Five food and drink that can disappear from stores forever: can Hungarians say goodbye to their favorites?

Published 2021년 11월 3일

Tridge summary

Climate change is posing significant challenges to the agricultural sector, with extreme weather and changing seasons impacting various crops. The article highlights the threat to two billion daily cups of coffee due to fungal disease and reduced growing areas caused by rising temperatures. Cocoa production is also expected to decline due to temperature rise in growing areas, potentially making chocolate a luxury. Banana production is under threat due to water scarcity and fungal disease. Avocado trees, which require specific conditions and are grown in monoculture, are at risk of disappearing by 2050 due to climate change. Grape vineyards are being planted at higher elevations as climate change affects grape varieties and production.

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The effects of climate change pose increasing challenges to agricultural actors every year. Extreme weather can ruin cropland, and overturning the established order of the seasons can make it impossible for plants to thrive as they have so far. There are already foods that we may have to give up soon, and there are some that will be painful for many, writes Infostart, citing Euronews. Currently, two billion cups of coffee are sold in the world every day, but that could change fundamentally. Last year, 10 billion kilograms of coffee beans had to be produced to meet this huge demand, while a fungal disease called leaf rust is wreaking havoc on coffee plantations in Latin America due to rising temperatures. Between 2012 and 2017, it has already caused € 2.5 billion in damage to the sector. It is not just leaf rust that needs to be worried: due to weather changes, we have fewer and fewer areas where coffee growing is possible, with some estimates that the size of coffee growing areas ...

Source: Agrarszektor