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Spain: LA UNIÓ de Llauradors warns of the 70% decrease in the almond harvest

Almond Kernel
Spain
Published May 10, 2022

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LA UNIÓ de Llauradors warns of the catastrophic situation in which the almond sector of the Valencian Community finds itself after the confluence of circumstantial and structural factors throughout this 2021-2022 campaign and that is causing some producers to consider even the abandonment of their crops.

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The frosts of March and April have devastated the crop in a large part of the producing areas of the Valencian Community and LA UNIÓ forecasts indicate that there could be a 70% reduction in the harvest compared to last year, as can also be seen in other autonomous communities. This fact has been aggravated by the widespread persistent rains and the lack of hours of sunshine that have caused poor fruit setting and numerous episodes of fungal diseases that have ended the expectations of a harvest that was already short last season. To compensate for these losses, the sector has agricultural insurance that unfortunately does not work. "The agricultural insurance policy in this sector is a real disaster", they point out from LA UNIÓ. In this sense, it considers that the administrations involved, regional and state, turn a deaf ear to changes in an income insurance line that, at present, has subscription levels that do not reach 5% in many of the traditionally producing areas . “It is ...
Source: Agronoticias
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