As principais
MAINVEGETABLES
DEMAND ON THE RISE
Plantings are being driven by the soaring market price, the good quality of the crop and consumers always in pursuit of healthy foods.
“The Brazilian population is gradually becoming aware of the benefits stemming from the consumption of sweet potatoes, and they are be-
coming almost an integral part of the meals”, observes agronomist Luis Antonio Suita de Castro, from Embrapa Temperate Climate. Sales in
the domestic market have become more attractive because this vegetable is in great demand. So much that exports of 1,829,410 kilograms
in 2015 were down 31.2% from the previous year, according to data from the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex), of the Ministry of Devel-
opment, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC).
More productive
cultivars are
now available to
producers
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Fonte:
IBGE.
Safras de batata-doce no Brasil
BATATAIS
Potato fields
Ano
Produção (mil t)
Área (mil ha)
Produtividade (t/ha)
2010
495,2
42,0
11,8
2011
544,8
43,8
12,4
2012
479,4
40,1
12,1
2013
505,3
39,3
13,0
2014
525,8
39,7
13,2
Fonte:
IBGE, Produção Agrícola Municipal (PAM) 2014.
Principais estados produtores de batata-doce – 2014
OS MAIORES
The biggest
Estados
Área colhida (mil ha) Produção (mil t) ProdutivIDADE (kg/ha)
Rio Grande do Sul
12.082
161.302
13.351
São Paulo
4.471
74.988
16.772
Paraná
1.985
41.456
20.885
Sergipe
3.102
40.271
12.982
Santa Catarina
1.656
30.757
18.573
Minas Gerais
1.845
29.718
16.107
