Growers vote “no” to Zespri China trial
Photo: John Borren.
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Zespri’s proposed commercial trial with unauthorised kiwifruit growers in China has been voted down by Zespri producers, after the 75 per cent support required for the trial was not met.
Final results show 70.5 per cent of growers supported the one-year orchard monitoring, procurement, sales and marketing trial and 64.1 per cent supported using the Zespri brand label, as part of the trial, in order to understand consumer response.
The proposed trial was Zespri’s attempt at controlling the growing number of illegally grown G3 in China, the amount of which is estimated to be more than 5500ha – the total amount of all-legal G3 grown in New Zealand is 8000ha, and the median amount for a license is $550,000 per ha.