Spain: Grows 25% area dedicated to the cultivation of raspberries, blueberries and blackberries, while falling 10% surface for strawberry crops
The Spanish-French-Italian strawberry contact group, made up of producers from France, Spain and Italy, will meet the next 18 in February, in Huelva, in order to summarize the 2014 campaign and analyze the forecasts of the current 2015 campaign , which has just started in Spain and has this year with an 10% less than hectares of crop, from the 6.980 hectares in 2014 to 6.340 hectares, according to data from the Huelva Association of Producers and Exporters and Strawberry of Huelva, FRESHUELVA, which will host the contact group meeting at its headquarters.
The area of strawberry cultivation of this campaign returns to levels of 2011 and 2012, according to FRESHUELVA, an association integrated in FEPEX, while the hectares dedicated to red fruits such as raspberry, blueberry and blackberry grow, which have registered an average growth of 25% of planted area. Specifically, in the case of raspberry cultivation it will be 1.560 hectares compared to last year's 1.300, which means an increase of 20%. In the case of default, 70 will be transferred to 90 planted hectares, which also translates into an increase of 28,6%, the highest experienced by all berries, since the surface of blueberries grows an 27,8%: 1.150 to 1.470 hectares. At the moment of the beginning of the strawberry campaign, the harvesting of the raspberry winter fall season is coming to an end, although the highest volumes for this berry are expected from March.
The strawberry group is one of the contact groups that were created within the framework of the HispanoFrancés Mixed Fruit and Vegetable Committee, which was joined by Italy at 2010 and meets on an annual basis.
Source: Agrodigital
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