Mexico: Rains boost mango production in southern Sinaloa

According to local media, the rains generated by hurricanes Nora and Pamela strongly affected vegetable producers in the valley of the municipalities of Rosario and Escuinapa, however, for the mango industry the situation for the next season will be different. . The fruit grower businessman Ismael Díaz Murillo confirmed that with the abundant rains the outlook will be different for mango producers in the state, since a good season is expected from May to September. “In the case of mangoes, the rain benefited, it has been abundant, this year more than 1,200 millimeters have accumulated and for a rain-fed mango to have a good production it needs to rain more than 800 millimeters, we believe that this can bring good production for next year, ”Ismael Díaz Murillo told El Sol de Mazatlán. "The 2021 season was of low production due to the lack of rain, and that is because the mango crops in the south of the state are seasonal," he added. Díaz Murillo acknowledged that 30 thousand ...