Hard-up producers replace wheatfields and vineyards with a more lucrative, drought-resistant crop
Photograph: jessicahyde/GettyPhotograph: jessicahyde/GettyThey’re calling it green gold, the cash crop that could rescue one of Spain’s poorest regions from decline and depopulation as farmers plough up wheatfields and vineyards and replant them with pistachios.
In 1986, the Castilla-La Mancha regional government set up a research project to look for alternative crops its farmers could grow, says José Francisco Couceiro López of the regional institute for agricultural research and development. Last year, Spain harvested 2,800 tonnes of pistachios from 70,000 hectares , nearly all in La Mancha, but it’s still a newcomer in a market dominated by California, Iran and Turkey, which between them account for nearly 90% of world production.
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