Ukraine: Climate change allows farmers in the Kherson region to harvest two vegetables each

Published 2020년 12월 11일

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Climate change has led to an early ripening of vegetables and fruits in southern Ukraine, resulting in a 15-20% increase in yields. The country is experiencing faster climate change than the global average, with air temperature rising by 2° C over the past decade. This has allowed farmers to plant and harvest crops earlier, and adapt to drier conditions by focusing on more drought-resistant crops. However, the increasing temperatures are posing a threat to up to half of the world's plants by 2050, as they may not be able to adapt to the new climatic conditions. The article also highlights the challenges Ukrainian farmers are facing, such as the need for irrigation and the high cost of installing drip irrigation systems.

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Yields of vegetables and fruits in the south of Ukraine increased by 15-20% due to early ripening: due to climate change, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and garlic can be planted and harvested earlier. It is noted that the driest summer of the last 150 years in 2020 showed the feasibility of adaptation in the south of Ukraine jujube, almonds, pomegranates, bananas, figs and various citrus fruits. Climate change is particularly felt by farmers. Farmers must protect their crops and plantations from heat, drought, lack of snow in the fields, take care of irrigation or the transfer of greenhouse products in the open ground. As in the Kherson region, where climatic conditions are already similar to the subtropics, and this is well known to local farmers, who had to adjust the list of products grown in favor of more heat-loving crops. "Ukraine's climate is changing even faster than global warming. If the average global temperature increase today is 1.1 ° C, in Ukraine this figure reaches ...

Source: Agroconf