Production vegetables has shot in Andalusia in the last two years. According to data from the 2016 campaign, it now reaches 86.317 tons, 49,1 percent more if compared to the harvest for the year 2014. This was set at 57.878 tons. Therefore, it follows an ascending line that was already settled in 2015.
With the release to the market from the autonomous community of 82.590 tons, it leaves the 28.464 tons of the 2012 academic year far behind. Given this fact, those responsible take on the challenge of promoting the consumption of these healthy foods in the region. They point, in this sense, to the "opportunity" of quality figures.
Legumes, essential for a healthy diet
The vegetables “They are an essential pillar of the paradigm of healthy and balanced food that rests on Mediterranean Diet”. It has been detected that its consumption in Andalusia it is below the average for the country as a whole. While in Spanish households it is 10,6 grams per person per day, in the Andalusian region the index drops to 8,6 grams per person per day.
The holder of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has noted the importance of "following the path of promotion and differentiation". Some products, in his opinion, endorsed by his the origin and excellence.
He has argued, in this sense, that the "proven fact" that the consumption of vegetables it is much greater where the presence of quality brands is more prominent “it should serve as an incentive”. At this point he recalled that in Andalusia "We already have the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Chickpea from Escacena. She is a guide and has a long journey ahead of her ”.
Increases the production of legumes
The increase in the production of grain legumes en Andalusiana has, precisely, a direct protagonist in the chickpea. This was erected in the legume more present in Spanish households in 2016. 44,7 percent of the total, estimated at 136,2 million kilograms.
However, in the last year it has experienced a growth of 73,8 percent, going from the 15.670 tons with which the year 2015 closed. Up to the 27.231 tons with which the year 2016 ended. green peas they have also advanced in the same period. The lima beans, for their part, they have fallen in 12 months from 45.705 to 33.345 tons.
