"Chestnut production has been low, losses are very high and the working pace is minimal"
Looking back, in 2009, the Spanish chestnut production nearly reached 300,000 tons, with Galicia accounting for 96.4% of the total production. However, just five years later, in 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food recorded a 46% drop in the national production, which reached a total of 161,359 tons.
"What happened at that time was what had already
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