Chile: Study of the Agricultural Area of GPS Property determined that European hazelnuts and cherry trees deliver the highest returns on the market

European hazelnuts, cherries, lemons and avocados continue to gain strength among the most desired plantations and with the greatest demand from investment funds and private clients. This was revealed by a study of the agricultural area of GPS Property, which also determined that investors seek unexploited fields to develop their own projects. The real estate consultancy affirms that one of the areas with the greatest development, both for hazelnuts and cherry trees, is Region VII, a region that has sectors with good fruit potential, with greater options for bank financing given its better conditions of water availability. In turn, an exponential growth of hazelnuts is denoted in the Biobío and Ñuble regions. Osvaldo Errázuriz, head of the agricultural area of GPS Property, affirms that "European hazelnut trees today can deliver margins of around 6,000-8,000 USD/ha. This crop has as an advantage, in addition to its mechanization, its feasibility of exploitation in areas with still ...