Spain: Andalusia expects a production of 2.2 million tons of citrus fruits in the 2024-2025 campaign

As for crops, sweet oranges account for almost 70 percent of production with 1.5 million tons The Secretary General of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, Manuel Gómez, chaired the citrus production assessment for the 2024-2025 campaign on Tuesday and reported that the production of these crops is expected to exceed 2.26 million tons in the region during said campaign. Thus, during his speech, the Secretary General pointed out that "there will be a recovery in the harvest compared to the previous campaign as a result of the increase in rainfall in spring and the irrigation provisions, which have significantly improved the vegetative state of the plantations." In this regard, he stressed that “at the Andalusian level, this estimate represents an increase of 19.2 percent compared to the 2023-2024 campaign and, in the national territory, the Andalusian community is expected to harvest 38.8 percent of Spanish production (5.84 million tons)”. By province, the Junta's estimate foresees ...