades it has been increasingly grown in tropical and sub-tropical countries. At first sight both markets—and especially the second, where consumption per capita is still very low—appear capable of substantial development but, as this review shows, there are considerable obstacles to this. On balance, the main future development seems to lie in the production of ware potatoes.
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