date:Apr 07, 2014
Unfavourable weather this year led to reduced pepper production in Israel. Increased competition from Dutch and Spanish growers has also made it a challenging year for Israeli growers.
We had extreme weather conditions, said Niva Ben Zion of Avniv. Rain, hail and extremely low night temperatures starting in January affected peppers. Though the quality of produce wasn't significantly affected, quantities were. Niva didn't have numbers regarding the dip in production, but she pointed to the fact