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EU promotes potato to replace rice in Asia [1]

Market leaders, Dutch follows tringent quality control

The potato has a 12,000-year-old history but an even brighter future as a crop that is set to replace rice as a staple in the Asian rice-consuming countries. It requires less amount of water compared to other basic food products, without compromising the nutrition value. Potato, therefore, is increasingly being promoted, in the genetically modified organism-free European Union (EU), as the foremost solution for meeting the increased food demand for an estimated 6 billion world population by 2030.

Publication Date: 
26/12/2012
Gargi Parsai [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
European Union (EU) [4], Asia [5], Potato [6], Rice [7], Nutrition [8], GM Crops [9], China [10], Netherlands [11], Water Management [12], Organic Farming [13], Farmers [14], Food Policy [15]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
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[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
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[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy