Fruit and vegetable production in Hungary

Published 2021년 3월 2일

Tridge summary

Hungary's horticultural sectors have seen a decline in fruit and vegetable production areas since EU integration in 2004, despite being a net exporter of fruit products and fresh vegetables. Trade losses increased by 80% between 2015 and 2019, driven by structural issues, COVID-19's short-term impact, and a decrease in profitability in heated greenhouse tomato cultivation due to rising costs. The country's agricultural tradition is facing challenges such as lack of organization, integration, and investment, labor shortages and high costs, international competition, and environmental factors. These challenges, particularly affecting small- to medium-sized growers, hinder modernization and the adoption of necessary technologies.

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Original content

Since the EU accession in 2004, the production area of fruits and vegetables in the Hungarian horticultural sectors has been declining. Still, Hungary is a net exporter of fruit products, fresh vegetables and vegetable products – With most of the export going to other EU member states. However, in the second half of the 2010s decade, trade has been declining, with the foreign trade surplus dropping by 80% between 2015 and 2019. There are multiple reasons and structural issues in the economic, societal and natural environment which can explain this pattern. Subsidization makes up for varying shares of the production value in horticultural cultivation. In the case of sweet corn, this figure is around 17.5%, while in green pea growing, it is higher than one-fifth, at 21%. In greenhouse tomato and sweet pepper growing, the share of direct subsidies in the product value is a negligible, marginal fraction. In the case of fruit growing, this figure is 13-18%. COVID-19While the impact of ...

Source: Hortidaily