Freezes in Poland, Serbia, and Central Asia: Will the raspberry harvest decrease, and should we expect high prices?

Published Apr 18, 2023

Tridge summary

A local expert has reported significant issues with raspberry plantations in Poland, potentially leading to a decrease in the country's raspberry harvest this year. The problems include greenhouse collapses due to snowfall and frostbite of flower buds. Similar challenges are also impacting raspberry production in Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In Georgia, while the weather has not yet negatively affected raspberry production, inexperience in raspberry cultivation, lack of care, and the use of old varieties continue to pose challenges for the industry.

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Original content

At the end of last week, an article was published in the Polish segment of the Internet with an analysis of the state of raspberry plantations in Poland from a local expert Pavel Kravets. Based on observations in his own farm, P. Krawiec reported serious problems with raspberry plantations in Poland, which could significantly affect the harvest of this berry this year. EastFruit tried to figure out what the fall in raspberry production in Poland could lead to, and what the situation in the segment of this berry is currently being recorded in other countries of the project. Poland So, in the article we are talking about the state of raspberry plantations in only one farm, which, in fact, belongs to P. Kravets. It is located in the Lublin Voivodeship, where, according to various estimates, about 70% of all raspberry production in Poland can be concentrated. There is also no reason to assume that an expert's farm is in any way strikingly different from others in the same region. ...

Source: Eastfruit