They estimate the production of the DO Saffron from de La Mancha, Spain at 600 kilos

Published 2021년 11월 3일

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The Denomination of Origin (DO) Saffron from La Mancha in Spain is projected to have a bountiful harvest of over 600 kilos of saffron, a significant increase from the 454 kilos of the previous year, making it the highest yield since 2014. With 134 hectares planted, the production involves dedicated women in the process of picking and peeling the flowers. Saffron from La Mancha is a highly profitable and valuable product, but it faces the challenge of fraud. It can only be labeled and marketed as such if grown and processed in specific areas. Currently, there are 252 producers and 16 packers registered under this quality mark, and the saffron is always sold in strand and never ground.

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The Denomination of Origin (DO) Saffron from La Mancha estimates a harvest of more than 600 kilos of spice (dehydrated saffron), a quantity much higher than the 454 kilos with which the 2020 season ended and which was the lowest since 2014 , in which there are "consolidated" records. This amount of spice would be the equivalent of about 57,000 kilos of flower, the DO manager, Pedro Manuel Pérez, explained to Efe, who specified that 134 hectares have been planted this year, the largest area in the historical series that the Regulatory Council has, compared to 120 hectares in 2020. Pérez has provided these data during a visit to several crocuses in La Solana and Membrilla, both in the province of Ciudad Real, in the that it is women, in most cases, who are in charge of collecting and treating "the rose" that floods the vast fields of La Mancha with violet. María, Juani and Vicen are some of the women who spend hours with "The bent back" picked up endo the flower and whose work does ...

Source: Agrodiario