The Vizcaíno Valley in BCS, Mexico has been producing figs for 52 years

Published 2022년 3월 4일

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Fig tree cultivation in the Vizcaíno Valley of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico, has been a traditional farming activity for local peasants for over five decades, with 200 hectares dedicated to the White Kadota variety. The figs are dried and exported, primarily to China, bringing in a third of the yield as[/INST] dry figs. However, the crop faces challenges such as aging trees, pest damage, and limited expansion despite its adaptation to the region's unique microclimate. The cost of establishing a hectare is around $12,000, with a three-year wait for return on investment. This farming model, inspired by Israeli kibbutzim, has prevented large-scale takeover by agribusinesses, with each family tending to two hectares, one for self-consumption and the other for fig production.

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ELIAS MEDINA. THE SOUTH CALIFORNIAN. This production is consolidated as the most deeply rooted activity among peasant families in the municipality of Mulegé with 200 hectares. With plants originally brought from Israel to the United States and in 1970 to Baja California Sur, the cultivation of the fig tree has established itself as one of the most traditional and rooted in the Vizcaíno Valley, in the municipality of Mulegé, where there are established approximately 200 hectares, of which some plots are still in good condition and in full production of trees that were planted 52 years ago. It is a white fig of the White Kadota variety that, after being harvested, dries in the sun and is subsequently sent to the market for consumption, with China being the main consumer, with productions that vary from 5 to 15 tons of fresh per hectare, which become in a third once dehydrated. Currently, at least half of the orchards are in decline due to the passage of time, damage caused by pests ...

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