Asparagus season in Georgia

Published 2022년 5월 12일

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The article reports on the Georgian asparagus season, which started in mid-April and faced initial price instability due to harsh weather conditions that affected supply. The prices have since stabilized, with supermarket prices now ranging from 18-28 lari/kg ($5.9-$9.2). The export of asparagus has also shifted, with exports beginning in April this year, and the UAE and Kuwait emerging as the main markets, rather than Russia. The article also mentions that branded asparagus is now being sold by Planta, and that the export volume is expected to increase significantly in May.

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The asparagus season in Georgia is in full swing, and only now prices have stabilized. The season started in mid-April with unusually high prices. The weather this spring was as harsh as last season, according to local farmers, so supply was weak and prices were higher early in the season. Archil Botchoidze, an asparagus grower from the Kvemo Kartli region, said that his farm was hit by the April frosts, so the harvest will not be as good as he expected. The weather is a problem for wild asparagus, which is also harvested by locals in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region. “Even now, in May, night temperatures in the region are below zero, which negatively affects the vegetative process of plants, including asparagus,” Tornike Mzhavanadze, spokesman for Toki Agro Products, said. In mid-April, according to EastFruit, asparagus was sold in the wholesale market for 20-25 lari/kg ($6.6-$8.25), and in supermarkets for 35-45 lari/kg ($11.6-$14.9). Now prices in supermarkets have fallen to 18-28 ...

Source: Eastfruit