In Bulgaria, vegetables have risen in price by 15% due to abnormal heat

In Bulgaria, vegetables have become almost 15% more expensive in the last year, with local cucumbers currently costing 4 leva per kilogram – a record high, EastFruit reports. Rosen Petrakiev, an experienced vegetable grower from Martin, attributes this price increase to the intense heat, which has a negative impact on the quantity and quality of produce, thereby reducing supply and increasing prices, Novinite.com reports. Petrakiev notes that the price increase is a direct consequence of extreme weather conditions, which reduce yields. Read also: Will EU potato prices set new records due to bad weather and seeds? He also mentions that in order to mitigate these effects of climate change, farmers have had to increase investments in plant protection, thereby increasing operating costs. As for the impact of drought and water prices, Petrakiev explains that vegetable irrigation is mainly carried out using wells or water from rivers, meaning that farmers in Northern Bulgaria have not ...