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Potato, China
Mongolie-Intérieure, China40.80°N 111.70°E
computed criticality10/100
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China ~1/4 of world potato production
2023Fault line
China grows nearly a quarter of the world's potatoes, the fourth staple after wheat, rice and maize. A mostly domestic output, but whose scale weighs on global food security.
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Chinese producers
India
Ukraine
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