date:Jun 06, 2016
While weather disasters, protectionist policies from Brazil and a declining Russian ruble have made recent years difficult for Argentine pear growers and at times forcing them to leave fruit on trees they have remained one of the worlds leading exporters of the phytonutrient-rich fruit. We caught up with a sector representative and the head of a regional grower association to gauge the situation.
Argentine Chamber of Integrated Fruit Growers (CAFI) executive director Marcelo Loyarte said ther