Russia: Vegetables have risen to record prices even in Kuban

Published 2024년 7월 30일

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The articles highlight the rising vegetable prices in Russia, with Krasnodar experiencing significant increases due to abnormal heat, labor shortages, and retailer practices, while regions like Sevastopol, Astrakhan, and Dagestan maintain stable prices through self-sufficiency and competition. In the Novosibirsk Region, peasants face challenges from rising costs of agricultural inputs despite support measures, with varied vegetable price changes reported. Direct subsidies for growers are suggested but deemed costly, and efforts are made to minimize markups and hold social agricultural fairs. Economist Valery Nikonov believes the market will eventually stabilize.

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Having walked around all the rows of the largest Sennaya market in Krasnodar, we did not find cucumbers cheaper than 100 rubles per kilo. They asked for the same amount for zucchini, eggplants and bell peppers. There were no such prices in Kuban at that time. Compared to July last year, they doubled. Why? Traders referred to the abnormal heat: “Everything is literally burning in the fields and vegetable gardens!” But is it? “The heat, if it affected prices, was minimal,” says Igor Emelev, head of the Association of Peasant Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Krasnodar. He has been producing vegetables for 30 years. “This is an irrigated crop, even in open ground - drip irrigation. The rise in price was due to for the reduction of vegetable plantations. I have reduced them by half. Next year I will reduce them by half." Cause? Total shortage of personnel. The same situation, according to Emelev, is on other farms. “Previously,” he explained, “migrants worked for us. But the ...

Source: RG