CURRENT PROBLEMS OF MARKET-ORIENTED PRODUCTION IN THE GROWING OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

Changes in the economic system and in the political relations, but mainly in the market rearrangement processes affecting Central and Eastern Europe, are making the reorganization of the production and trade in basic foodstuffs timely, and in fact, are it making imperative.

In this regard, Hungary may provide a lesson, in several respects, in both understanding and managing the problems in the region, and some Hungarian experiences might as well be made use of elsewhere.

The Conference bearing the title "Postharvest ’93" is an excellent opportunity for me to summarize those correlations that may be regarded as most important in economic terms and which are peculiar to the vegetable and fruit sector.
The situation is likely to be similar in the whole eastern part of Europe, though I would urge everybody to refrain from the "block attitude". The differences are very great; the schematic treatment of the region may result in dangerous faults.
This lecture is intended to give general economic information and be an economic starting point for the participants of the conference to focus on resolving mainly the technical problems.

International Symposium on Postharvest Treatment of Horticultural Crops

Gy. Varga

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1994.368.41