Spanish almond production will decrease by 29%, according to the dried fruit sector

Raw Almond

Spain

Published May 20, 2022

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The National Table of Nuts has estimated a production of 61,684 tons of grain almonds for the 2022/23 campaign, which represents a decrease of 29.27% compared to last season, mainly due to the effects of strong frosts, rains and drought in production areas. According to sources from the Bureau, the decrease, which occurs for the second consecutive year, has not been compensated by the entry of new productive surfaces.

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Specifically, the cut has been caused by the "strong frosts" that affected, especially last April, the production areas of the northern half of Spain and the "impact of the drought and the proliferation of fungal diseases by heavy rains» in Andalusia, Murcia and the Valencian Community. The National Table of Nuts has determined that the productive area has increased this campaign by 7.99% compared to the previous one, reaching 522,142 hectares, of which 100,000 are organically produced. Production estimate campaign 2022/2023 For the preparation of the almond production forecast, the Nuts Table, in which representatives of ASAJA, COAG, UPA, Agro-food Cooperatives and Aeofruse participate, has started from the surface data declared in 2021 in the single application of the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) and of the existing one in the General Registry of Agricultural Production (REGEPA). They detail that they have been provided by the ...

Source: Agropopular