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. 2023 Mar 15;14:1105079. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1105079

Table 4.

Size of potato market segments and potential poverty impact in the pipelines.

East Africa LAC South Asia Lowlands South Asia Highlands South East Asia South Asia South East Asia
Market Segment (MS) Table Dual Dual Table Table Table Table Processing Processing
Value of harvest in million $US 1,813 387 2,142 1,938 736 10,534 364 643 27
# of people in MS 1,111,748 243,408 177,904 177,904 1,669,363 16,255,257 256,552 1,274,547 29,099
# of poor people in MS 509,529 116,270 5,977 6,177 308,051 3,017,424 7,163 251,315 788
Pipelines investments* 26.27% 9.59% 16.98% 7.85% 27.18% 12.13%
Rank of investment per a million-dollar harvest 5 2 3 4 1 6
Rank of $US per person 3 2 1 5 6 4
Rank of $US per person in poverty 4 2 1 5 6 3

Dual, Dual purpose i.e., the potato can be used for both processing and table; MS, market segment.

* Pipeline investments are presented as a percentage of total investment estimates committed to potato breeding pipelines in 2020.

† A pipeline with the lowest investment estimates per million-dollar worth of harvest is ranked #1 while the pipeline with the highest investment estimates per million-dollar worth of harvest is ranked #6.

‡ A pipeline with the highest investment estimates per person or person in poverty is ranked #1 and that with the lowest investment per person or person in poverty is ranked #6.