The pistachio, with 1,200 tons, establishes itself in Jaén as a complement to the olive grove.

Pistachio cultivation now exceeds 1,000 hectares in the province of Jaén (20% of the total in Andalusia), where it has emerged as a complementary crop to the olive grove, with a production of 1,200 tons last year. The Association of Pistachio Producers and Marketers (Appistaco) of Jaén has presented its new line of packaging with the aim of directly marketing the production they generate from this dried fruit. The president of Appistaco, Julián Navarro, has expressed his satisfaction with the evolution of a project that has been underway for 11 years and has already managed to sell packaged product. "Jaén has become the second province, after Granada, with the largest area of pistachio cultivation," Navarro highlighted. "We are the best olive-growing province in the world, we ourselves are olive growers, but we also wanted to seek a second line of income with pistachio because Jaén, due to its climate, was well suited," he added. The expansion of pistachio cultivation has been ...