12 processing facilities and 12 pick-up and storage centres;
a direct relationship with the market;
a staff of specialists providing technical assistance to members;
access to varietal innovations and exclusive and Club varieties;
cutting-edge development of quality, integrated and organic productions;
commitment and investments aimed at business efficiency and the enhancement of members’ production;
liquidation transparency with benchmark prices throughout the campaign;
corporate governance consisting of Members/Producers and Board of Directors and President elected directly from within the company base.
Dedicated
services
For each Member, a specialist to contact for agronomic assistance, technical crop protection, programming of new installations and application of the technical guidelines manual;
Liquidation of delivered products: in order to achieve quick payments, 4 annual liquidations and several advance payments are made to members based on the seasonality of the delivered products;
Special agreements with suppliers to purchase plant material and technical vehicles;
Special agreements with banks for facilitated credit;
Discounts of up to 50% on insurance for agricultural vehicles;
Organisation of training courses and seminars.
Fruit and
vegetable /
potato CMO
In order to improve the competitiveness of its member companies, each year Apofruit directly allocates 50% of EU fruit and vegetable CMO resources to them:
Varietal innovation: Apofruit collaborates with leading research institutes and geneticists and makes the best varieties available to cooperative members, some of them exclusively, in order to meet market needs;
Modernisation: grants to farms for anti-hail and micro-irrigation systems, coverings, greenhouses, tunnels and technical machinery.
Grants are paid out to our Members/Producers in June and December of the same year as the investment, reducing the company’s financial outlay.
All
agricultural fruit and
vegetable
producers can
join.
What we require: membership commitment of at least 1 year and underwriting of a minimum capital contribution.
Internal regulations govern all Cooperative activities.