The use of irrigation for citrus in Brazil’s state of São Paulo has grown by almost 33% in the last six years, according to Citricultor magazine, published by Fundecitrus. The magazine cites irrigation and other improved growing practices as causes for a continuing yield rate acceleration.
In 35 years, citrus production per hectare in São Paulo has leapt by about 178%, from 331 boxes in the 1988–89 crop year to more than 900 boxes estimated for the 2022–23 crop year. In the last five years, the average number of orange boxes harvested per hectare is 843, according to Fundecitrus data.
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