Rambutan crop in Mexico is affected by the anticipated rains

Published 2022년 3월 10일

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Rambutan plantations in Soconusco, Chiapas, are facing significant damage due to atypical rains in February, affecting around 5% of the over three thousand hectares dedicated to the crop. The unusual weather conditions have caused flowering to abort and increased the risk of fungus in the fruit. Producers are responding by applying fungicides, which can reduce production by half and increase costs. Despite these challenges, a harvest of around 30,000 hectares is expected this year, and prices are anticipated to be sufficient to cover rising production costs, including those related to climate change impacts.

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MARVIN BAPTIST. SOUTH JOURNAL. Atypical rains affect rambutan plantations, rainfall damages flowering and generates the appearance of fungi in plants. TAPACHULA, Chiapas. The effects of climate change are increasingly visible in the agricultural sector, since they directly impact production, which is why there is concern among rambutan producers in Soconusco, who report damage to the flowering of trees, caused by atypical rains. that fell during the month of February. The President of the Agricultural Association of Rambutan Producers, Alfredo López García, affirmed that the atypical rains caused the flowering that was already on the trees to abort and these affectations occur in approximately 5 percent of the more than three thousand hectares dedicated to this crop. He said that the effects occur mainly in the municipalities of Metapa and Tuxtla Chico, which are the areas of the region where flowering is brought forward each year, a situation that worries producers. He pointed ...

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