Spain: The Board highlights its firm commitment to the pistachio as an emerging crop in the province

Published 2022년 9월 30일

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Soledad Aranda, the regional delegate for Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Board in Jaén, has visited the Appistaco Trade SLU processing plant in Navas de San Juan to show the Board's support for pistachio cultivation in the province. The plant, which is expanding with an Agriculture incentive of 277,524 euros, is expected to install a packaging line with the next grant call. Aranda praised the sector's professionalization and the potential for increased production, highlighting the crop's nutritional benefits and its suitability for gastronomy. This visit underscores the Board's commitment to agricultural diversification and the promising future of pistachio farming in the region.

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NAVAS DE SAN JUAN (JAEN), 30 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) - The regional delegate for Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Board in Jaén, Soledad Aranda, highlighted the Board's firm commitment to harvesting pistachios in the province "as an emerging crop" and the professionalization of the sector "as an example of work to reach the most demanding markets with this product". This was indicated during the visit he made to the Appistaco Trade SLU processing plant in Navas de San Juan, managed by the Association of Pistachio Producers and Traders of Jaén, together with those responsible for the entity and the mayor, Joaquín Requena . The pistachio currently occupies about 1,000 hectares of surface in the province of Jaen and last season it was around 700 tons, 55 of them collected in the aforementioned center located in this town of El Condado. Aranda has highlighted "the magnificent work that farmers are doing with a crop that is creating employment and wealth in many ...

Source: europapress