World trends and patterns in the potato crop: An economic and geographic survey

Potato Research

Volumn 42, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1999, Pages 241-264

  Walker, T S ^a   Schmiediche, P E ^b   Hijmans, R J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversification; Global distribution; Price risk; Prospects; Solanum tuberosum L.; Specialization

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033364353     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02357856     Document Type: Review

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