{"id":2415,"date":"2024-06-13T23:50:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:50:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:50:20","slug":"uk-grappling-with-vegetable-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/uk-grappling-with-vegetable-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"UK grappling with vegetable shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unusually cold temperatures in Spain and heavy rain and flooding in Morocco  two of the biggest tomato suppliers to the UK  have led to poor yields and are cited as the primary cause of the shortage.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain, farmers blame recent freezing temperatures following record heat and dry conditions last year. Heat and drought in Europe <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> last year also are affecting vegetable harvests in other countries, including Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The shortages in Britain  and contrasting pictures of full vegetable shelves in supermarkets in mainland Europe  led to a degree of Brexit schadenfreude in some EU news outlets. Experts say extra <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/bureaucracy\">Bureaucracy<\/a> and costs associated with Brexit have played a part, though they <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/stress\">Stress<\/a> its not <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> a main factor.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers also have complained about the lack of government  in the sector and funding to help them cope with painfully high energy bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unusually cold temperatures in Spain and heavy rain and flooding in Morocco two of the biggest tomato suppliers to the UK have led to poor yields and are cited as the primary cause of the shortage. 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