Fruit growing and climate change - 32nd podcast

The effects of climate change require massive adjustments in fruit growing

Climatic changes present Styrian fruit growing businesses with major challenges . Late frosts, prolonged periods of drought and heat waves have increased massively in severity and frequency over the last 20 years. Attempts are being made to counter this through cultural technical measures and investments in cultural protection measures.

In recent years, however, it has also become clear that defense against extreme weather events has its limits and often represents a financial challenge. From the current perspective, there are essentially three key factors that determine the continued existence of domestic fruit production :

1. the sufficient availability of water,
2. cultural and breeding advances and
3. the existence of a market that is willing to financially compensate for the increasing effort.

In the podcast by PD Dr. Andreas Steinwidder with DI Herbert Muster from the fruit growing department of the Styrian Chamber of Agriculture will find out more about the current challenges in fruit growing and what practical measures can be derived from them: 

Here for you is the full conversation from our head of research and innovation, PD Dr. Andreas Steinwidder with DI Herbert Muster on the topic “Impacts of climate change require massive adjustments in fruit growing” in full length:

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