The disastrous end of the year for citrus growers in Mexico

Published 2020년 11월 4일

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Citrus growers in Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, are facing a challenging end to the year due to the influx of foreign lemons, which has led to reduced prices and quality of their produce. The situation is worsened by the lack of support from the three levels of government and the entry of the foreign lemon from states like Tabasco and Oaxaca, as well as countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize. The growers are struggling with plagues that have damaged their crops, resulting in a terrible harvest and minimal profit throughout 2020.

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MIGUEL BAUTISTA. THE HERALD OF MARTÍNEZ. Foreign lemon has come to reduce the price and quality of citrus fruits. MARTÍNEZ DE LA TORRE, Veracruz. Citrus growers are having a very difficult end of the year, due to the multiple anomalies that exporters commit in this region, the first of which is the entry of foreign lemon. Bertoldo Zamítez Mendoza, a member of the Local Citrus Growers Association of Martínez de la Torre, said that the malaise is widespread, especially with exporting companies, since for this reason the price in this area is very low, since not only Lemon enters from states such as Tabasco and Oaxaca, but now also from other countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize, since these entrepreneurs also have other interests in those places. The also delegate of the Local Board of Plant Health, said that the authorities of the three levels of government have completely forgotten them and they have not been supported in any way, so that the end of the year for ...

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