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Peter van Arkel, an international consultant for apple and pear growing, has highlighted the issue of global overproduction of apples, which stands at 20-30% even in normal years. With the consumption of these fruits decreasing annually, especially in Western Europe, Arkel stresses the need for quality in apple production. He likens this to the expectation of quality in a favorite bar. Arkel also proposes that the efficiency of apple production could be enhanced by employing women as 'checkers' to oversee the quality and quantity of the harvest, and by modifying harvesting methods.
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Global overproduction of apples even in normal years is 20-30%. Peter van Arkel (Netherlands), an international consultant for growing apples and pears, shares such statistics in the material of the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian". "That's why, in most years, gardeners can make money only on quality," he concludes. According to the expert, the consumption of apples and pears in the world decreases annually, and residents of Western Europe consume less apples than those of Eastern Europe. "That's why you can't survive by producing poor quality," explains van Arkel. - When you go to your favorite bar in the evening, you don't want to drink bad beer or vodka there, why do you expect people to buy bad apples? We previously reported that increasing the efficiency of apple production can be ...
Source: Agrotimes
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