Strenuous campaign lies ahead for multiple Portuguese cultivars
Caio Alves
Published 2020년 8월 26일
According to the agricultural forecasts of the National Statistical Institute from Portugal, the country is entering into a very bad campaign for multiple agriculture cultivars, mostly fruits.
Pear production will suffer a reduction of more than one third (35%) this year, the weakest campaign in the last 2 decades. In addition to pear, tomatoes and rice also are having a bad productivity if compared to previous years.
For the tomatoes the current prospects point out to an unit yielding of 88 tons per hectare, of which despite being in line with the average of 2015 to 2019, it will be 10% retraction against previous campaign, which recorded the highest productivity of the last three decades.
In the case of rice, INE advises to an overall decrease in productivity of 5% in relation to the previous year, decreasing to 5.1 tons per hectare, a result well below the average of the previous five years (5.8 tons per hectare avg) . The rehabilitation works for the hydro-agricultural utilization of Vale do Sado had affected the production, where 3,000 hectares of remaining seedling area were estimated to be sown in Alentejo region. In addition to the works, the scarcity of water in certain areas of the Setúbal Peninsula did not allow for the flooding of the beds.
If the forecasts are confirmed, this will be a year of lower fruit production at the national level, with a fall of 30% in peaches and 20% in apples. With a productivity of 19.5 tonnes per hectare, apples show a decrease of 8% compared to the average of the last five years.
According to INE, extreme weather phenomena, such as hail or very high temperatures, are some of the factors that may have affected apple production, and were more serious in the orchards of Trás-os-Montes, which accounted for 44% of the national production of the last five years.
INE also mentions that peach production was mainly affected by the strong storm that affected the crop fields in late May.
INE only foresees a potential 5% increase in table grape production. However, according to the forecasts published in August 19, "the agricultural forecasts, on July 31, points to decreased productivity in fresh fruits and in the vineyards".
In wine vineyards, INE's forecasts indicate lower productivity (with decreases between 20% and 30%) in the interior of the North and Center, and maintenance or slight increases in the remaining regions, which may represent a decrease of 5% in the yielding unit, compared to the previous harvest.
Pear production will suffer a reduction of more than one third (35%) this year, the weakest campaign in the last 2 decades. In addition to pear, tomatoes and rice also are having a bad productivity if compared to previous years.
For the tomatoes the current prospects point out to an unit yielding of 88 tons per hectare, of which despite being in line with the average of 2015 to 2019, it will be 10% retraction against previous campaign, which recorded the highest productivity of the last three decades.
In the case of rice, INE advises to an overall decrease in productivity of 5% in relation to the previous year, decreasing to 5.1 tons per hectare, a result well below the average of the previous five years (5.8 tons per hectare avg) . The rehabilitation works for the hydro-agricultural utilization of Vale do Sado had affected the production, where 3,000 hectares of remaining seedling area were estimated to be sown in Alentejo region. In addition to the works, the scarcity of water in certain areas of the Setúbal Peninsula did not allow for the flooding of the beds.
If the forecasts are confirmed, this will be a year of lower fruit production at the national level, with a fall of 30% in peaches and 20% in apples. With a productivity of 19.5 tonnes per hectare, apples show a decrease of 8% compared to the average of the last five years.
According to INE, extreme weather phenomena, such as hail or very high temperatures, are some of the factors that may have affected apple production, and were more serious in the orchards of Trás-os-Montes, which accounted for 44% of the national production of the last five years.
INE also mentions that peach production was mainly affected by the strong storm that affected the crop fields in late May.
INE only foresees a potential 5% increase in table grape production. However, according to the forecasts published in August 19, "the agricultural forecasts, on July 31, points to decreased productivity in fresh fruits and in the vineyards".
In wine vineyards, INE's forecasts indicate lower productivity (with decreases between 20% and 30%) in the interior of the North and Center, and maintenance or slight increases in the remaining regions, which may represent a decrease of 5% in the yielding unit, compared to the previous harvest.
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