Girona’s apple production is forecast to be up 12% this campaign to 87,180 tons thanks to favourable weather conditions. An excellent season with the highest yield of the past three years is expected to last until the end of October.

As Llorenç Frigola, president of Poma de Girona, explained, the increase in the harvest comes because “we have not had very cool nights. We are immersed in many changes, we are adapting to climate change and sustainability; we offer a very reliable product both in the Iberian Peninsula and abroad.”

The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Poma de Girona will begin to market five varieties of apples adapted to warm climates within five years. In this way, the 80 producers of the group are preparing for the consequences of climate change and the resulting progressive increase in temperature.

The PGI is undergoing complete reconversion in varieties while continuing to modernise its facilities