Mexican chayote, a food with potential in the face of new consumer trends

Published 2023년 4월 3일

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The article highlights a meeting organized by Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), focusing on boosting the production and export of chayote, a nutritious and low-calorie vegetable. The meeting aims to expand chayote's reach to European markets, including Germany, Spain, and the UK, and includes discussions on recognizing producers, conserving native products, and enhancing value addition. Most of Mexico's chayote production is concentrated in Veracruz, with the vegetable being consumed in various forms and playing a significant role in Mexico's diet and cultural heritage. The meeting also introduces Félix Alfonso Gómez, a young farmer featured in the Zodiac 1609 Draw series, representing the new generation of chayote cultivators.

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2000Agro/Writing The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) organized the meeting "Our Riqueza el Chayote”, where producers and agribusiness seek new mechanisms to impact the productive, value-added and commercial chain, in search of to grow exports to the markets of Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. This crop has great productive potential in the country, as part of the global trend to consume healthy and fresh food, in addition to being a nutritious product, that seeks national dissemination initiatives to enhance its opportunities for development in the country. the coordinator General of Agriculture, Santiago Arguello Campos, affirmed that these works seek recognize the contribution of the country's producers, vindicate the efforts in the conservation and cultivation of native products such as chayote and strengthening the productive chains. He stressed that 99 percent of national production is concentrated in Jalisco, Michoacán and Veracruz, and the ...

Source: MX2000