Crops

Potato

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Potato." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/potato.

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Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Potato. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/potato

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-potato,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Potato},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/potato},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A tuber domesticated in the Andes that became Europe's hedge against famine after the Columbian Exchange, then the cause of its worst one: Ireland's dependence on a few potato varieties left it defenseless when late blight arrived in 1845. Per hectare, the potato yields more food energy than any major grain.

Facts

Scientific Name

Solanum tuberosum 1

Crop Class

Root and Tuber 1

Domestication Region

Andes of southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia 1

Domesticated When (Circa)

circa 8000 to 5000 BC 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Columbian Exchange

Source Columbian Exchange (Wikipedia)

Irish Potato Famine

Source Great Famine, Ireland (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Potato (Wikipedia)

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