Russia: Greenhouse vegetable harvest set to hit record this year

Published 2022년 10월 31일

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Russia is set to have a record greenhouse vegetable harvest of over 1.5 million tons, a 5% increase from the previous year, with cucumber and tomato harvests seeing a 7.7% and 7.4% increase respectively. However, the growth rate has been decreasing due to the increasing base for calculation. Factors hindering domestic production include high labor costs and lack of intensive agricultural technologies. There is potential for growth in niche crops, but low wholesale prices for greenhouse products and decreasing prices for cucumbers and tomatoes since the beginning of the year despite increasing prices compared to September.

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This year, a record harvest of greenhouse vegetables is expected in Russia - over 1.5 million tons, writes Agrobusiness. Andrey Medvedev, vice-president of the Association "Greenhouses of Russia" announced this during the IV agricultural forum "Fruits and Vegetables of Russia - 2022". The interlocutor of "Agroinvestor" in the industry specifies that the harvest will be 5% more than a year earlier. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, at the end of October, the production of protected ground vegetables in Russia reached 1.25 million tons, which is 6.8% more than in 2021. In particular, the harvest of greenhouse cucumbers increased by 7.7% to 725.4 thousand tons, tomatoes - by 7.4% to 502.9 thousand tons. The increase in the gross harvest of greenhouse vegetables has been declining in the last few years. This, according to the interlocutor of Agroinvestor, is due to the fact that the base itself, from which growth is calculated, is increasing. “The growth will continue in ...

Source: AgroInvestor