Heat and drought have led to a reduction in wine production in Cyprus

Published Sep 16, 2024

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Cyprus is facing a significant impact on its agricultural sector, particularly in wine and table grape production, due to an abnormal drought marked by low rainfall and record high temperatures. About 7,000 hectares of agricultural land, predominantly vineyards, have been severely affected, leading to lower than expected yields and diversity in grape varieties. The wine region in the Troodos Mountains and the foothills of Limassol and Paphos provinces has been declared drought-stricken, with losses still being assessed. The adverse weather conditions have also resulted in a scarcity of table grapes. The year 2024 has been challenging for Cypriot winegrowers, with solid hail falls and extreme weather conditions compounding the effects of the drought.

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The abnormal drought has negatively affected the agricultural sector of Cyprus and affected the volume of wine production, as well as the diversity of table grape varieties. This was reported to the Cyprus Mail by Savvas Hadjimichail, a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, commenting on the nature of the damage caused to the island's vineyards by the unusually low amount of rainfall in the summer and record high average temperatures in June and July. According to him, about 7 thousand hectares of agricultural land on the island are under vineyards and it was "grapes that turned out to be one of the most damaged crops" as a result of the unfavorable weather conditions that developed in late spring, as well as in the first half and mid-summer. "As the season progressed, it became clear that the yield was lower than expected, especially in the wine region that occupies the slopes of the Troodos Mountains and the foothills in the provinces of Limassol and Paphos," ...

Source: Kvedomosti