This is the itinerary for our 8- day trip.....click here.

ANTEQUERA

LA CONCEPCION

SIERRA NEVADA

ALMERIA

CABO de GATA

ALMUNECAR

PALM NURSERY

*The Mediterranean climate.

*Natural vegetation patterns of the Mediterranean.

*The region and its history of Andalucia.

*Agriculture in Spain.

*Important crops in Spain.

*Soil problem in Spain.

*Problems of tourism, labour and irrigation system.

*Plasticulturas.

17/Mar

Travelling east to AGUILAS, we visited a centre of salad crop production. Millions of lettuces are grown outdoors in the winter season. Then through ALMERIAN Desert, we went down to SAN JOSE-an old fishing village. Permanent population only 260 but a transient population of many thousands.

Travelling east to Aguilas, we visited a salad crop production.

 

Million of lettuces are grown outdoors in the winter season. 

In south-east Spain there are five areas which have been subject to major desertification in recent times.

The reason is crisis in traditional agriculture associated with the abandonment of land and deterioration of structures such as terraces that protect the soil and conserve water.