date:Nov 15, 2016
s exceptional or if it will be the norm from now on.
All this is leading to chestnut cultivation being abandoned, which may also cause hydrogeological instability, as most of groves are in mountain areas. Italy is actually the only one in this situation, as Spain, France and Greece are all planting new hybrid varieties. Eastern Europe is also growing, as is Chile.
The three leading chestnut producers in the world are China, Korea and Turkey. Italy occupies the fourth place with 50 thousand ton