Swapping rice for potatoes

By Cecilia Brabin | June 9, 2017

May 13 – As rice and wheat prices continue to soar, Bangladesh’s government is trying to convince people to eat potatoes instead.

Bangladesh has also had an unusually good crop of potatoes that will need to be eaten before they rot.

Spuds do not traditionally feature high up the menu for Bangladesh’s 140 million people, but the government hopes a three-day potato festival in Dhaka can convince people that they are a good carbohydrate substitute to rice.

Joanna Partridge reports.

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Swapping rice for potatoes

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  1. There are 114 million people in Bangladesh.
  2. They eat potatoes every day.
  3. Th traditional stable is rice.
  4. The potato harvest this year was disappointing.
  5. Spuds are another vegetable similar to potatoes.
  6. The potatoes are stored well.
  7. The Bangladeshis produce lots of potatoes every year.
  8. Each capital consumes 24 kgs of potatoes.
  9. People are surprised at how few potato dishes there are.
  10. People have been replacing rice with potatoes.

 

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