Spain wants to strengthen its avocado production

Spain 02/15/2021 With different varieties to produce avocados throughout the year The team of researchers from Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', is working to extend the cultivation of avocado throughout the year in Spain. With new varieties that have different textures and flavors. Iñaki Hormaza, a researcher at the "La Mayora" Institute, explains that there are "hundreds of different varieties", while people focus on the more popular varieties like the Hass variety. In Malaga and Granada (Andalusia), there are over 10,000 hectares of land where avocados (mainly of the Hass variety) are grown between late autumn and early spring. There are therefore more than 6 months during which the fruits are imported from other countries. To avoid foreign imports and strengthen domestic production, Hormaza claims that different avocados could be obtained in Spain during the 12 months of the year, with the cultivation of "4 or 5 varieties" of avocado. The climate and ...