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The cultivation of <strong>kiwi</strong> arose in<br />

Asturias in <strong>the</strong> early seventies<br />

with experimental plantations were<br />

carried out by D. Manuel Coque,<br />

head of horticulture agribusiness<br />

research center of Asturias in<br />

Villaviciosa. In <strong>the</strong> middle of that<br />

decade and began to see that <strong>the</strong><br />

plant had adapted perfectly to<br />

various areas of Asturias. As <strong>the</strong><br />

market offered very good<br />

prospects in Spain for its high consumption and high price (at<br />

<strong>the</strong> time <strong>the</strong> Kiwis were paid for units not kilos), professional<br />

development of <strong>the</strong> crop began with a great progression<br />

during <strong>the</strong> eighties of <strong>the</strong> last century. The road has since<br />

experienced some ups and downs. In <strong>the</strong> early nineties <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was a small crisis by falling prices and survived only<br />

professional farms. Earlier this century it was again<br />

increased <strong>the</strong> number of cultivated hectares in <strong>the</strong> region.<br />

At present <strong>the</strong>y are implementing new and important projects<br />

to streng<strong>the</strong>n fur<strong>the</strong>r in Asturias <strong>kiwi</strong> cultivation. They have<br />

planted about 100 new hectares meaning that acreage has<br />

almost multiplied by 2 in a few years. And that <strong>the</strong> problems<br />

to grow <strong>kiwi</strong>s in Asturias are not few.<br />

http://www.aapk.org/historia.aspx

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