ASPARAGUS CULTIVATION
This crop is currently especially widespread in Asia: over 70% of the world's production, or 2.3 million tons, comes from China. Other important production areas lie in the Americas and Europe (Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Greece and Italy).
In Italy, asparagus crops cover around 5,500 hectares, providing a production of more than 30,000 tons. The regions where this crop is most widespread are Emilia-Romagna, Venetia, Piedmont, Tuscany, Campania, Apulia and Latium (the area around Latina).
The most commonly grown types in Italy are Ringo, Eros, Golia, Argo, Boonlim, Venlin and Franklin in the north, UC157 and Mary Washington in the South.
Crops known as "all green" are recently becoming quite common, while growing techniques in Venetia still tend towards those that make the stalk turn entirely white.

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