Tuber Crop
POTATO
Potato occupies an important place in the economy of Himachal Pradesh because of the natural advantages the State enjoys in respect of potato seed production. The cool temperate climate with high wind velocity and moderate humidity found in higher hills coupled with negligible or low aphid population are the right conditions under which the disease free potatoes are produced in the State. The total area occupied by the crop in H.P. is 16.2 thousand hectares and registered about 140.0 thousand tones production (1997-98) with an average yield of 86 q/ha.
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