Alicante Recovers Fig and Early Fig Production with a Harvest of 6.2 Million Kilograms

The Alicante province recovers its productive capacity for early figs and figs by reaching a total estimated harvest of 6.2 million kilos, according to the Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja) Alicante, which has highlighted both the quantity and quality of the harvested fruit. Specifically, 2.8 million kilos of early figs have been collected, and another 3.4 million figs are expected in the coming weeks, with special prominence in the producing areas of Camp d'Elx and Albatera. This recovery is due to a less warm winter than the previous one and well-distributed rainfall, which have favored crop development, according to the same source. The producer in Elche and sector representative at Asaja, Roque Bru, explained that "the extreme heat at the end of June" forced them to "accelerate the early fig harvest, which brought certain logistical pressure and somewhat more discarded fruit". Even so, Bru remained optimistic: "The important thing is that we have once again had a ...