EU encourages potato as a replacement of rice in Asia

January 1, 2013

The EU is increasingly promoting potato as crop which can replace rice as a staple in the Asian rice-consuming countries.
As per researchers:

Potato, which is a ‘tuber crop’, requires less amount of water to grow as compared to other basic food products, without compromising the nutritional value.
It is the fourth largest consumed food in the world after maize, rice and wheat.
Contains less calories than pasta, rice and bread.
Consumes about 30 % less water to grow than rice
It is being projected as a crop that can contribute to weight loss if prepared and consumed healthily.
It can provide a solution for meeting the increased food demand for an estimated 6 billion world population by 2030.