Agro production collapses
From rice to oil to cereals, Spanish agri-food production is plummeting and threatens a sharp rise in prices in the coming months. Fruit and vegetables are not spared from this situation.
From rice to oil to cereals.
Drought, the unprecedented rise in production costs and the increase in temperature have caused production to fall by 24.6% according to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Fruits are among those with the highest production costs.
Fruits are among the most affected foodstuffs. This is the case with lemons, which experienced a fall of 34.6%; oranges, whose production plummeted by 19.6% and apples, whose supply fell by 16.6%. In vegetables, the worst affected are beans, with a fall of 27.6% and peas with a fall of 18.8%. Potatoes have also suffered a significant reduction in their harvest, going from 2,081 tonnes to 1,942 million tonnes, which means a drop in production of 6.7%.
Potatoes have also suffered a significant reduction in their harvest, going from 2,081 tonnes to 1,942 million tonnes, which means a production drop of 6.7%.
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