Spain - Night frosts create havoc for Valencian kaki harvest

08.12.2017 139 views
Last week, Frutas Inma, like other exporters in Benimodo (Valencia), was readying itself for the home stretch of the kaki season. The fruit was good and ready to be harvested, but a few nights of frost later and the season changed drastically. “Of the remaining 30% that we are able to harvest, 90% is a write-off. It is a disaster”, says Technical Manager, Ernesto Machancoses, showing the damaged fruit. "Normally, we sometimes see this frost in January or February, not in December. We are completely helpless. Nothing can be done with this product. There are already black spots on the fruit and within ten days the kakis are as soft as a sponge. Kakis also do not have a second chance as, for example, juice, in the industry”, says Ernesto. "It is not just a terrible situation for the growers. I estimate that only about 70% of the farmers are insured. They will not make any profit but can start afresh. In our area, a lot of the economy is directly, or indirectly, linked to kaki cultivation. It is also a grim situation for the pickers and packing centre workers. But these things happen. We will have to deal with it. I expect that we can realise no more than 25% of the agreed upon programmes.” "We have informed our customers. A rise in the price is inevitable, but I don’t expect a sudden hike in the coming days. This is because everyone will want to sell their marketable produce as soon as possible”, he says. Where the effects of the frost vary greatly locally, the entire kaki cultivation in Valencia has suffered. "Spain grows 25 000 hectares of kaki, of which 23 000 hectares is in Valencia. This, therefore, has enormous consequences for the market situation. This year we would have had a normal season and would have harvested about 300 000 tonnes of kaki. The new plantations which are coming into production will result in an expected volume of 500 000 tonnes within the next three years.” Source - http://www.freshplaza.com
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