date:Aug 16, 2016
, apart from the British retail and the vegetable processors.
Increasing cultivation for juicing industry
An important development in the Costa Rican pineapple production is that many growers switch to cultivation for the juicing industry. A large demand for pineapples is coming from the processing industry. The size of the pineapples does not matter and many producers are paid better, especially for sizes 8-10, than when they pack them for export with all the associated risks, says Frank.
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