Farmers in the countryside are clear: the increase in the prices of basic products such as tomatoes, chilies, lemons, or onions is a result of the rise in fuel and logistics prices, as well as fertilizers – also derived from petroleum – stated the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA). The logic is simple: if production costs more and moving the merchandise also does, the final price increases. The rise in fuel prices increases the cost of transporting food, and the increase in fertilizers raises the cost of cultivation, which ends up being reflected in the pockets of consumers. This has taken a toll on the pockets and wallets of all those who shop at the market at least once a week: from January to date, acquiring the most basic products has increased to almost three-quarters of the current minimum wage, according to the Laboratory of Analysis in Trade, Economics, and Business (Lacen) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). On the street and at home, the ...