UK's Britain warns of the risk of a shortage of tomatoes and cucumbers due to the crisis

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Published Feb 22, 2023

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The UK may face a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and cauliflower in supermarkets amid a crisis in the agricultural sector as a result of high inflation in the country. Minette Butters, president of the British National Farmers Union, said this on Tuesday in an interview with Sky News.

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“Everyone wants to avoid imposing limits [on quantities] like the ones we saw in December with eggs, but I think there are challenges ahead in terms of having a number of product categories,” she said, citing pepper, among other things. potatoes and broccoli. Butters noted that in order to avoid shortages of goods, the government will need to expand the program of assistance to agricultural producers. In her opinion, the lack of labor, high inflation, the disruption of supply chains in the light of the conflict in Ukraine and the consequences of the UK's exit from the European Union negatively affect the activities of British farms. At the same time, Butters stressed that poor harvests in traditional vegetable supplying countries, such as Portugal and Italy, are forcing the UK to rely more on its own producers, who, in turn, are working in an economic crisis. According to official figures, in January ...

Source: Kvedomosti