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Spain: Another campaign of tiger nut ends in Valencia with prices at all-time highs

Tiger Nut
Spain
Published Mar 9, 2021

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The tigernut campaign is about to end in the 16 municipalities of La Huerta Norte de Valencia, with prices at origin "at historical highs", since they have been around 80 cents per kilo for three or four seasons, at a level that "is quite profitable for the farmer." This has been pointed out by the president of the Chufa Denomination of Origin of Valencia and head of the tiger nut sector of AVA-Asaja, Antonio José Gimeno, who has explained to Efeagro that the production. ..

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The tigernut campaign is about to end in the 16 municipalities of La Huerta Norte de Valencia, with prices at origin "at historical highs", since they have been around 80 cents per kilo for three or four seasons, at a level that "is quite profitable for the farmer." This has been pointed out by the president of the Chufa Denomination of Origin of Valencia and head of the tiger nut sector of AVA-Asaja, Antonio José Gimeno, who has explained to Efeagro that the production will be similar to the past, around 8 million kilos, a volume that after passing through the dryers will be reduced by 50%. Gimeno has advanced in a statement from AVA-Asaja that "the global demand for tigernut has resisted in a solid "during 2020, despite the closure of the restoration and, specifically, of the horchaterias in the Valencian Community during different periods of time due to covid-19. The increase in the consumption of dried tigernut as an aperitif or snack, and the impulse of the elaboration The ...
Source: Agrodiario
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