Kiwi production at 240,000 tons this year, check for early harvest

The 3rd General Assembly of the "National Interprofessional Organization of Actinidia" (EDOA) was held on 13/3/2024, at the SEVE offices in Thessaloniki. The meeting discussed issues of quality, marketing, trafficking and entry of kiwifruit into third-country markets, naturalization of kiwifruit from countries such as Iran as Greek, as well as the perennial problem of premature harvesting and illegal trafficking of non-standardized kiwifruit, especially in neighboring EU countries that are affected the good reputation of Greek kiwifruit in international markets and the reliable producers and consistent kiwifruit standardization and handling businesses. In order to deal with this problem, it is necessary to take effective measures by the competent authorities, with systematic checks both in the field and at the facilities of the standardization companies and at the country's border stations, and the strict application of the prescribed sanctions to the offenders. According to EDOA ...