In Ukraine, this year's pear harvest turned out to be insufficient

Since the beginning of autumn, prices for pears at the Shuvar wholesale market in Lviv have almost doubled. The average price for a kilogram of this fruit now is 55 hryvnias. According to Tetyana Popovych, the head of the Shuvar market marketing department, the sharp increase in prices is the result of an insufficient harvest, which could have been caused by adverse weather conditions, such as drought or spring frosts. "Compared to last year, as well as the previous two or three years, we are observing a significant increase in the price of pears. This may indicate not only problems with the harvest, but also a reduction in the area under ...