Sader promotes malanga cultivation for the benefit of southern producers in Mexico

In the sowing process They manage between 12,000 and 17,000 plants per hectare and yields are obtained around 40 tons per hectare, in a cycle of between six and eight months, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Town de México, January 16, 2023.— The cultivation of malanga —a tuber with a texture similar to sweet potato or potato—represents an income alternative for producers from the south southeast of the country, since it is possible to plant it in areas unsuitable for conventional crops, it is not necessary to allocate hectares of other agricultural products and high humidity surfaces can be used, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). With a national volume of 47 thousand tons, with an economic value of 252 million pesos, Veracruz ranks as the main producing entity, with 43 thousand 500 tons, coming mainly from the municipalities of Actopan and Úrsulo Galván, while Nayarit is in second position with four thousand 300 ...