AMMAN —
The
Jordanian Farmers Union (JFU) said on Sunday that the recent heat wave the
Kingdom has witnessed led to the early ripening of various varieties of
vegetables and fruits, which caused an oversupply in the markets and a decrease
in their prices, Hala News reported.
اضافة اعلان
JFU
Director-General
Mahmoud Al-Oran said that there has been an increase in the
quantities of all kinds of vegetables in the market, with the exception of
cauliflower, which wasn’t as affected by the recent heat wave, as it is
considered a winter crop.
He added that
prices of many types of fruits have decreased significantly, while similar
price drops were witnessed in the case of various varieties of vegetables,
especially tomatoes and eggplants.
At the same time,
Oran expressed fear that the heat wave may delay the flowering of some fruit trees
and thus affect future yields, which will reduce commercial production and
raise prices.
He called on the
government to either exempt farmers from paying electricity and water bills or
reduce them, and to raise the upper limit for water used for irrigation.
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