Spain s potato acreage is expected to decrease in 2021
According to FEPEX s potato committee s forecast, the area cultivated with early potato varieties, which are mainly grown in Andalusia and Murcia, will decrease by 5% to 10% in the 2021 campaign, while acreage of the mid-season or late varieties, which are cultivated especially in the center and north of the peninsula, will decrease by 20%.
Marcos Roman the head of the potato sector of Asociafruit (the Association of Producing and Exporting Companies of Fruits and Vegetables of Andalusia and Extremadura), stated that a large part of the sowing activities had already been carried out in Andalusia and that the area sown was 5 to 10% smaller than in 2020.