Strong growth of soft fruit acreage in Portugal

Published 2022년 5월 16일

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The Portuguese soft fruit area has seen a significant increase, reaching nearly 5,000 hectares this season, a fivefold expansion in recent years. This was highlighted during the annual meeting of the Spanish-French-Italian-Portuguese Strawberry Contact Group. The meeting was held digitally and discussed the positive results from the previous season. However, the cost of production is escalating dramatically, largely due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing concerns about the sustainability of farming. The Group will raise these issues, along with increasing competition and the need for authorization of suitable pesticides, to the Joint Committee plenary in May.

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The Portuguese soft fruit area is almost 5,000 hectares this season. That means the acreage has increased fivefold in recent years, the Spanish-French-Italian-Portuguese Strawberry Contact Group reported at its annual meeting early this week. The digital meeting was attended by representatives of the sector, including representatives of the Spanish growers' association Freshuelva-Fepex. The meeting analyzed the results of last season in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, among other things. They were generally positive. The good consumption figures at European level confirmed this positive trend. Rafael Domínguez, manager of the Association of Strawberry Growers and Exporters from Huelva (Freshuelva), which represents 95% of the production in the southern Spanish province, said that the strawberry area in Huelva has increased to 6,167 hectares this season, almost 1% more. than the 6,105 hectares of 2020-2021. The most used varieties are, just like last year, Fortuna and Rociera. ...

Source: AGF