Spain: The DOP Saffron points to a drastic reduction in production and warns of an imminent extinction of the product

The increase in temperatures and the lack of traceability of the seeds, problems of a sector that asks Martínez Arroyo to encourage the increase in surface area TOLEDO, Oct. 18 (EUROPA PRESS) - The president of the Denomination of Origin Saffron of La Mancha, Carlos Fernández, and the manager of the entity, Pedro Manuel Pérez, have raised the voice of alarm about the situation in the sector, and at a press conference they have spoken of a "critical reduction" in the harvest due to less flowering. A crop that is deployed through small farms, which places it in a "very weak situation". If in 2021 "all the alarms went off" with 345 kilos, 60% less than the historical average, a "market shortage" was reached that left the sector "out of the game". A letter of support has been launched at an institutional and personal level with a "massive" response from companies and producers who interact in marketing, a "sign that saffron matters." "We don't want it to be lost, but we could talk ...