2005 UPDATE OF THE WORLD'S ASPARAGUS PRODUCTION AREAS, SPEAR UTILIZATION, YIELDS AND PRODUCTION PERIOD

The estimates of asparagus producing areas, the periods of spear production and the utilization of spears are presented for the world’s asparagus producing countries. These data are based on contacts with international asparagus researchers, growers and industry representatives. This poster presentation was a working poster display affording the participants of the 11^th International Asparagus Symposium the opportunity to update and amend the presented data. The amended data are presented in this paper.