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CIP • SOCIAL SCIENCES WORKING PAPER 2010-1 4.8.2 Projections The ten ASARECA member countries produce potatoes accounting for 71% of the total production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Evidence indicates that in 2004, the total production of potatoes in the ASARECA region was estimated to be over 14 Million Tons (Berga, 2004). According to sub-sector analysis study for potato and sweetpotatoe, 80% of the total potato produced is ware, 10% goes for seed and 10% is waste (ASARECA, 2005). Out of the total for ware, 85% of it is consumed in its boiled and other forms while 15% of the ware goes for processing. Out of the potatoes allocated for processing, 90% of it goes for chips processing and the remaining goes for crisps and others. After processing, the recovery percentage of chips is 60% while the remaining is peels during processing. The diagram indicating the potential production of chips in the ASARECA region is indicated in Figure 6. According to the potato sub-sector analysis (PRAPACE and ECAPAPA, 2004) in the ASARECA region 10.8% of the total potato produced is allocated for chips processing. After processing, net chips production will be only 6.5% of the total potato produced. With this conservative estimate, ASARECA region had the potential of producing 907,200 tons of chips per annum by 2004 (Figure 6). For countries that are covered in this study, the potential production of chips was also estimated, based on an average of 12 years of potato production. Its forecast was also made for 2015, assuming a 10% growth of potato production per annum. Accordingly, the countries considered in this study have the potential of producing 234,201 tons of chips per annum by 2008 (Table 23). By 2015, the same countries have a potential of processing 296,371 tons of chips per annum. These facts suggest that appropriate and favorable intervention options need to be set in place to exhaust the potential of chips trade in the ECA region. Table 23. Estimates of potential chips production in ECA countries by 2008 and 2015. Country Potential chips production by 2008 (tons/annum) Potential chips production by 2015 (tons/annum) Burundi 3102 3927 Ethiopia 35719 45210 Kenya 60345 76319 Rwanda 50630 64083 Tanzania 43253 54746 Uganda 41152 52086 All countries 234201 296371 34 M A R K E T S F O R F R E S H A N D F R O Z E N P O T A T O C H I P S I N T H E E C A
CIP • SOCIAL SCIENCES WORKING PAPER 2010-1 14, 000, 000 tons of potato produced in the early 2000s in ASARECA region Figure 6. Potential of chips processing in the ASARECA region. 10% goes for seed 80% goes for ware which is 11,200,000 tons of potatoes 10% is waste 85% of ware is used as boiled form 15% of ware is used for processing which is: 1,680,000 tons of potatoes 90% of it is used for chips making, which is: 1,512,000 tons of potatoes 10% of it is used for crisps, etc making 60% is chips, which is 907200 tons of chips that can be produced from 10 ASARECA member countries 40% is peels 90,720 tons of chips can be potentially produced from the ASARECA member countries M A R K E T S F O R F R E S H A N D F R O Z E N P O T A T O C H I P S I N T H E E C A 35
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