If the market stalls are still well stocked, the situation could radically change within 2 weeks. Pei fruits and vegetables face drought. Market gardeners are worried, tomatoes, salads and even pineapples could soon become scarce. On the stalls, prices are already starting to rise.
Tomatoes, salads, pineapples and even mangoes, at the Chaudron fairground market, consumers are noticing an increase in prices on many fresh products. An increase due largely to drought.
“I stand in solidarity with the planters, I take what I need and I pay the price“.
“Prices have increased, this is not pleasant for consumers who do not have a lot of means, especially at the end of the month“.
Behind this increase in prices lies a more complex reality for producers. The harvests are less abundant, of lower quality, they will soon run out of stock. “Many merchants no longer come, the brèdes and salads are ruined. It’s difficult, but we can last two more weeks“, confides a merchant.
-For other producers in the West, the situation is even more alarming. Some have lost almost all their production due to water restrictions. Two days of water cuts have been announced, which endanger Mickaël’s plants. “We have never seen this in the area, we are very worried. I planted carrots, large peppers, cabbages, with the sun there, it won’t grow“.
For many farmers, the question is no longer how to produce, but how long they can last.
Belgium
