Open AccessHungarian apple growing and marketing on the doorstep of the European Union
Author(s) -
E. Kállay,
Tamas Kallay
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/11/1/553
Subject(s) - boom , scope (computer science) , european union , state (computer science) , work (physics) , politics , business , economy , marketing , economics , political science , international trade , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , algorithm , environmental engineering , computer science , programming language
The scope of apple growing and marketing has been determined by the economic and political systems in the recent decades. One may follow the booms and collapses in the Hungarian apple industry. Re-establishment of the market economy gives new chances for recovery in the fruit section as well.
Reconstruction of the apple industry has started with private ownership of lands. In the present work we characterise the still existing apple farms inherited from the previous system, present the newly established orchards in detail, deal with the present state of apple commerce and finally, we try to predict the near future of Hungarian apple industry.