There can be a huge change in Hungarian agriculture: Can these fruits disappear forever?

Published 2021년 9월 7일

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The article highlights the impact of environmental change on agriculture, explaining how high water requirement crops like sugar beet and potatoes will need irrigation and water-retaining methods, increasing costs. It discusses the vulnerability of multi-bred plants and monocultures to environmental change and the need for more nutrients and inputs, which can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The cultivation of drought-tolerant species and a shift towards free-range livestock farming are suggested to mitigate these challenges. The article also touches on the potential for higher prices in agriculture due to labor shortages and the threat to tree species from extinction. Additionally, it emphasizes the benefits of animal manure in reducing carbon emissions by increasing the carbon sequestration capacity of soils.

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According to research, varieties with high water requirements, such as sugar beet, potatoes, alfalfa, will only be produced by irrigation, although this method is much more costly and therefore less profitable. And water-retaining methods will have to be used to compensate for the missing precipitation, which will also increase costs - hvg writes. Multi-bred plants and monocultures will be most vulnerable to environmental change, as the adaptability of current hybrid plants is extremely low. Under deteriorating conditions, more and more nutrients and other inputs, such as fertilizers, pesticides, will be needed to survive and achieve the desired average yield, while current inputs will contribute greatly to warming. You may also be interested in! Alarm report: The number of natural disasters has increased brutally in the last 50 years. The Earth is being destroyed to an astonishing extent. You may also be interested in! Lili Balogh, coordinator of the Agroecology Network, told the ...

Source: Agrarszektor