Almond, pistachio, and avocado are the crops that increase in surface in Spain

Published 2021년 7월 2일

Tridge summary

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain published the Esyrce 2020 report, indicating a slight change in Spain's agricultural landscape in 2020. The report highlights a slight increase in the area of woody crops, other croplands, meadows, pastures, and a decrease in herbaceous crops. Arable land remained stable, with a slight decrease due to a drop in herbaceous crops and an increase in fallow land. There was a notable decrease in the cultivated area of legumes and cereals, while rapeseed and vetch saw an increase. The surface area of vegetables and flowers decreased due to melon, cabbage, broccoli, and tomato. Irrigated fallow land increased, encompassing all uncultivated farmland at the time of the visit.

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Original content

The acreage in Spain remained almost unchanged in 2020, according to the Survey on Crop Areas and Yields of Spain (Esyrce) 2020, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, whose data show great stability. The report highlights the slight rise in woody crops (+ 0.7%), other croplands and meadows and pastures, to the detriment of arable land. This survey indicates a slight decrease in the area of herbaceous crops, generalized in all categories with the exception of forage crops. There is also a slight increase in woody crops compared to the previous year, mainly due to the expansion of the almond and pistachio, followed to a lesser extent by avocado, walnut and chestnut. In the same way, the surface of citrus fruit trees decreases very slightly and that of olive groves increases in the three categories collected in Esyrce. The following table shows Esyrce's aggregate results in 2019 and 2020: Arable land presents a marked stability and stands at 16,929,398 ...

Source: Agrodiario Huelva