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Core Tip: Recently, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) released its forecast for the production of apples and pears in the southern hemisphere next season at the Berlin International Fruit and Vegetable Exhibition. According to the forecast, apple production will increase by 5.5% compared to 2024, while pear production is expected to decrease by 3.3%. This report is compiled based on data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa, thus providing comprehensive data for six major southern hemisphere producing countries.

(Agraria.pe) On the occasion of its Annual General Assembly at Fruit Logistica, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) published its forecasts for the southern hemisphere apple and pear harvest for the coming season.

[Reporter Woo Jeong-su, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] In order to respond to climate change, including the continued rise in temperature on the Korean Peninsula, in the fruit industry, it was suggested that, along with predicting changes in the cultivation areas of major fruit crops based on climate change scenarios, it is necessary to expand early warning services for meteorological disasters, develop new cultivation technologies and varieties, and expand the application of crop disaster insurance. This is the result of a study titled “Changes in the domestic fruit industry due to climate change and mid- to long-term tasks” recently announced by Jeon Ji-hye, director of the Climate Change Response Agriculture Research Institute at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration. Director Jeon said, “In the case of apples, the cultivation areas in Gyeongbuk and Chungbuk have decreased due to climate warming, and in the past year,