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.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eu-promotes-potato-replace-rice-asia
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gargi-parsai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/potato
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/netherlands
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy