"The area devoted to artichoke this season in Lorca decreased by 30%"
According to a representative of the COAG agricultural organization, producers opted for other products because of the artichoke's cold, abundant water, and high labor demands.
Large cooperatives such as Agroter, which have a cultivation area of 3,000 hectares, only devoted some 60 hectares to artichoke cultivation because its production is very risky, the president of Agroter
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