date:May 26, 2020
Every year, with the start of the garlic harvest, the sector generates around 1,500,000 daily working shifts across Spain, which makes it a social crop that generates rural employment in less industrialized areas and stimulates the economic activity of many counties.
The main garlic production area in Spain is Castile-La Mancha, which currently has some 19,292 hectares under cultivation, followed by Andalusia, with 4,838 hectares, Castile-Leon, with 1,786 hectares, Madrid, with 872 hectares, an