EU potato growers expect a 9% smaller harvest than last year

This year's potato season in Europe has been particularly challenging for farmers due to a shortage of seed potatoes, rains in the spring and poor weather conditions throughout the season. This is reported by TCD. The publication notes that the first problem faced by European farmers is the lack of seed at the beginning of the season. Then the weather took a turn for the worse, with heavy rain delaying planting and also delaying harvest. Studies have shown that global warming increases the intensity of extreme precipitation and increases the risk of flooding. This year, the European potato sector is expected to see production fall by almost 9% compared to last year's harvest. "New challenges are emerging as climate change takes its toll," says the Northwest European Potato Growers' Union (NEPG). – Abundant and constant rainfall during the planting season and summer resulted in the planting being stretched over a period of over 10 ...