Hungary: Extreme weather makes green pea and sweet corn production impossible

The Hungarian green pea and sweet corn sector is in serious trouble, as due to the extreme weather conditions in recent years, more and more players in the sector are thinking of giving up green pea cultivation. This, in turn, would not only make domestic green pea production impossible, but would also deal a serious blow to the cultivation of sweet corn and the processing industry based on them. The Agricultural Sector asked the FruitVeB Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organization and Product Council (FruitVeB) about the seriousness of the situation and the possible solution. Growing green peas and sweet corn in a difficult situation The FruitVeB report on the domestic situation of green peas and sweet corn has been published recently. In this, the Product Council drew attention to the fact that negative phenomena are already being felt, which have endangered not only the functioning of production, but also the functioning of the processing industry, as reported ...