
Whilst Costa Tropical fruit farmers lament the loss of crop due to high winds, the horticultural sector suffers from over production.
The sector is considering dumping one million kilos a day until the price recovers – we’re talking about 40% of the production.
Anybody that strolled onto the beach at Carchuna would probably have done a double back flip, as we did, when they came across the incredible amount of discarded cucumbers on the beach… but we’re not talking about the odd slice left over from a cucumber sandwich, nor the peelings from a salad, but the 25 million kilos of surplus cucumbers that were dumped in protest.