EU: There will be enough pears this year, but this is still one of the fewest in the last 10 years

Published 2024년 8월 9일

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The Prognosfruit 2024 apple and pear world conference was held in Budapest, where Philippe Binard, secretary of the WAPA, announced the EU pear production forecast for 2024. The forecast predicts a 4.9% increase from 2023, totaling 1.79 million tons, but still the second smallest crop of the last 10 years. This increase is largely due to Italy's expected average harvest after a catastrophic year in 2023. However, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain are expected to have a poor season. A better harvest is anticipated in Portugal, France, and Greece. The volume of the Conference variety is predicted to decrease, but it will still be the most grown. There is expected to be expansion in the Abate Fétel and Vilmos varieties.

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This year, Budapest hosted the Prognosfruit 2024 apple and pear world conference, which was co-organized by FruitVeB. This year's EU pear forecast was made public by Philippe Binard, secretary of the WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association), according to whose estimates, the volume of EU pear production in 2024 will be 1.79 million tons, which represents a 4.9% increase over the 2023 compared to 2010, but still the second smallest crop of the last 10 years - reports FruitVeB. Compared to last year's volume, the larger volume is almost exclusively due to Italy, since after last year's catastrophic harvest (184 thousand tons) in the EU's largest pear-growing country, an average volume is expected this year (405 thousand tons, +120%). At the same time, the second and third most important producing countries of the Union, the Netherlands (327 thousand tons, -8.7%) and Belgium (280 thousand tons, -26.6%) do not expect a good season, nor do they expect a good season in Spain (244 ...

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