Request for aid for crops affected by the summer drought in Spain

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Published Aug 11, 2022

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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) has demanded aid from the Government and the Generalitat aimed at alleviating production losses and economic extra costs due to the drought suffered by the autonomous community. The agrarian organization has highlighted that the high temperatures and the lack of rains that the summer has brought mean that rainfed crops do not have support irrigation in the interior of Valencia and Castellón.

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According to AVA-Asaja estimates, the drought is the main cause of the drop of a minimum of 25% that grape production will experience compared to last year in Utiel-Requena, the first wine-producing area of the Valencian Community. The drought is the main cause of the decrease of a minimum of 25% that grape production will experience compared to last year in Utiel-Requena After a spring with frosts and persistent rains, the summer drought has also worsened the prospects for other inland crops such as almond and olive trees, where the drop in production will exceed 70%. AVA-Asaja has warned of the negative repercussions that the heat is causing in irrigated crops, since producers of citrus fruits, persimmons, avocados, tiger nuts or vegetables are forced to assume higher extra costs to irrigate farms and combat pests and diseases that can proliferate in this climate. The association has already reported that irrigators' bills have doubled in a year as a result of price increases in ...

Source: Valencia Fruits