Artichoke production in Spain will remain despite margin adjustments

Published 2022년 2월 26일

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The article provides an overview of the Spanish artichoke industry, focusing on the challenges faced by farmers due to rising costs and the strategy to pass on these increased costs to consumers. Spain, being the world's largest artichoke producer, maintains a consistent production across 365 days, with the Region of Murcia being the leading producer. The industry plans to export 20% of fresh production and 80% of industrial production to the European market, primarily to countries like France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Despite the challenges, the industry remains optimistic, with efforts to expand artichoke cultivation due to its health benefits and the high-quality characteristics of the Spanish product, which is preferred by top chefs over competitors from Egypt, Peru, and China.

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«In the field, we will have to pay just enough to be able to survive the sharp rise in energy, diesel, fertilizers and water, and the operators, to be competitive and continue with the activity, will have to pass on at least the impact of the rise of products such as the cardboard of the boxes to the final price", he detailed. The national production, which is maintained 365 days a year thanks to the fact that there are different growing areas, will be divided this year almost equally between fresh marketing and that destined for canning and frozen. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), the Region of Murcia is the largest producer of artichokes in Spain, with 89,800 tons in 2020, followed by the Valencian Community (61,900 t), Andalusia (21,900 t), Navarra (15,200 t), Catalonia (9,000 t) and La Rioja (1,800 t). Regarding exports, it has been advanced that the forecast is for 20% of the fresh production and 80% of the industrial production to be sold ...

Source: PEefeagro