Spain: Drought threatens tropical fruits; production can fall by up to 80%

Published 2023년 9월 25일

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The production of tropical fruits such as mango and avocado in Spain is greatly impacted by a severe drought, leading to a decrease of up to 80% in some fruits, a drop in sales, and the need to cut down trees. The president of the Spanish Tropical Association warns that the situation is one of the most serious droughts in recent years and calls for solutions such as the connection of basins and the use of tertiary water flows. The loss of production not only leads to economic losses but also threatens the livelihoods of families who have worked on these lands for generations.

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The production of tropical fruits such as mango and avocado is going through a “very tough” time due to the drought they have suffered in the summer months, which has led to a drop in production of up to 80% in some fruits, the drop of sales and even the felling of trees. This is what the president of the Spanish Tropical Association (AET), Álvaro Palacios, explained in statements to Efeagro, who stressed that the “only balance” that can be made of the sector is “bad.” The situation facing the sector is characterized by one of the “most serious” droughts in recent years, with a “dramatic” impact on farms, especially on avocados. In detail, the association's data points to a drop of around 60% of the avocado during the 2022/2023 campaign, some "bad data" that joins the "great" drop in volume of the mango campaign, with a estimated decrease of 80%, about 15,000 total tons. The forecast is more positive in other crops such as cherimoya and papaya; Regarding this first, Palacios has ...

Source: PEefeagro