How has climate change shifted the vegetable growing area in Ukraine?

Published 2024년 7월 19일

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Ukraine is experiencing significant climate changes, with the average annual temperature in 2023 being +10.8°C, which is +3°C above the climate norm. The Odessa region experienced the highest average temperature of +12.4°C. These changes are causing some areas to become more desert-like, leading to increased dependence on rainfall for agriculture. The 'vegetable belt' of Ukraine is moving northward due to the gradual temperature increase, with regions like Cherkasy and Poltava being notably affected. As a result, agricultural practices in the country are being adversely affected, with some regions considering the cultivation of crops typically found in Arizona and Arizona, such as cotton and sugar cane, and experiencing challenges with moisture deficiency.

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Climate changes have made the south of Ukraine similar to Arizona - cotton is already being sown here and sugar cane is being looked at. In the central regions, meanwhile, no one is surprised by two potato harvests a year, EastFruit writes with reference to SEEDS. In the North, drainage is no longer necessary; sunflowers are increasingly being grown here. The head of the agrometeorology department of the Hydrometeorological Center of Ukraine, Tatyana Adamenko, spoke about this. “For the last 20 years, Ukraine has experienced an almost continuous period of warming. During this time, there was only one year in which the average temperature approached the climate norm. All other years, actual temperatures rose and exceeded the norm,” Tatyana Adamenko told LIGA.net. In 2023, the average annual temperature in the country was +10.8°C, which is +3°C, almost a third, above the climate norm. It was in the Odessa region, where the first cotton fields were sown, that the average temperature ...

Source: Eastfruit