Campaign 20/21: Profitability to the downside and problems to the upside in Spain

Published 2021년 7월 19일

Tridge summary

The Almeria horticulture campaign for the 2021-2022 season has seen a 5.6% increase in production value, but rising production costs have offset this gain. The campaign has been marked by low profitability and significant losses in the value of key crops such as tomatoes, beans, melons, and watermelons. The pepper crop has emerged as the leading product in the province. The agricultural organization Asaja-Almería is calling for better planning of harvests to meet demand and is advocating for improved market crisis management. The sector also faces challenges from unfair importation of produce from Morocco.

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Original content

The Groundhog Day. As every year, every time it is time to take stock of the Almeria horticulture campaign, for some reasons or others, this is almost a copy of the previous one. And a lot has to change the situation so that in 2021-2022, at this time of year, we can speak of a very different reality. The present course, which could be concluded well into July, (although it is true that the Almeria countryside does not stop, since in the higher areas, in the case of Dalías, the harvest of their first California peppers will soon begin), has been marked once again by low profitability as a general rule and taking into account the particular, most of the crops have also been affected. Of course, the value of Almeria production this campaign has increased as a whole by 5.6% . However, this figure is misleading, because production costs also rise at the same time. Then, tomato, bean, melon and watermelon stand out as the products that have lost the greatest production value, unlike ...

Source: Diariodealmeria