Sacrifice of avocados and table olives at risk in Spain due to drought
Fresh Avocado
Olive
Spain
Published Aug 3, 2022
Tridge summary
The severe drought affecting Andalusia has led some farmers to sacrifice part of their avocado plantations to save the rest and complicates the production of table olives, since the fruit does not fatten enough and becomes wrinkled due to the lack of water. In the Axarquia of Malaga, one of the main producing areas of avocados and mangoes in Spain, the La Viñuela swamp is below 13% of its capacity, and all the farms in general are having difficulties, explained to EFE the president in functions of the Spanish Tropical Association, Domingo Medina. This problem is more pressing among those who have avocados, a crop that "needs more water and is less resistant to water stress", so the plants are "suffering a lot", because even the wells available to some farmers or the water regenerated has very high concentrations of salts, which will affect the smaller size of the fruits.
Original content
The severe drought affecting Andalusia has led some farmers to sacrifice part of their avocado plantations to save the rest and complicates the production of table olives, since the fruit does not fatten enough and becomes wrinkled due to the lack of water. . In the Axarquia of Malaga, one of the main producing areas of avocados and mangoes in Spain, the La Viñuela swamp is below 13% of its capacity, and all the farms in general are having difficulties, explained to EFE the president in functions of the Spanish Tropical Association, Domingo Medina. This problem is more pressing among those who have avocados, a crop that "needs more water and is less resistant to water stress", so the plants are "suffering a lot", because even the wells available to some farmers or the water regenerated has very high concentrations of salts, which will affect the smaller size of the fruits. Faced with this situation, "there are those who are uprooting the entire plant" to replant later and also ...
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