date:Feb 14, 2020
already been sold. The prices are low and the growers are receiving too little for their production. Some growers have stopped harvesting, says one exporter. In the south, growers are switching to vineyards or quitting altogether if they are already old. Another problem for the Portuguese is that Brazil, their largest destination market, is buying more expensive pears rather than the Portuguese ones at a low price. The second largest destination is Morocco and then the UK, where the Portuguese p