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Lotus root - Production trends (total in Japan)
yield x acreage
The yield amount of Lotus root in Japan is decreasing by 3.8% from 2006 to 2022, and the acreage is decreasing by 2.7%.
yield x yield per 10 ares
The Yield per 10 ares for Lotus root is decreasing by 0.7%.
Lotus root - Overview
| Classification | cropsVegetable |
|---|---|
| 収穫部位 | Rhizome |
| Cultivars | Renkon with soil, Cut renkon, Wase renkon, Washed renkon, New renkon |
| Representative Prefectures | Ibaraki-ken, Yamaguchi-ken, Tokushima-ken, Ehime-ken, Saga-ken |
| Best season |
January, February, March, September, October, November, December [Displaying the periods that the quantity on the market for the representative cultivar is large.] |
| Nutrients/Nutritional components |
Sodium |
| Major dish/processed food | |
| Related to farmworks | Farmworks for pretreating seed, Farmworks for raising seedling, Farmworks for cultivating, Farmworks for fertilizing basal, Farmworks for sowing, Farmworks for transplanting, Farmworks for fertilizing additional, Farmworks for controlling pest, Farmworks for weeding, Farmworks for controlling growth, Farmworks for harvesting, Farmworks for adjusting postharvest, Farmworks for shipping, Farmworks for laboring indirect, Farmworks for managing general |
Lotus root - High-ranking yield districts(prefecture)
Agriculture ranking by districts(prefectures) [Lotus root] (All prefectures)
| # | Prefectures | Yield Amount | Yield Amount ratio | Shipping Amount | Shipping Amount ratio | Crop Acreage | Crop Acreage ratio | Productivity Per 10 Acre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Japan | 56,200(t) | - | 47,300(t) | - | 4,020(ha) | - | 1,400(kg) |
| 1 | Ibaraki-ken | 28,200(t) | 50.2% | 24,500(t) | 51.8% | 1,730(ha) | 43.0% | 1,630(kg) |
| 2 | Saga-ken | 7,330(t) | 13.0% | 5,460(t) | 11.5% | 461(ha) | 11.5% | 1,590(kg) |
| 3 | Tokushima-ken | 4,950(t) | 8.8% | 4,050(t) | 8.6% | 525(ha) | 13.1% | 943(kg) |
| 4 | Aichi-ken | 2,760(t) | 4.9% | 2,600(t) | 5.5% | 217(ha) | 5.4% | 1,270(kg) |
| 5 | Yamaguchi-ken | 2,250(t) | 4.0% | 2,030(t) | 4.3% | 203(ha) | 5.0% | 1,110(kg) |
| 6 | Kumamoto-ken | 2,240(t) | 4.0% | 1,600(t) | 3.4% | 195(ha) | 4.9% | 1,150(kg) |
| 7 | Niigata-ken | 2,070(t) | 3.7% | 1,860(t) | 3.9% | 150(ha) | 3.7% | 1,380(kg) |
| 8 | Chiba-ken | 1,280(t) | 2.3% | 972(t) | 2.1% | 117(ha) | 2.9% | 1,090(kg) |
| 9 | Ishikawa-ken | 1,190(t) | 2.1% | 1,090(t) | 2.3% | 95(ha) | 2.4% | 1,250(kg) |
| 10 | Okayama-ken | 1,090(t) | 1.9% | 982(t) | 2.1% | 92(ha) | 2.3% | 1,180(kg) |
Lotus root - Cultivation condition
Burdock is well grown under the conditions where the temperature is between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius,it has a high tolerance for heat, and it likes the place such as swamp and pond.
Crops Memo
Lotus root
In Japan, Lotus is cultivated for food as well as ornamental purpose. Eating the root of lotus would not be common in most countries and regions in the world, but it is quite common in Japan. If you go to ordinary super market in Japan, you can buy it easily. It is cooked in stewing with sugar and soy-source based soup or stir-frying them with sugar and soy sauce. The crunchy texture is one of representative characteristics. [Lotus Root] is pronounced as "Re-n-ko-n" in Japanese.
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As of December 21 2024, the number of the registered farmers (agricultural workers) who produces [Lotus root] is 0, the registered products (crops) related to [Lotus root] is 0, and the registered articles related to [Lotus root] is 0. (Those figures might contain the number of sample posts. Please be aware of it.)
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