Spain - Drought threatens Granada's tropical crop

04.09.2019 157 views
On the tropical coast of Granada, especially in the area of Almuñécar and Jete, water is beginning to be scarce in a rather oppressive way and on the farms of many peasants there is maximum hopelessness. A few days after the avocados and mangoes are picked up, there are dry wells like San Andrés and Pavilos-Barrosa. In Jete there is practically no water. Added to this are the problems of salinization of the water in the wells and the fact that the plain is being irrigated for 60 days, which makes the situation practically unsustainable. The drought has put more than 2,000 hectares producing tropical fruits in Granada in check and has caused difficulties in the marketing of avocados and mangoes produced. Meanwhile, Malaga is "owning" the flag of the tropics and is managing to export its products much better than the farmers of Granada, despite the quality of the product that leaves the Costa Tropical. The avocado was already well established in the province of Malaga, but now also the mango malacitano is beginning to stand out. In the previous season, 2018, there was a production of 36,000 tonnes of mango in Malaga, mostly in the Axarquia area, which represented an increase of 63% over the previous year. This sharp increase was due to more fruit and a 20% increase in the number of hectares under cultivation, from 3,300 in 2017 to 4,000 last year. According to a study by Asaja, mango consumption in Spain has risen by 277% in the last five years, rising from a per capita consumption of 0.21 kilos per inhabitant per year in 2014 to 0.58 kilos per inhabitant per year in 2018. Source - https://www.freshplaza.com
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