Greek potatoes rotting in warehouses

Nearly 3,000 tons of potatoes are stored in Serres, and producers “tearfully” see how their products … simply rot in warehouses.

The decrease in demand for local, Greek potatoes, in comparison with previous years, reaches 80%. As agricultural producers Ano Vrontos Serres note in their official statement, “a large number of unsold potatoes, which almost reach the level of our total annual production, remain in our warehouses with the risk that due to improving weather (increasing air temperature) they will spoil and, as summer approaches, will eventually be sent to landfill (and with additional costs for its disposal).

A drop in demand is observed, according to manufacturers, “due to uncontrolled import of potatoes from other countries (Türkiye, Egypt, etc.), whose quality is unknown. Added to this is the lack of systematic advertising of the quality of Greek potatoes by government agencies, as is the case in other sectors of the country’s economic and industrial activity.”

It should be noted that a similar situation has developed not only in Orini (Serres), but also in the Nevrokopi (Drama) region.

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