Heat Costs European Potato Farmers Hundreds of Millions of Euros, but Also Offers New Opportunities
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An exceptionally warm and dry summer is putting the European potato sector under severe pressure. Due to a combination of extreme weather conditions and a deliberately reduced potato acreage, the European Union is heading for one of the smallest harvests ever. While the market is overheating and prices are skyrocketing, the situation in the Netherlands presents a mixed picture: whereas farmers in the south of the country have been hit hard, the …
The potato crisis is historic. Raymond is 67 years old and, since his childhood, the fields of the plain of Soisonnaise (Aisne) feed the potato industry and... The article "We'll start counting the dead": potato producers faced with a catastrophic harvest appeared first on Current Values.
Europe is facing one of its smallest potato harvests on record as successive heatwaves and prolonged drought have hit the crop, which requires large amounts of water to grow. According to an analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, the conclusions of which are published by Bloomberg today, high summer temperatures are expected to reduce potato production in Europe and the United Kingdom by about 3.5 million tons. Based on current …
The Netherlands and other countries in northwestern Europe could face one of the smallest potato harvests in history this year and losses of hundreds of millions for producers due to summer droughts, BTA reported, citing ANP. According to the conclusions of an analysis by the research organization Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), the total loss of production in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France could reach 622 million euro…
The European States faced the threat of potato shortages and a sharp rise in food prices following the loss of nearly seven million tons of crops due to the abnormal summer heat, Europe facing potato shortages and price increases due to extreme weather conditions in the summer, which resulted in the loss of nearly 7 million tons of crops, as evidenced by the forecast of the non-profit organization Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, written by…
The heat waves that hit Europe this summer caused the loss of almost seven million tons of potatoes, which threatens to generate shortages of the product on the continent and raise its prices, reports media citing the forecasts of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
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