Peto farmers, ready for the cultivation of achiote in Mexico

GASPAR RUIZ. FOR THIS! Several farmers are afraid to harvest the entire crop and not have a favorable price. PETO, Yucatán, Peasants from the Xoy police station are preparing to start the year with the annatto harvest. The smile and hope on the faces of these country men is remarkable given that it is one of the crops that were not affected by the different climatic changes, which in these weeks will be harvested and, after a manual selection process, will be harvested. commercialize in various parts of the State, to improve their income, in order to help them start the year 2022 with greater investment. In the morning it was possible to observe multiple peasants who were in their plot, including one of them, Fausto Canul, who explained to Por Esto! here from very early is that we are working on the cultivation of annatto where it is expected that in approximately 30 days or a little less, it will be ready to harvest ”. In the same vein, he specified that said harvest involves a ...