As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Baranja paprika harvest has started somewhat earlier than usual, and due to the bad weather conditions that accompanied its cultivation, there will be less of it, but fortunately, what has managed to grow is of very good quality.
Due to the increase in production costs, the price of Baranja paprikas will rise significantly, with the price per kilogram now expected to reach up to 180 kuna. A small village which deals with the production of paprika, Lug, has seen many of its residents live on the Baranja paprika harvest for centuries now, according to a report from HRT.
“It’s very difficult to find good paprika, you need to put in lot of effort and you do almost everything by hand,” said Zuzana Jozef, a local resident who has been dealing with this for many years.
”The drought reduced the amount of crops we got, but thankfully we still do have crops. It won’t be anywhere near the amount we managed to get year, but the quality is still very good. Baranja paprikas this year are of very good quality, they’re fleshy and they’re full of seeds, so I hope our customers will be satisfied anyway,” said Borivoje Stojanovic.
The only thing is that its price will have to increase, but true fans of Baranja paprikas will certainly continue to buy it regardless.
“Everything went wrong, including with the raw materials, and we probably irrigated it twice as much as usual for it to succeed,” added Jozef.
Those who love and use Baranja paprikas for various reasons in their food know just how important watering is for these crops, and the fact that there has been a drought could have spelled disaster very easily. Regardless of whether it is sweet or hot pepper that customerd want, there can be no top specialties, especially at this time of the year, without them.
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