Spain: The lack of rain dampens and diminishes the campaign of the PGI Garbanzo de Escacena

When the chickpea campaign in the province of Huelva is in its final stretch, it can already be assured that the data will not be good due to the lack of rainfall this spring. It has been one of the driest on record and the data confirms this, since if the average is 238 liters / m² this year, 81 238 liters / m² have barely fallen into the production area. This morning the Protected Geographical Indication 'Garbanzo de Escacena' has announced that it expects a cut in production of 25% compared to last year, and that, despite the fact that the cultivated area has increased in 2021 a eleven%. A setback for this high quality product that is produced mainly in the Huelva municipalities of Escacena del Campo and Paterna del Campo (68% of the total production), although there are 11 municipalities that are part of the Protected Geographical Indication 'Garbanzo de Escacena ', with the Campo de Tejada cooperative as a hallmark. This reality is reflected in data, that is to say that ...