TROPICAL fruit growers have asked for water restrictions to be eased.
Rainfall in Axarquia since the end of March has increased reserves in the La Viñuela reservoir by just over 9 cubic hectometres, half the amount originally allocated for October 2019 and September 2020.
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It would be “pointless” to maintain the existing official restrictions if this meant endangering avocado and mango production, declared Javier Braun, president of the Asociacion Española de Tropicales.
