France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal address the lack of phytosanitary products and the drought in pears and apples

Published Jun 6, 2024

Tridge summary

The pear and apple contact group from France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal will hold a meeting in Lleida to discuss the state of production and export of these fruits in their countries. The meeting will also address issues such as water shortage and the lack of phytosanitary products, as well as the reduction in their use in EU fruit production. Another topic will be the labor shortage, particularly in Spain. The group will make a provisional analysis of the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 campaigns, with a focus on the phenological evolution and the effects of water shortage and phytosanitary product use on fruit trees.

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Original content

The pear and apple contact group of France, Spain, Italy and Portugal will hold its annual meeting today in Lleida, in which the evolution of production and export in the different countries will be analyzed, as well as the main problems facing those that these fruit productions face, such as the lack of water resources and phytosanitary products. At the meeting, it is expected that representatives of the four countries will make a provisional analysis of the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 campaigns, especially the phenological evolution. Among the items on the agenda is also the analysis of two of the problems that are significantly affecting community production, such as the shortage of water resources or phytosanitary tools. The gradual reduction in the use of phytosanitary products in pear and apple production in the EU constitutes one of the main sectoral problems that extends to the generality of community fruit and vegetable crops, and that makes it difficult to contain pests in ...

Source: Agrodigital