Avocados: Leading Spanish producer claims record low water use
May 24 , 2021 Trops, the largest avocado producer in Spain, has teamed up with digital agriculture company AgriSmart Data in a project that it claims has reduced the amount of water trees need by half. The company says that by using precision agriculture technology, it has managed to produce Hass avocados with less than 350 liters (92 gallons) of water per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of fruit produced. It says that this contrasts to the usual 600-700 liters (159-185 gallons) normally required. This kind of irrigation management is "an example of the advantages of the use of new technologies in the...
Source: freshfruitportal.com