Where is the walnut produced in Argentina and why are the yields so different from one province to another?

In recent days, Bichos de Campo presented a TV program dedicated to the production of walnuts by small producers in Catamarca and La Rioja. It coincides with the publication of a report on the sector in the Alimentos Argentinos Magazine, edited by the Ministry of Agriculture, which gives an account of the potential of this sector, but also of the abrupt difference in productivity that exists between small, medium and large producers. The walnut is a crop whose production stands out in the countries of the northern hemisphere, with China and the United States being the main producers, while in the southern hemisphere the main producer is Chile. Argentina, where it was introduced by the Spanish, who cultivated the Portuguese walnut, which was the basis of the Creole walnut native to our country, oscillates between 8th and 10th place in the world ranking, with approximately 9,500 tons of walnuts. peeled walnut The productive area ranges from the north of Patagonia, extending towards ...