A turning point in Almeria: how predatory mites helped transform agriculture
May 19, 2025
Back in the late 1990s, the idea of growing vegetables without chemicals in southern Spain seemed almost impossible. “ At that time, there was only one [...] one solution ,” recalls Kris de Smet, Commercial Director Koppert Spain at that time. “ Chemicals, people said that biological control was only for the high-tech [...] greenhouses in the north of Europe. Not for us. ” But things changed. And Koppert was at the heart of that transformation. Nowadays Kris is Business Unit