Ukraine: Almonds and pineapples are already planted in Kherson region instead of corn and wheat

Published 2020년 11월 23일

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Ukraine is experiencing its driest summer in 150 years due to rapid climate change, leading to a shift in suitable crops towards the south. With temperatures rising at almost double the global average, the region is becoming more suitably for subtropical crops like jujube, almonds, pomegranates, bananas, figs, and various citrus fruits. This change has allowed for increased yield and earlier harvests of traditional crops by 15-20%. However, the rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall pose challenges for farmers, such as the need for costly drip irrigation. Despite potential global plant losses due to climate change, Ukrainian farmers see an opportunity to grow exotic crops and enjoy multiple harvests throughout the year.

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About it writes propozitsiya.com. The driest summer of the last 150 years in the summer of 2020 proved the feasibility of adapting jujube, almonds, pomegranates, bananas, figs and various citrus fruits in the south of Ukraine. "The climate in Ukraine is changing even faster than global warming is taking place in the world," said Tetyana Adamenko, head of the agrometeorology department at Ukrhydrometcenter. "If the average global temperature rise today is 1.1 ° C, in Ukraine this figure is almost 1.5 ° C, and over the last decade the air temperature in our country has risen by 2 ° C." At present, the weather in Ukraine as a whole is similar to the climate of southern Ukraine in the 60s and 80s, but residents of the Black Sea regions of the country celebrate unprecedentedly hot days in summer, quite warm in winter. In Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts the number of sunny days increased and the number of precipitations decreased significantly. The subtropical climate of Kherson ...

Source: AgroReview