Potatoes in Ireland: Sixty years of potato research and development, market evolution and perspectives on future challenges

Potato is often considered synonymous with Ireland, due to the great Irish famine in 1845, and remains the most important primary food crop in Ireland. Over the last 60 yr, the area of potatoes has reduced from 86,000 ha to 9,000 ha. This trend has occurred in most developed countries but in Ireland...

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Main Authors: D. Griffin, L. Bourke, E. Mullins, M. Hennessy, S. Phelan, S. Kildea, D. Milbourne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Compuscript Ltd 2022-02-01
Series:Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
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Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/ijafr-2020-0144