Major suppliers say fresh fruit and vegetables could become more scarce in Europe as the coronavirus pandemic affects supply chains and crop pickers fail to turn up
NAIROBI/LONDON - Fresh fruit and vegetables will become increasingly scarce in Europe, suppliers warn, as the coronavirus pandemic hampers the global movement of produce and of the people needed to gather crops.
Shipments from another key supplier, South Africa, are becoming more challenging with the country set to begin a 21-day lockdown this week. “Oranges and lemons, the old ambassadors of Vitamin C, are in high demand. Also roots, carrots, cabbages, anything that has health properties people have stocked up on,” he told Reuters.A shortage of migrant workers also threatens to disrupt production in several top European suppliers including Spain, the biggest exporter of fruit and vegetables in the EU.
Absentee rates were as high as 50% in recent days, said agricultural worker union representative Monica Vega. “Before they were collected in a minivan of eight or nine people and then worked the day and then moved back. Now these collective transports are no longer possible.” Given the uncertainty, Schibli is talking with local authorities about enlisting local unemployed people or asylum seekers waiting for their cases to be resolved.
France, where farmers forecast a shortage of around 200,000 laborers during the harvest period, has also appealed to newly laid-off workers to help pick fruit and vegetables.
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