Onions from Xochitecatitla, Mexico

Published 2021년 10월 1일

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The article highlights the agricultural challenges faced by a community in Nativitas, Tlaxcala, where over 200 men have been cultivating vegetables and corn for over half a century. Despite producing a variety of vegetables including broccoli, chard, and spinach, they often struggle to compete in the national market and make a profit. The lack of government support when the national market is low exacerbates their financial difficulties. In response, the mayor of Nativitas, Carlos García Sampedro, has pledged to boost agricultural and livestock activities to stimulate the local economy. The town's first development axis will focus on meeting farmers' needs by providing quality fertilizer and seed.

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TOMÁS BATHS. THE SUN OF TLAXCALA. We will be managers in the agricultural and livestock sector, offers the mayor of Nativitas. TLAXCALA. Onions and cilantro, essential vegetables in the preparation of the famous head tacos sold in Mexico City, are grown in San Miguel Xochitecatitla, Nativitas. There are more than 200 men who produce the land in small areas, but under irrigation systems with clean well water. In fact, it is the only community located to the south of Tlaxcala, where 90% of the population is dedicated -during three annual agricultural cycles-, for more than 50 years, to the production of vegetables such as: broccoli, chard, spinach, lettuce, green tomato, corn and mint. However, vegetable growers do not always make a profit, since when competing with those of other entities in the center of the Mexican Republic, their crops are priceless in the market. To this is added that since they sow in quarters of a hectare for rent, the government of the Republic does not have ...

Source: Inforural