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'Last Generation': Greek Island's Fading Pistachio Tradition
Pistachio harvests on Aegina have declined due to climate change and land conversion for tourism, while Greece's total production rose to nearly 22,000 tonnes in 2023, officials reported.
- In 2023, pistachio production in Greece reached close to 22 thousand tonnes, while the quantity attributed to Aegina decreased from more than 2,600 tonnes due to ongoing difficulties.
- Climate change mainly caused poor harvests the last two years, combined with pistachio trees being cut down and replaced by houses on Aegina.
- Producers like Thanasis Lakkos say only a few remain in pistachio farming, with many fearing they represent the last generation on the island.
- Eleni Kypreou, orchard owner, stated “pistachio culture that we know is no longer viable,” and called for understanding trees’ needs to save them.
- This decline implies the island’s renowned pistachio tradition may fade unless effective measures address climate impacts and land use changes.
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Aegina - On the Greek island of Egine, four agricultural workers, stick in hand, hit the branches of a pistachio tree to make the fruit rain on tarpaulins. The pistachio harvest is in full swing. Yet the team is greying. "There are few pistachios," laments to AFP Daso Shpata, a 47-year-old Albanian, under a sun of lead that blackens the cicadas. Climate change has melted the crops. Other problems have come to grips: new generations reluctant to …
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