Spain: There are barely 100 hectares planted with Saffron from La Mancha

Published 2022년 10월 18일

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The saffron harvest in the La Mancha Saffron Denomination of Origin area, spread across 108 hectares and involving 200 producers, is facing uncertainty due to high temperatures and rainfall deficit, following a trend of declining yields and cultural significance since 2018. The sector is grappling with challenges like floral abortion, lack of certified corm markets, and underlining the need for support to combat these issues and prevent the crop's decline. The president of the Regulatory Council has launched a campaign to gather signatures to raise awareness and is seeking partnerships to develop a comprehensive plan with necessary funding to ensure the future of saffron cultivation in the region.

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The saffron harvesting campaign in the La Mancha Saffron Denomination of Origin production area, which has already started in some parts of the province of Albacete, is marked this year by uncertainty. The fear that the harvest could be seriously affected by the high temperatures and lack of rain this fall, as happened last year, would further aggravate the situation in a sector that is going through its most critical moment. This was stated this Tuesday by the president of the Regulatory Council, Carlos Fernández, at a press conference in Toledo in which he explained that this year 201 producers have registered in the Denomination of Origin Saffron from La Mancha and that the surface cultivated is 108 hectares. A figure that is far from the 500 hectares that the Denomination of Origin considers necessary to keep the crop alive. "Under normal circumstances at this time we would be making a statistical forecast of production, however, history has shown us that this methodology is ...

Source: Agroclm