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In the past 15 years, world tomato production has increased by about 55%; there has been an average increase of about 1.3 million metric tons (MT) per year (see Chapter 13). Production of tomatoes for processing increased dramatically from 1975 to 1980, particularly canned tomatoes, in eight major producing countries (Fig. 14.1). A major proportion of the increase occurred in Italy. During this same time period there were marked increases in paste production in Italy, Greece and France (Fig. 14.2). These large increases were spurred by the favourable subsidies of those countries: a European Community (EC) subsidy in Italy and France and government subsidy in Greece. Following 1979, however, there was a levelling of production, as considerable overproduction in 1979/1980 resulted in sizeable surpluses.
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Stevens, M.A. (1986). The future of the field crop. In: Atherton, J.G., Rudich, J. (eds) The Tomato Crop. The Tomato Crop. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3137-4_14
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