MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES
CIRCULAR FOREST BIOECONOMY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
10 OCTOBER 2018
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS
CARLOS COLINAS
MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES
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FORESTS PRODUCTS WITH A HIGH
ECONOMIC VALUE
Truffle plantations
Fire protection (mosaic landscapes)
Economic yield
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
7.000
8.000
TruffleSubsidized cerealCerealSubsidezed oliveOlive
Yie
ld (
€/
ha)
Crop yields
Economic yield
y = 5,54x + 316
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
(€ /
kg)
co
nst
an
t
Year
Price to producer
D.Pilz
Rural employment
MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES
10% OF THE SPANISH POPULATION LIVES IN 70% OF THE LAND
SAME TENDENCY ACROSS THE EU.
Rural employment
RTVE 4 oct 2018
MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES
THE CULTIVATION OF THESE PRODUCTS CAN OPEN A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOCIOECONOMIC VIABILITY IN NORTHERN
AFRICA TO MITIGATE THE DRAMATIC, IMMIGRATION CRISIS.
Stabilizing rural population: great opportunity to generate socioeconomic viability
Photo: J.M. Estrada
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