French kiwi harvest is up to standard, but the rest of Europe is smaller

Published 2023년 9월 28일

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According to the French interprofessional agency for kiwis (BIK), the French kiwi yields for the 2023/2024 season are good, but yields from the rest of Europe are smaller. The sizes of the French kiwis are better than expected, despite heat waves and drought causing a delay in development and resulting in a poor harvest. The European kiwi yields are expected to decline by 4% in 2023 due to extreme weather conditions, but the yellow variety is expected to gradually increase. BIK will continue its research and experimental work, including studying the spoilage rate of kiwis and finding alternative solutions to limit the spread of the brown marmorated stink bug. They are also exploring the feasibility of growing kiwis under solar panels and creating a database to track the French origin of kiwis.

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For the French 2023/2024 season, according to the French interprofessional agency for kiwis (BIK), yields are up to par, but those from the rest of Europe are smaller. The sizes of the kiwis are better than expected. BIK, which is also responsible for promoting and developing the French kiwi, will continue its research and experimental work this year. BIK has indicated, among other things, that kiwi growers would have to deal with "historically high cultivation costs in 2022, mainly as a result of the energy crisis" © BIK/Antoine Heusse. Better sizes, practically the same yield size" The heat waves and drought in the summer of 2022 caused a delay in the development of the kiwis. The delay then resulted in a poor harvest, with greater differences in the size of the kiwis, but had no impact on the quality of the kiwis." Although better sizes are expected for the 2023/2024 season, the volume is likely to be practically the same as that of the 2021/2022 season. The bad weather ...

Source: AGF