Potato production in Spain will decrease by up to 10% due to drought and will remain at 1.8 million kilos, according to Asonal.

The potato production in Spain in the campaign that is nearing its end will decrease by between 8% and 10%, reaching 1.8 million tons, mainly due to the effect of the drought, according to the National Association of Fruit and Potato Production and Trade (Asonal) integrated into Fepex. The producing sector has recalled in a statement that this campaign has been considered one of the shortest in recent years, due to the lack of rainfall and its impact on yields. The drought has not only affected Spain but also the main European producing countries, causing a reduction in yields and the availability of potatoes across the continent. This reduction has been especially pronounced in the early potato areas of southern Spain, mainly caused by the 30% to 35% decrease in the harvest in Andalusia, while in the main producing regions of the north, such as Castilla y León, Galicia, and the Basque Country, the decreases have ranged between 10% and 15%. In this "complex" context, Asonal has ...