Climate change influences horticulture in Hungary: new crops emerge, tomato prices drop
Climate change is reshaping Hungary's horticulture, with new crops such as figs, kiwi, and sweet potatoes becoming increasingly feasible, says Ferenc Apáti, the head of FruitVeB, Hungary's largest fruit and vegetable growers' alliance. A decade and a half ago, no one in Hungary was planting sweet potatoes... Figs, which previously couldn't bear fruit in North-East Hungary, produced fruits
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