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Vegetables in Israel have doubled in price

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Published Jan 24, 2024

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The ongoing war has resulted in a severe vegetable shortage in Israel, leading to a significant increase in prices, with some doubling or more. The Ministry of Agriculture anticipates a 25% drop in tomato supply and a 20% drop in onion supply this winter and spring due to the inability to cultivate land in border areas and a labor shortage. Approximately 200 hectares of land intended for tomato cultivation have been left unattended.
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Due to the shortage of vegetables due to the war, the impossibility of cultivating the land in the border areas and the lack of labor, the prices of vegetables in Israel have doubled or more. The Ministry of Agriculture of the country predicts that the supply of tomatoes will decrease by 25% and onions by 20% in the winter and spring of this year. This is reported by "News of Israel". The publication explains that on a quarter of the land on which it was planned to grow tomatoes this season (about 200 hectares), nothing was sown or the land was simply overgrown, left unattended. There are not enough collectors of agricultural products: there are no Thais now, and the locals are happy to receive help, but do not go to work in agriculture. "The supply of onions fell by 20% and now summer varieties from ...
Source: Agrotimes
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