Avocado production decreases in Spain

Avocado production during this campaign in Spain will be reduced by at least 25% compared to last year, which will be noted in a lower availability in the market, since in other competing countries the harvest of the so-called "green gold" has also decreased. ”, whose consumption continues to gain followers in Europe. This shortage gives farmers "hope" that the campaign will be somewhat better in prices than the previous one, although it will not compensate -in income- the expected drop in production, which the main national avocado marketer, Trops, raises to 40 % compared to that of the 2021/22 season. Both the lack of rainfall and the high temperatures this summer have affected the crop, so that less fruit is being harvested and smaller sizes of fruit, the president of the National Association of Tropical Fruits, Domingo Medina, explained to EFE. His forecast is that the Spanish campaign, which runs from October to the beginning of June, will reach between 50,000 and 60,000 tons ...