The cereal harvest falls between 20 and 40% in Spain
Spain
Published Jun 24, 2022
Tridge summary
Castilla y León, the community with the highest production, is the most affected. The invasion of Ukraine threatens to unleash an unprecedented global food crisis.
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The fields of Castilla that Machado fell in love with and became the protagonists of his verses more than a century ago have seen their crops wither this year, languishing suffocated by the high temperatures and low rainfall in recent months. However, the lands portrayed by the Sevillian poet are not the only ones where crops are lost, since the organizations of the sector estimate a decrease in the collection between 20 and 40% in all of Spain compared to a standard exercise. Although the figures are still provisional until the harvest ends at the end of July, the forecast is to reach a production of 17.2 million tons of cereals, Pedro Gallardo, vice president of Asaja and responsible for these crops in the association, details 20minutes. "Broadly speaking, compared to last year, we can be talking about 7 million less, which represents a reduction of 30%," he adds. These are figures similar to those considered by other agricultural organizations, such as COAG and UPA, which warn ...
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