Mexico: Domesticate and certify oregano, challenge in the North of Jalisco

Published 2021년 1월 18일

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A new organization, Productores de Oégano y Especies Aromáticas de Mezquitic, has been formed in Jalisco, Mexico, to oversee the oregano production chain in the Northern region. The goal is to domesticate oregano, a plant abundant in the region and highly demanded in the gastronomy, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries, for sustainable use and transparent market practices. The organization aims to extend the oregano sales period, obtain certification for oregano germplasm, and reactivate the mill for essential oil production. The extension agent also emphasized the need for producer organization to avoid speculation and increase the annual distribution of oregano from 200-300 tons to 600 tons. Mexico is a significant player in the global oregano export market.

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SADER-JALISCO PRESS RELEASE. GOVERNMENT OF JALISCO. A guild of oreganeros was formed. With the objective of fully involving producers in the oregano production chain in the Northern Region of Jalisco, an organization was formed that has the task of achieving the domestication of this wild shrub and giving a new approach to its commercialization abroad and in the domestic environment. This plant, abundant in the region, is in great demand in gastronomy and in other sectors, such as the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. This was expressed by the extension agent of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER Jalisco), José Juan González Pérez, who details that what is intended is to consolidate a sustainable use of oregano and give a transparent approach to its market, which is currently affected by speculation. He said that these actions are to follow up on the impulse that has been given to oregano with the Territorial Development Program (Prodeter) in the ...

Source: Inforural