Due to storm, loneliness chile harvest decreases in Tuxtepec, Mexico

NIV NEWS. TUXTEPEC, Oaxaca. The production of soledad pepper has declined in Tuxtepec and the Papaloapan Basin due to various factors such as inclement weather and the misuse of chemicals in the harvest. Saul Alatorre Mejía, producer of chile soledad, emphasized that he is aware of how the sowing of chile has evolved in the municipality, that despite the inclement presence of diseases and pests, it is still being sown by the producers who have preserved the crop with good and bad seasons. Currently most of the producers finished sowing this month and have to wait 80 days for production to start under certain measures because there are many risk factors, which leads them to need the help of the three levels of government, because the crop has been gradually dying in the municipality due to the presence of disease and pests. He indicated that to face the reality of the crop he needs to have a healthy seed, improve genetics to have a healthy product, for which at different times they ...