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Dr. David Clark
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the number of hectares registered with the Potato Marketing Board for potato growing, and the number of individual farmers registered, for each year since 1980.
Mr. Gummer
The table shows the number of producers registered with the Potato Marketing Board and the basic area available for planting since 1980.
Registered Producers
| Basic Area '000 ha
| |
| 1980 | 30,225 | 192 |
| 1981 | 28,760 | 182 |
| 1982 | 27,498 | 172 |
| 1983 | 26,499 | 169 |
| 1984 | 25,480 | 168 |
| 1985 | 24,948 | 165 |
| 1986 | 22,565 | 161 |
| 1987 | 21,439 | 155 |
| 1988 | 20,155 | 154 |
| 1989 | 19,266 | 152 |
| 1990 | 18,276 | 153 |