Spain: The first national pistachio price committee was created in Albacete

Published Nov 19, 2021

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The Provincial Agronomic Technical Institute (ITAP) of Albacete has launched the first national pistachio price table to promote transparency in the market. The table will be managed by a group representing both producers and marketers, with a focus on conventional and organic pistachios (Kerman and Larnaka types). This initiative comes as pistachio cultivation in Spain, especially in Castilla-La Mancha and Albacete, has seen significant growth, becoming a key crop for many farmers and with potential to become Europe's main pistachio-producing region. The table is supported by various agricultural market professionals and financial institutions like Globalcaja, aiming to provide accurate market reflection and support for farmers' decision-making.

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The Provincial Agronomic Technical Institute (ITAP) of Albacete, dependent on the Provincial Council, has created the first national table of pistachio prices that has been officially presented this Thursday and with which it seeks to promote transparency in commercial transactions of Fernando Mañas presides over this table in which both producers and marketers are represented, who will be in charge of periodically discussing the quotation prices of conventional and organic pistachio (Kerman and Larnaka type), in the Longa Agropecuaria de La Mancha de Frutos Secos , the provincial Institution has pointed out in a public note. The provincial vice president and CEO of ITAP, Amparo Torres, has detailed in the presentation that, according to data from the Yearbook of Agrarian Statistics, the pistachio surface exceeds 40,000 hectares at the national and national level. of them Castilla-La Mancha has more than 80% (about 30,000 hectares) and of this percentage Albacete accumulates 25% ...

Source: Agrodiario