Castilla-La Mancha saves the olive oil campaign, consolidating itself as the second producing region of Spain

Published Feb 8, 2023

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The article reports on the conclusion of the olive oil campaign in Castilla-La Mancha, which has produced approximately 70 million kilos of oil, making it the second-largest producer in Spain. The region's Agriculture Minister, Francisco Martínez Arroyo, highlighted the sector's profitability and the contribution of the 'Óleo Pepillo' mill in Valdepeñas, which is the region's leading producer, accounting for nearly 10% of Castilla-La Mancha's total production. The mill's products are marketed in over 50 countries. To further support the olive sector, the region will provide specific aid of 42 euros per hectare under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Additionally, the establishment of the Regional Vitivinícola Committee and the draft Law on Family Farming in Castilla-La Mancha are aimed at strengthening and supporting various agricultural sectors.

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CIUDAD REAL, 8 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) - The olive oil campaign will finally close in Castilla-La Mancha, with the production of some 70 million kilos of oil, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Francisco Martínez Arroyo. A campaign that is far from the one hundred million kilos that are usually touched in the region, but "not one of the lowest" and with, "predictably, more profitability for olive growers." "We are becoming more and more of an agri-food power, also in the olive sector", celebrated the counselor, who has detailed that Castilla-La Mancha is the second Spanish region in production, "for a long time", but that every year distances more than the third and is getting closer to the head. Martínez Arroyo has valued the importance of the sector "thinking of the 80,000 olive growers in Castilla-La Mancha. We have a very powerful sector, which is doing things well", he said, and "this means profitability in our rural environment". The counselor ...

Source: europapress