Spain: LA UNIÓ de Llauradors warns of the 70% decrease in the almond harvest

Published 2022년 5월 9일

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The almond sector in the Valencian Community is in crisis due to the combined effects of adverse weather conditions, plant diseases, and inadequate agricultural insurance. The sector is projected to see a 70% reduction in harvest compared to the previous year, leading some producers to consider abandoning their crops. The situation is further worsened by rising production costs and the lack of support prices. The proposed CAP Strategic Plan has limitations on aid for almond, carob, and hazelnut trees, excluding many producers from state-level aid. The industry seeks urgent measures to adapt agricultural insurance, support prices, and limit unaffordable production costs.

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LA UNIÓ de Llauradors warns of the catastrophic situation in which the almond sector of the Valencian Community finds itself after the confluence of circumstantial and structural factors throughout this 2021-2022 campaign and that is causing some producers to consider even the abandonment of their crops. The frosts of March and April have devastated the crop in a large part of the producing areas of the Valencian Community and LA UNIÓ forecasts indicate that there could be a 70% reduction in the harvest compared to last year, as can also be seen in other autonomous communities. This fact has been aggravated by the widespread persistent rains and the lack of hours of sunshine that have caused poor fruit setting and numerous episodes of fungal diseases that have ended the expectations of a harvest that was already short last season. To compensate for these losses, the sector has agricultural insurance that unfortunately does not work. "The agricultural insurance policy in this ...

Source: Agronoticias