date:Oct 18, 2019
ficant part of those plantations are in decline. They are old and yield low productions. There is a fairly high percentage of fruit used for processing, for the manufacture of juices and other processed products, which, in a way, explains the absence of fresh Romanian apples in the big stores, said Aurel Tanase, president of the Inter-branch Organization for Agro-Food Products (OIPA) Fruit and Vegetables.
In the last 10 years, approximately 15,000 hectares have been planted with new orchards, s