Spain: The Almeria countryside seeks the impulse of the new fruit trees

Published Aug 1, 2021

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The Spanish fruit sector is undergoing a transformation aimed at increasing profitability, as reported from the Las Palmerillas Experimental Station of the Cajamar Foundation. This transformation involves introducing new varieties and species, adopting more sustainable production systems, and using cultivation techniques that increase production value. The research coordinator, Juan José Hueso Martín, stresses the importance of obtaining new plant material to meet consumer and distribution chain demands. Spain is leading the development of new varieties of almonds, peaches, and citrus fruits, among others, with programs also focusing on new rootstocks for stone or citrus fruit trees. This development makes the fruit sector more competitive and reduces dependence on foreign programs.

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The Spanish fruit sector is currently in a period of profound reconversion seeking greater profitability. Or so at least they assure it from the Las Palmerillas Experimental Station of the Cajamar Foundation, one of the great cradles of agricultural research and located in Almería. And this is also assured by its research coordinator, Juan José Hueso Martín, an agronomist specialized in subtropical and Mediterranean fruit growing, who has also recently been responsible for such important projects in the search for an alternative to the usual horticultural crops in Almeria such as: EUROPAPAYA project (FEDER-INTERCONECTA 2016-2019) and the CARISMED OPERATING GROUP: sustainable papaya production in a subtropical Mediterranean climate (2018-2020). In an analysis carried out on the entity's Land Platform website, Hueso emphasizes that the incorporation of new varieties and the introduction of new species, in addition to the adoption of more intensive and sustainable production systems, ...

Source: Diariodealmeria