Spain's potato acreage is expected to decrease in 2021 According to FEPEX's potato committee's forecast, the area cultivated with early potato varieties, which are mainly grown in Andalusia and Murcia, will decrease by 5% to 10% in the 2021 campaign, while acreage of the mid-season or late varieties, which are cultivated especially in the center and north of the peninsula, will decrease by 20%. Marcos Roman the head of the potato sector of Asociafruit (the Association of Producing and Exporting Companies of Fruits and Vegetables of Andalusia and Extremadura), stated that a large part of the sowing activities had already been carried out in Andalusia and that the area sown was 5 to 10% smaller than in 2020.