Climate change is threatening fruit production in Poland
Fruits
Poland
Published Jan 21, 2022
Tridge summary
Increasingly frequent and longer droughts, late frosts caused by mild winters and an early start of the growing season, and an increase in the frequency of hurricane winds and hailstorms are just some of the effects of climate change that Polish fruit growers are struggling with. The latest report of the Climate Coalition leaves no doubt that urgent mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change in agriculture are needed. Growers indicate, inter alia,
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on the need for access to appropriate education and support from state and local authorities. Poland is one of the largest agricultural producers in the European Union, both in terms of plant production and animal husbandry. Fruit production plays a particularly important role here. In terms of the amount of crops, our country, with an annual production of approx. 4.3 million tonnes of fruit, ranks third in the EU, after Spain and Italy, and ahead of France and Greece. We are the largest producer of apples, cherries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries in the EU. Poland is also a significant EU producer of blueberries, strawberries and chokeberry. Nevertheless, maintaining the high potential of fruit production may be more difficult than it seems. Fruit-growing, like almost the entire agricultural sector, is particularly sensitive to the effects of climate change, we read in the latest publication of the Climate Coalition, “Growers in the face of climate change and its effects. ...
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