Mexican melon, a fruit with growing demand and national production

Published 2024년 1월 24일

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Mexico's melon production in 2023 surpassed the average annual production of the past decade, reaching 645,002 tons, an 11.2% increase from the previous year, as reported by the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). Mexico ranks as the twelfth largest global producer of melons, contributing 1.9% to the worldwide volume. The primary melon-producing regions in the country include Michoacán, Sonora, Coahuila, Guerrero, and Durango. The fruit is consumed domestically and exported to various countries including the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, Cuba, Colombia, Belize, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.

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2000Agro/Editorial The Melon producers exceeded the average annual production (581,000 tons) of the last decade and reported the highest of the last three years, at account for 645,002 tons at the end of December 2023, reported the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). La Sader highlighted that melon is a vegetable of great economic and social importance for Mexico due to the surface area destined for planting (19,501 hectares), the high production volumes, in addition to generating sources of employment and foreign currency collection. Figures of the Agri-Food and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP) point out that the fruit production grew 11.2 percent in 2023, compared to 580 000 tons recorded the previous year. Thus, added the federal agency, Mexico was ranked as the twelfth producer worldwide and contributes 1.9 percent to the volume produced internationally, according to the statistical agency. Of the 23 cucurbit producing entities, he indicated, ...

Source: MX2000