date:Dec 14, 2022
res devoted to growing industrial tomatoes which yield some 2 million tons of product worth 210 million euro. In this campaign, the area has decreased to 17,000 hectares and the production yield has also fallen, so the sector has lost more than 30 million euro.
The Unin de Uniones blames the drought, but mainly the plague of nematodes that, in some areas, has caused producers to lose 100% of their harvest, as this disease is increasingly resistant to treatments.
We farmers spend about 10,000 e