Thanks to developments, the competitiveness of field vegetable production has increased

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 03. 10. 11:35

The pace of development of domestic vegetable growing has not slowed down in recent years, thanks to support schemes and favorable credit opportunities, modern developments have been implemented in the sector. As a result of the investments, the production of greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and snake cucumbers has also increased significantly – this was revealed in the joint overview of the National Chamber of Agriculture and the Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Interprofessional Organization (FruitVeB).

The competitiveness of domestic greenhouse vegetable growing has increased significantly. In recent years, world-class developments have been implemented in the sector thanks to rural development applications. Thanks to the investments, the production area has also expanded.

In the case of greenhouse tomatoes, the production area has increased by approximately 110 hectares, thanks to the support and favorable credit opportunities, so it now exceeds 310 hectares. Of the 150-160 thousand tons of tomatoes produced, 75-80 percent are berry and cluster types, the rest are cherry and cocktail tomatoes. Domestic producers can supply themselves with cocktail and cherry tomatoes from April to October, and we are self-sufficient in cluster tomatoes from the beginning of April, from which point the production volume increases so much that the domestic market can no longer absorb it, so we export tomatoes until September.

Farmers are currently engaged in greenhouse pepper cultivation on 1,114 hectares, and the annual harvest reaches 140 thousand tons. The turnover of so-called stuffed (tv) peppers has increased significantly in recent years, but the demand for large, colorful and sweet peppers is growing noticeably. Since the latter is still relatively scarce in domestic production, the sector is making serious efforts to develop the cultivation of colored pepper types, especially in the case of capiá peppers or pritamin peppers.

The surface area of cucumbers grown has doubled in the last 8 years, and its yield has increased 2.5 times. Currently, cucumbers are grown on about 120 ha, mostly in modern growing equipment, producing a quantity exceeding 40,000 tons.

Domestic grown vegetables can be among those fresh market products where quality supply and year-round supply to supermarket chains are possible and possible. As a result, our greenhouse production provides safe, high-quality and timely products for the domestic and international markets.