AGRICULTURE NEWS - The membership of the recently-launched World Citrus Organisation (WCO) has increased from seven to 14 countries.
These countries represented 70% of global citrus exports, and the WCO thus now presented a powerful platform for dialogue and action for citrus-producing countries.
“This organisation has been a long time coming. Other fruit industries such as apples, berries and pears formed international bodies years ago to keep up interest in their products. Some of the main objectives of the WCO are to increase the market share of citrus worldwide, improve the competitive edge, and to introduce new products to consumers,” according to Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA).
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