Due to pandemic, exports and national sales of prickly pear fall 30%

Published 2020년 8월 4일

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The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 30% decrease in the national sale and export of prickly pear to the United States and Canada. The Mexican Union of Producers of Nopal, Tuna and Maguey is calling on agricultural authorities to include prickly pear in a promotion program due to its nutritional benefits and potential. The union, which has members in 17 states and 30,000 members, believes the fruit is undervalued and underestimated in Mexico, where it is usually relegated to the third level in consumption. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the union claims it can guarantee the supply of prickly pear, which is planted on 50,000 hectares across Mexico, mainly in Zacatecas, the State of Mexico, and Puebla.

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MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ. THE ECONOMIST. The national president of the Mexican Union of Producers of Nopal, Tuna and Maguey considered it necessary for agricultural authorities to integrate the fruit in a promotion program. Photo EE: Archive. Puebla, Pue. The Covid-19 pandemic is also affecting the national sale of prickly pear and its exports to the United States and Canada, falling 30% in the more than four months that are contingency; In addition producers urged the authorities to promote a revaluation of the fruit, which is more appreciated abroad because they know the nutritional properties. Omar Carpio Flores, national president of the Mexican Union of Producers of Nopal, Tuna and Maguey, with a presence in 17 states and 30,000 members, commented that they have not been saved from the ravages of the pandemic, but at the same time worries about the future of the sector. for next year, as prickly pear is displaced to the third level in consumption over other fruits, despite the fact ...

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