One of the four biggest suppliers of mango in Mexico had a severe damage due to heavy rain

Francis Chege
Published 2021년 7월 6일
Mexico has been experiencing heavy overnight rain for the past several days with areas like the Valley of Mexico (i.e. Mexico city) flooding residencies, creating roadblocks, and causing power outages.
This has had a huge impact on fresh produce growth - Mangoes - included.
The four common varieties of mango being produced and harvested for export include Tommy Atkin, Keith, Kent, and Haden. Out of these four, the Haden variety has had the most damage and negative impact from the rain, This is because unlike the other 3 varieties, Haden mangoes are only grown in low altitudes and the flood has caused the low-area farms to be nearly inaccessible. As such, the mangoes that are being picked right now has defect ratios of up to 5% whereas the normally-accepted tolerance level for quality defects like hot water damage, skin burns, black spots, and size disuniformity is 1%
Farmers are reluctant to sell Haden mangoes and are pushing to sell Tommy Atkin, Keith, and Kent which can be harvested at high altitudes and maintain the <1% defect ratio that buyers in the USA and Canada are especially stringent about
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