The Spanish production of mango and custard apple will continue; the availability of water will determine that for avocado

The provinces of Malaga and Granada concentrate almost all of the tropical and subtropical European production, although they are joined by other areas of the Canary Islands, Levante, western Andalusia and Portugal that have mainly opted for avocado, a product considered a "superfood" and whose demand continues to grow every year. The president of the Spanish Association of Tropical Fruit Producers, Javier Braun, has explained to Efeagro that in this mango campaign the 2020 production level will be maintained -about 26,000 tons between Malaga and Granada-, despite the fact that " trees had to carry more than a year ago ”. "It was a difficult flowering spring" due to thermal changes, with times when it was very cool at night and then quite hot during the day, he said. Despite this, it has recognized that the Spanish mango, "which has already made its place in Europe", where it competes above all with the Brazilian -present twelve months of the year and harvested green-, is coming ...