Smaller sizes of Spanish avocados due to rain shortage
Fresh Avocado
Spain
Published Jan 13, 2022
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The year 2022 starts with very good prospects for the avocado sector. Last month, the OECD and FAO predicted in their joint Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 that avocado production will grow the fastest over the next 8 years of all tropical fruits. The harvest will be about 12 million tons by 2030 and avocado will become the most exported tropical fruit in the world after banana, ahead of pineapple and mango.
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The cultivation in Spain will also continue to grow exponentially in the coming years, just like in other cultivation areas. According to statistics made available by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, the estimated avocado acreage in Spain was so minimal 50 years ago that the data was kept per tree instead of per hectare. In 1961 there are said to have been 150 avocado trees in Málaga. Today, Spain has almost 16,000 hectares of avocado cultivation, accounting for more than 99,000 tons per year. Spain, and more specifically La Axarquía, a region in the province of Málaga, is the largest avocado producer in the European Union. Montosa is also located there, a company that is blowing out 40 candles this year and can count itself among the most important players in the Spanish subtropical sector. “Every year we sell about 48,000 tons of products, including avocados, mangoes and guacamole,” said Miguel Gómez, Montosa's marketing manager. "After the domestic market, France is our ...
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