The Valencian stone fruit campaign begins with favorable prospects due to the lower supply due to frost in Europe

Published 2021년 4월 20일

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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has announced an promising start to the stone fruit harvest season in Valencia, with expectations of high-quality crops and reduced losses compared to the previous year, which saw a 30% drop due to adverse weather conditions. However, the overall production capacity in the Valencian Community is not increasing due to the ongoing profitability crisis driving farmers to cease cultivation of certain fields. In contrast, extreme cold temperatures have caused significant damage to stone fruit crops in France, Italy, and other regions, leading to a reduced supply in these areas. AVA-ASAJA's president, Cristýbal Aguado, is calling for fair prices for producers and has suggested potential improvements to the Food Chain Law and the removal of agricultural products, especially perishables like stone fruits, from competition rules at the EU level to ensure fair market conditions and prices.

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According to the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA), the collection of the earliest varieties of stone fruit begins in the Valencian countryside these days, with favorable prospects from both a productive and commercial point of view. AVA-ASAJA foresaw a Valencian harvest of peach, nectarine, plum and loquat of excellent quality, with sufficient size and without generalized production losses, unlike what happened in the last season when climatic adversities lowered the commercial volume by 30% . Among the regions that have a good vegetative behavior are La Ribera, Los Serranos, Alto Palancia and La Marina Baja. On the contrary, apricots, especially in the Albaida Valley, and cherries, in La Marina Alta and El Condado de Concentaina, present fields with significant harvest losses due to excessive humidity. In the general calculation, the continued start-up of fields due to the profitability crisis prevents the capacity to increase in the Valencian Community compared to ...

Source: InfoAgro