Crete - Bad Weather: Potatoes More Expensive and Vegetable Shortages After the Disaster
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More than 80% of the potato crop on the Lasithi plateau on the Greek island of Crete has been affected by massive flooding after five days of heavy rains and thunderstorms. Previously, the element could destroy about 3 thousand tons of potatoes and vegetables. In the area of Lasithi, about 440 mm of precipitation fell in two days and about 470 mm in four days. In some areas [...] The post Floods destroyed more than 80% of the potato crop in Cret…
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Αγώνας της ΚρήτηςPotato price increases and shortages of basic vegetables have already begun to be recorded in the Cretan market, as a result of the huge destruction suffered by production on the Lassithi Plateau. The price of potatoes on the wholesale market has already increased by 10 to 15 cents per kilo, as local production can no longer meet market needs and traders are forced to turn to products from other regions of Greece, as well as imported potatoes.
Potato prices have risen by up to 20 cents on Crete's shelves following the floods. Producers estimate losses of 30,000 tons and fear shortages.
The president of the agricultural association of the Lasithi Plateau — Crete, Mr. Manolis Paterakis, spoke about the situation prevailing in the area after the floods due to the bad weather. The plain drowned. He found us on the potato harvest, resulting in 80% of the potato crop and 3,000 acres of horticultural crops drowning in water. The situation is tragic, the people are in despair,” he initially stressed to the journalist Parapolitika and …
The President of the Lassithi Plateau - Crete Agricultural Association, Manolis Paterakis, spoke on Parapolitika 90.1 regarding the rise in the price of potatoes, due to the damage to crops caused by bad weather in Crete.
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