Los estadounidenses consumen más de 30 libras de tomates al año, tres cuartas partes en forma procesada. Si bien las variedades de frutas frescas producidas comercialmente se cultivan principalmente en entornos muy controlados, lejos de los elementos, parece que el cambio climático será un gran problema para el procesamiento de tomates.
Tomatoes are especially susceptible to climate change: according to a study published in Nature Food, by 2050, production in the United States (California produces 90 percent of the nation’s processing tomatoes), China, and Italy, which are the world’s three biggest tomato producers, could drop by 6 percent. California is a big tomato producer, but the state is getting hotter, with temperatures reaching upward of 95 degrees in spring and summer in areas that grow tomatoes, such as the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. In extremely high temperatures, a lower percentage of flowers on a tomato plant will develop into fruit, said Tom Turini, a University of California farm adviser responsible for vegetable crops in central California, particularly Fresno and Kings counties. Higher air temperatures also spell out bad news for irrigation, especially given that some areas, like California, are already facing chronic water shortages, the second problem. Click here for an enlarged ...
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