date:Nov 08, 2017
85,000 MT).
Production
Japans fresh potato planted area decreased marginally to 77,200 hectares (ha) in MY 2016/17 compared to the previous MY. Structural problems in Japans agriculture, such as lack of successors, labor market constraints, and the aging of Japans population continued to decrease planted area for potatoes marginally. However, the typhoons that reached Hokkaido in the summer of 2016 reduced Japans potato production 9.2 percent to approximately 2.16 million MT.
Accordingly, FAS/