'A catastrophe': Greenpeace blocks planting of 'lifesaving' golden rice

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15. It's year round in the Philippines since it's tropical.

But tubers can't be stored, the way rice is stored.

The Philippines produces annually:

20.7 million metric tons of rice
558.32 thousand metric tons of sweet potatoes.

If you have ever had Filipino cuisine, you know they eat alot of rice.

Sweet potatoes are primarily eaten fresh, which can be problem when storage is limited.

https://plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu/food-crops/vegetable-crops/sweet-potato/