Mexican farm workers go for endorsement of national position in production of nopal and prickly pear

PRESS RELEASE. GOVERNMENT OF EDOMEX. The State of Mexico has the first national place in prickly pear production and third in nopal. Outstanding among the species that exist are Nopal Verdura, Nopal Tunero and Nopal Xoconostle, in the Teotihuacán Valley. Metepec, State of Mexico, July 18, 2021. According to the Agrifood and Fisheries Information System (SIAP) 2019, Mexico presents a growing line in the production of nopal; worldwide, our country cultivates just over 70 percent of international production. The State of Mexico, for its part, ranks third in the production of nopal, highlighting the municipalities of San Martín de las Pirámides, Axapusco, Otumba, Nopaltepec, Teotihuacán, Temascalapa and Acolman. In this area, with just over 17.5 thousand hectares, the varieties of Nopal Tunero, Nopal Verdura and Nopal Xoconostle are preferentially cultivated and harvested, whose producers are awaiting the SIAP-2020 study, to confirm that the State of Mexico continues in the first ...