Poland grows fewer and fewer carrots due to lack of water

Published 2024년 6월 4일

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Poland, the EU's third-largest carrot producer, has seen a significant drop in carrot production due to droughts caused by climate change. The first notable drought was in 2015, and droughts have occurred regularly since 2018. This has led to a decrease in carrot production from 827,000 tons in 2017 to 580,000 tons in 2023, a nearly 30% drop in six years. The drought, along with inflation and rising energy prices, has also increased the cost of carrots for consumers, reaching PLN 4.99 per kilogram in 2023. As a result, Poland has had to import carrots, primarily from Germany, with carrot imports to the country increasing by 60% in 2023.

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Poland is the third largest producer of carrots in the European Union after Germany and France, the production of this vegetable has been declining in recent years in this country. It is easy to see the correlation between the significant decline in carrot production and the lack of water. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Netherlands. Droughts caused by climate change in Poland over the past decade, it said, started in 2015 and have occurred almost every year since 2018 – and this is evident in carrot production. In 2017, 827,000 tons of carrots were produced, while in 2023, only 580,000 tons reached the market. This is a decrease of almost 30% in just 6 years. According to ARiMR, in 2023, 290,000 farmers reported losses from drought, of which, in the case of 139,000 applications, losses were calculated in the amount of more than 30% of the average annual crop production in the farm. The impact of the drought, in addition to other factors such as inflation or ...

Source: Agrotimes