Nut production in Portugal is increasingly dependent on the irrigation perimeter of Alqueva and in 2021 it's already worth it 21.473 tons of 49.234 produced in our country, what does it mean 43,61% of the total production of almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts.
The increase in dried fruit production led last year to Portugal exporting 27.709 tons of almond, increased 22% face a 2021. In turn, imports of this fruit were reduced to 4.206 tons.
These data contained in the Agricultural Yearbook of Alqueva 2022 (AAA22), recently published by Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infraestruturas de Alqueva, that in addition to the production of almonds, also reveals the production values ​​of walnuts, hazelnuts and pistachios.
In Beja, the president of Portugal Nuts-Association for the Promotion of Nuts, revealed that “Portugal is self-sufficient in the production of dried fruits for national consumption and has started to export to other marketsâ€, concluded.
The association represents fifty producers and processors from all over the country, with Tiago Costa justifying that the increase in the production of dry fruits in Portugal, owes a lot to the Alentejo “in view of the availability of water and the soil and climate conditionsâ€, finished.
Statements by the president of Portugal Nuts, were made on the sidelines of the presentation in Beja of the study “Water requirements of nut crops in the main production zonesâ€, in partnership with the Real Academia de Ingeneria de Madrid.
According to the Agricultural Yearbook of Alqueva 2022 da EDIA, in the area of ​​influence of approx. 120 hectares (ha.) of irrigation of the enterprise, last year 24.666 hectares were occupied by dry fruit crops, namely, almond tree, nogueira, hazelnut and pistachio trees.
relatively 2021, according to EDIA, the 24.220 He has. of almond plantations, walnut trees, hazel trees in the Alqueva Multipurpose Development area (EFMA) already represented 37,80% not total two 64.068 He has. that those cultures occupied in Portugal. In turn, the production of the fruits of those plantations are already worth 43,61% of national production.
|
cultures 2021 |
Portugal |
Alentejo |
% |
Alqueva 2022 |
|
Almond |
58.404 He has 41.452 your |
22.166 He has 18.088 your |
37,95 43,63 |
23.533 He has |
|
Nogueira |
5.606 He has 7.542 your |
2.041 He has 3.279 your |
36,40 43,47 |
1.095 He has |
|
Hazel |
408 He has 240 your |
13 He has 7 your |
3,18 2,91 |
3 He has |
|
Pistacheiros |
|
|
|
15 He has |
|
TOTAL |
64.058 He has 49.234 your |
24.220 He has 21.473 your |
37,80 43,61 |
24.666 He has |
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
