date:Mar 31, 2020
hest increase of a vegetable product in value terms.
The volume of sweet potatoes grown increased an average of 12 percent per year for the last five years, the highest growth rate of all vegetables. The total volume produced in 2018/19 is almost double that of 2013/14 levels.
In 2018/19 asparagus had an increase of 35 per cent to 10,237 tonnes and a 42 percent jump to $86.6million. Celery fell by six per cent in terms of volumes produced to 61,245 tonnes but had a significant 24 per cent incr