Comunidad Valenciana: the Mediterranean and Its Flavours

Comunidad Valenciana

Comunidad Valenciana: the Mediterranean and its flavours

From its famous The exceptional soils and climate of the Region citrus fruit to the of Valencia make for a rich diversity of crops grown in its fertile lands. traditional crops of Variety and quality are virtually inexhaustible in dry farms inland, the citrus fruit, sweet fruit and vegetables grown on the variety and the irrigated lands along the coastline and in the quality of Valencia traditional crops of dry arable areas further inland – GUIDE of the Best Fruits and Vegetables fruit and vineyard, olive grove and almond orchard particu- larly. vegetables is The outstanding quality of the fruit and vegeta- virtually bles of the Region of Valencia are exemplified by the inexhaustible. eight protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications for fresh fruit, such as Uva de Mesa Embolsada del Vinalopó (bagged table grapes), Nísperos de Callosa d’En Sarriá (persim- mons), Kaki de la Ribera del Xúquer (kakis), Cerezas de la Montaña de Alicante (cherries) and Cítricos 96 Valencianos (citrus fruit); and for vegetables like Alcachofa de Benicarló (artichoke), Chufa (‘earth al- mond’ or ‘chufa nutsedge’, a nut-flavoured tuber used to make a drink called horchata) and Arròs de Valen- cia (rice). This makes Valencia the Spanish region with the most quality marks for fruit and vegetables. Thanks to their rich vitamin, fibre and nutrient content, all these products have great health benefits and are recommended by specialists. That’s why the Generalitat (the regional government) wants to en- courage people to eat more fruit and vegetables and the rest of ingredients of the widely appreciated Mediterranean diet, internationally regarded as the

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Spanish 3,800,000 184,000 over spread are plantations Valencia’sCitrus agriculture. The powerofcitrus In addition, to mitigate water scarcity – lately lately – scarcity water mitigate to addition, In As part of its commitment to provide Valencian The economic, technical and human effort being The regional department of agriculture, fisheries Valencian citrus growing leads the domestic and of mainstay traditional the are fruits Citrus tonnes per campaign, almost 80% of total etrs n gnrt about generate and hectares billion euros on euros billion d’En Sarriá. Callosa de Nísperos origin of designation protected the under comes 92% which of 44,000 arable landand14.8%ofthetotalareaRegionValencia. 342,000 is area surface production The income. tural worth in excess of 1.3 4.2 of output total a produces region The Valencia. of fields fertile melons and runner beans are just some of the main fruit and vegetables grown in the water melons, artichokes, peppers, onion, cauliflower, tomatoes, lettuce, almonds, grapes, table kakis, pomegranates, plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, persimmons, Great quality Variedades Vegetales (theSpanishplantvarietyregistry). de Española Oficina the with far so registered been have varieties citrus late-harvest late-harvest varieties to keep the market supplied practically all year round. Eight new new breeding IVIA’sinclude farming. projects citrus for centre research world-class Valencianthe (IVIA, Agrarias Investigaciones de a Research), Agricultural of Institute upgrading and optimising through the research conducted at the Instituto Valenciano In the fresh fruit sub-sector, the standout crops are peach, whose output reaches But the Region of Valencia is known for a lot more than citrus fruit. Apples, pears, tonnes a year, pomegranate (28,000 billion euros – this accounts for 75.8% of the region’s agricul- tonnes) and persimmon (25,000 hectares, i.e., 42.6% of the of 42.6% i.e., hectares, million tonnes, million tonnes), - 99 www.frutas-hortalizas.com GUIDE of the Best Fruits and Vegetables Comunidad Valenciana www.frutas-hortalizas.com 100 GUIDE of the Best Fruits and Vegetables Comunidad Valenciana gorgeously green inland areas have have areas inland and orange along terracing, hillside hillside terracing, greenswards and and greenswards the coast; and its The landscape of the Region of of Region the steep slopes. Valencia is is Valencia Castellón province. cellent climate and the expert farming of the north of ex- the by conferred quality the display which of all hollow, inner their and leaves compact their shape, oval their for distinctive are artichokes These name. protected the under come thus and variety Tudela de Blanca the of quality primera and extra are nes of artichokes are produced a year, of which 5,000 under the PDO Alcachofa de Benicarló. 74,000 recognised quality, fine particularly a of are district Maestrat Baix the of artichokes The region. the of on 4,600 of whichaquartercomeunderthePDO. 170,000 around is production annual tares, del Vinalopó. Grown on a surface area of 11,000 by the designation of origin Uva de Mesa Embolsada recognised been has that quality a of fruit produces Vegetables too The main vegetables include artichoke, grown artichoke, include vegetables main The Table grapes have their home in Vinalopó, which hectares spread across the three provinces tonnes, tonnes tonnes hec- ton- Comunidad Valenciana

By volume, tomatoes are also important, particularly in Alicante and Castellón provinces, with 137,000 tonnes, and onion and lettuce, with 80,000 and 70,000 tonnes respectively. Another major crop is watermelon, mostly from Valencia province.

The importance of nuts The landscape of the Region of Valencia is gorgeously green and orange along the coast; and its inland areas have terracing, hillside greenswards and steep slopes where, despite the difficulty of keeping up competitive farming operations, over 80,000 families grow nut trees. The Region of Valencia is one of Europe’s leading nut producers, particularly for almond, with 50,000 tonnes a year, and carob bean, with 30,000 tonnes. Over 111,000 hectares are under almond cultivation in the region, and close to 33,000 hec- tares are given over to carob trees, of which 60% are in Castellón province. A privileged climate, the finest crop varieties, impeccably accurate growing te- chniques after many years of experience, excellent distribution professionals and,

above all, outstanding growers, who have proved their ability to innovate and adapt GUIDE of the Best Fruits and Vegetables – these are the essential ingredients of the Sabor Mediterráneo recipe.

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