Growing demand and higher quality demand characterize domestic vegetable consumption in Hungary

In the European Union, fresh tomato yields fell slightly last year, by two per cent, but this is around seven per cent in the area. This is due to the fact that production in Poland is expected to increase due to recent large investments, which will partially compensate for the Spanish outage. Production in other Member States is stable. Although yields were lower than in previous similar periods, this is explained by the fact that producers are increasingly focusing on producing smaller, berry-sized tomato types. Vegetables grown in Hungary are produced on 3,500 hectares (in a greenhouse or under foil), using relatively heterogeneous cultivation technology, of which 450 hectares are heated. The amount of sprouted vegetables is about 430 thousand tons, of which 180–185 thousand tons are peppers, 125–130 thousand tons are tomatoes, 35–37 thousand tons are cucumbers, and even the proportion of cabbage and lettuce is significant. The proportion of modern, automated and mechanized ...