As the spring season progresses, Hungary’s spring legume and vegetable produce has started to hit the market. Currently, Hungary produces 1.7 million tons of vegetables and legumes annually, and according to the news portal’s latest figures, around one-quarter of this produce comes from greenhouse vegetable forcing production.

The latest data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) shows that 66% of the greenhouses used for vegetable forcing are unheated, 16% of them are heated using geothermal water, 5.1% are heated with conventional gas heating, 2.3% use biomass heating and 11% use other methods of heating.

94% of the heated vegetable forcing machinery is operated with geothermal energy. Vegetable forcing production is currently practiced over an area of 2600 hectares, however, due to multi-layered greenhouse production, the actual cultivation area is 3400 hectares.

The main vegetables produced in vegetable forcing follow Hungary’s general horticultural trends. The largest portion of the greenhouse area is dedicated to sweet paprika (pepper) (1500 ha), followed by various salads and greens (665 ha), tomatoes (310 ha), and cucumbers (100 ha).

For more details on this topic and the opportunities presented by geothermal greenhouses in Hungary, see the detailed report here. 

Read the complete article at www.agroberichtenbuitenland.nl.

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