8 Countries that Produce the Most Potatoes in the World

 

3. Russia

Production: 30,199,126.00 tonnes

There is a legend that says that Russian weren’t fond of this vegetable at first. When Czar Peter the Great brought it from Europe back in the late 17th century, people in Russia considered potato “the Devil’s apple”. It took them only a century to love this vegetable, which is now one of the most praised there. One of the reasons for that is the fact that potato helped many people survive during the horrible Soviet famine.

Countries that Produce the Most Potatoes in the World