Climate change causes a 14% drop in Spanish hazelnut production

Hazelnut production in Spain is expected to fall by 14% in the 2023-2024 campaign in relation to the previous campaign and to be around 6,900 t, according to data from the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Catalonia (FCAC). The summer has been hot and very long, with extreme temperatures from May to the end of October and very little rain. This water deficit has been suffered by the tree and the fruit, but the most worrying thing is that the drought situation affects for the second consecutive year and has an impact not only on dryland plantations, but also on irrigated ones due to restrictions. irrigation, according to Josep Pere Colat, head of nuts at the FCAC. For the FCAC, ...