Stone fruit production increases in the EU

At the meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Market Observatory it was stated that the forecasts for the peach, nectarine and apricot campaign point to volumes slightly higher than those of the last campaign in the main producing countries, in line with the forecasts made in the forum Europêch, held in May. In this forum it was estimated that the 2024 campaign will amount to 3.4 million tons of peaches, nectarines and paraguayans, which represents an increase of 4% compared to 2023 and 7% compared to the 2018/2022 average. The existing problems in all Community producing countries regarding the gradual reduction of phytosanitary products were also explained and the Commission representatives attending the meeting were presented with the need not to eliminate more active materials usually used in production and control. of pests in the EU, while there are no effective alternatives, according to the manager of the Association of Fruit Growers of Extremadura, AFRUEX, and representative ...