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Agro-food cooperatives in Spain estimates a 65% drop in the almond harvest

Almond Kernel
Spain
Published May 18, 2022

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This decrease has been caused by the severe frosts recorded between April 1 and 4, 2022, to which must be added the problems of lack of fruit set due to the constant rainfall and the fungal problems that are occurring in a generalized way due to high ambient humidity and presence of water.

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The members of the Regional Table of Dry Fruits in Castilla-La Mancha, made up of Agro-food Cooperatives Castilla-La Mancha, Asaja, COAG, UPA and the Spanish Association of Dry Fruit and Carob Producer Organizations (Aeofruse), estimate a decrease in the almond harvest in the region to 4,132 tons, that is, 65% less than in the 2021/22 campaign, when 12,020 tons of almonds were reached. This decrease has been caused by the severe frosts recorded between the April 1 and 4, 2022, to which must be added the problems of lack of fruit set due to the constant rainfall and the fungal problems that are occurring in a generalized way due to the high ambient humidity and the presence of water. Circumstances that they make the sector go through a "tremendously bad year, at a general level, not only for Castilla-La Mancha. Only Extremadura and Andalusia have been spared a little", according to the spokesperson for Frutos Secos de Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias Castilla-La Mancha, Emilio ...
Source: Clm24
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