Spain: Huesca announces new aid for the cultivation of truffles

Aragón is the main black truffle producing region and in its 10,000 hectares dedicated to this crop, about 80 tons are harvested each year, 25% of the world total. It has fairs such as the one in Sarrión (Teruel), a research center in Graus (Huesca), where there is also a fresh truffle market, and the Trufa de Aragón brand was recently created, in which the associations of producers of the three Aragonese provinces. And there is news related to this product, such as the new call for aid for the cultivation of truffles from the Diputación de Huesca or the holding of technical conferences in the Campo de Daroca region. Aragón, the main black truffle-producing region, harvests 80 t a year from its 10,000 ha The Huesca Provincial Council has published a new call for aid for truffle cultivation, which on this occasion has an endowment of 160,000 euros which, added to previous subsidies for 19 years, add up to a total of 5.5 million euros. This has allowed that from the barely eleven ...