Peach Garden in Dubai!
A great event and European Peaches Presentation took place in The H Dubai Hotel. Through a European program called "Peach Garden" campaign financed with the help from the European Union and Greece, the Organization of Imathia's Agricultural Cooperatives Producers Organization, had the opportunity to fulfill agents of exceptional firms from Dubai.
Representative of the Consortium, Mr. Theodor Devetzis, presented to the general public the aims of the European program, while at the exact same time he spoke about the top quality of European peaches, especially those that are being created in the fortunate climate of Veria, Imathia, Greece.
The Organization of Imathia's Agricultural Cooperatives is the effort of eight (8) of the biggest Agricultural Cooperatives (Manufacturers Organizations) to sign up with forces and present themselves out there as one. The Cooperatives, in addition to the Association, are all located in the Prefecture of Imathia, Region of Central Macedonia, Northern Greece, an area with a vast custom in the cultivation and processing of Fruits.
The core production of the Association is Peaches (Table and Industrial), which in 2014 accounted for around 30% of the Total Production of Peaches in Greece (Greece is the third biggest producer of Table Peaches in EU and the initial in Industrial Peaches). Likewise nutritionist Suzana Bou Ezzeddine analyzed in a short speech the dietary value of peaches and Greek peaches in the daily diet plan of the human microorganism.
The participants enjoyed their dinner and discussed the opportunity of presenting the products to the Dubai market, considering that the Organization has currently established a great Exporting activity worldwide!
