February 02 , 2021
The heavy and unseasonal rainfall in much of Chile over the weekend has caused an unprecedented disaster for the fruit industry, according to the chief of the Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta).
Jorge Valenzuela said the torrential rain, landslides and hail that hit central and southern growing regions in the middle of the summer harvest season, with table grapes the hardest-hit crop. These rains were a climatic phenomenon out of proportions, a catastrophe that the fruit sector had not seen before, Valenzuela told Agriculture Minister María Emilia Undurraga on Monday. At this moment, we see that the most affected fruit crop is table grapes, Valenzuela said.