The weather hit the Hungarian fruit crop hard

In its analysis, the organization also draws attention to the fact that, due to the increasingly extreme weather as a result of climate change, a comprehensive reorganization of domestic fruit cultivation - and especially the cultivation of early-flowering fruit species - is essential. According to the estimates of NAK and FruitVeB, this year the producers can harvest only 7-8 thousand tons of apricots, since 70-80 percent less apricots were produced compared to the average of good vintages. The frost did not spare any crops, in some places the crop loss can reach 90-100 percent, Agroinform previously reported. Apricots are grown on about 5,000 hectares in Hungary, but the annual production volume shows a large deviation: it has ranged between 5,000 and 35,000 tons in recent years. The most significant orchard is the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (1117 hectares). There are also larger cultivation areas in the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Pest, Tolna, Fejér, Somogy and Heves. In a ...