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Potato across Countries The cultivation of Potato has increased in the last fifty years all around the world. However, its consumption has decreased considerably for the past twenty years because in the developed countries. This is because these some of these developed countries have more abundant proteinous foods rather than depend on starchy food for survival. In the subsequent parts of this paper, the comparative analysis of potato in the China and France will be explored. It is believed that the Dutch introduced Potato in China around 1600. It has since been grown in the mountainous areas of western and northern China. It was not perceived with much vitality and its cultivation in China was not so important until the early years of the twentieth century. New varieties of exceedingly-yielding Potatoes and new technologies for harvesting and processing of the crop has substantially increased. The government of China began experimenting with Potato in the year 1914. Since then, improved varieties of Potato and advanced breeding methods have been discovered and put in to practice in China. Potato finally became of a highly important crop in China around the Second World War. This was a time when the nationalists and communists parties of the country and also the invading army of Japan discovered the advantages of a crop that can be grown easily, stored for considerable months and more easy to be transported. After the war ended, Potato cultivation exceed ingly increased all around China; most especially in â€Å"Ganzu, Guizhou, Inner part of Mongolia, Yunnan and Sichuan†. The crop could be cultivated over the winter even in the warmer region of the southern part of China. Consequently, in 1950 the production of Potato had the attained... ...rop became more abundant and relatively nutritious causing it to be grown by more sections of the French society. Potato helped support large families and population explosion in France just like in China. The French have their own Potato which differs from that of the Chinese and they are namely; White Wine Smashed Potatoes, Three-Cheese Potato Gratin and Potatoes Fondantes. Today, Potato is still grown mainly in the Southern region of France. New varieties are being planted with modernized farming equipment just like in China. Work Cited Smith, Andrew F. Potato: A Global History. London: Reaktion, 2011. Print. â€Å"Early History of the Potato in France.† The American Farmer; Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture etc.(1881-1897) Jan 15 1893: 7. ProQuest. Web. 10 Nov. 2013. Reader, John. Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent. New Haven: Yale UP, 2009. Print.