Brazil: The melon harvest in Rio Grande do Norte should reach 300 thousand tons in 2021

Melon harvest in RN is expected to reach 300 thousand tons in 2021 — Photo: Inter TV Costa Branca About 40% of the country's fruit exports come from Rio Grande do Norte. The state is a leader in melon production. The planting of fruit for export started in June. The forecast is for producers to start harvesting as early as the next 10th of August and the first containers should leave the state as of the 15th. Production for the 2021/2022 harvest should reach 300 thousand tons. “We managed to sell everything we produced. We had factors that helped a lot. The exchange favored. Europe itself did not produce the same volume of fruit because the immigrant labor could not travel there to work in production, so they bought more fruit from us. And people at home consumed more fruit”, explains Luiz Roberto Barcelos, institutional director of Abrafrutas. The planted area in the state exceeds 18 thousand hectares. According to Abrafrutas, there should be no increase compared to the past ...