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Italy: Tropical fruit, the boom in Puglia

Italy
Published Dec 5, 2022

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Climate change pushes Made in Italy tropical fruit with the cultivation of bananas, avocados, mangoes &c. which in five years Puglia have practically tripled, going from a few dozen to over 500 hectares. This is what emerges from the analysis of Coldiretti disseminated on the occasion of the opening of the Coldiretti Village in Palermo, where the first exhibition of tropical products grown in Italy was set up and the first tropical fruit salad Made in Italy was prepared. a consolidated reality, driven by the effects of drought with a surge in the cultivation of avocados, mangoes and Goji berries Made in Puglia together with many other exotic products such as aronia berries, bananas and lime. In Castellaneta - continues Coldiretti - another 32 thousand avocado plants have been planted, while in Salento there are an estimated 100 thousand avocado plants and 8 thousand mango plants and as many lime plants, while the cultivation of 100% made in Puglia bananas timidly peeps out. All ...
Source: Italiafruit
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